Title: 2010 Theme Post Excerpts?
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# 2010 Theme Post Excerpts?

 *  [multimastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimastery/)
 * (@multimastery)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2010-theme-post-excerpts/)
 * How do I make post excerpts show instead of full posts for the 2010 theme?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2010-theme-post-excerpts/#post-2265554)
 * By [creating a child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes) and then
   creating modified theme template files in your child theme that use `the_content()`
   instead of `the_excerpt()`.
 *  Thread Starter [multimastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimastery/)
 * (@multimastery)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2010-theme-post-excerpts/#post-2265644)
 * I read and tried to understand about making child themes, but still don’t get
   it. Guess if you’re technically inclined then it’s easy, but this is not my forte.
   Is there an easier way?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2010-theme-post-excerpts/#post-2265706)
 * Not really. The other option is to edit TwentyTen directly, and that would be
   a BAD idea, since you would lose your changes if the theme upgraded. Which it
   may.
 * Making a child theme isn’t that hard.
 * Make a folder in the themes folder, call it ‘2010-child’
 * Make a style.css and ALL it needs is this:
 *     ```
       /*
       Theme Name: TwentyTen Child
       Description: Child theme for the twentyten theme
       Author: Your name here
       Template: twentyten
       */
   
       @import url("../twentyten/style.css");
       ```
   
 * THEN copy the file you want to change into your 2010-child folder and edit it
   there.
 * See? You can totally do this 🙂 It’s just editing files, no code needed.
 *  [zeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeaks/)
 * (@zeaks)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2010-theme-post-excerpts/#post-2265719)
 * You could just use the <– more –> tag in your post, it will display the content
   up to that point. Or
 * I have a step by step guide here to create a child theme (basically what Ipstenu
   and esmi suggested), but it should be very easy to follow [http://zeaks.org/child-theme-basics/](http://zeaks.org/child-theme-basics/)
 * And here’s a post on making Twenty Ten use excerpts. [http://zeaks.org/make-twenty-ten-use-excerpts/](http://zeaks.org/make-twenty-ten-use-excerpts/)
   the only thing in the
 *  Thread Starter [multimastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/multimastery/)
 * (@multimastery)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/2010-theme-post-excerpts/#post-2265754)
 * Thanks for answers will try it. And yes Zeaks that was me on your blog.

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