Title: Adding excerpt
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Adding excerpt

 *  [jdn605](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdn605/)
 * (@jdn605)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-excerpt/)
 * I’m wanting to display recent blog posts on my static home page with an excerpt..
   Im using
 * <?php wp_get_archives(‘title_li=&type=postbypost&limit=10’); ?>
 * how do I get this to show excerpts of the posts as well…
 * Thank you so much

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 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-excerpt/#post-1455939)
 * Hi,
 * You need to edit index.php and signle.php/page.php file from your theme and find
   this code:
 * `the_content()`
 * Replace with:
 * `the_excerpt()`
 * Also refer these plugins:
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excerpt-editor/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/excerpt-editor/)
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-excerpt/#post-1455939)
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