Title: Custom Post
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Custom Post

 *  Resolved [kgetchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgetchell/)
 * (@kgetchell)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post/)
 * I am not very versed in php, I can read it and modify it, but cannot create. 
   I am curious how to create “the loop” (on main blog page) so it will display 
   the post as normal, but on one category I want to display ONLY the excerpt. Any
   help is appreciated.

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 *  [Shane G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g-1/)
 * (@shane-g-1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post/#post-1299725)
 * Hi,
 * Check with these plugins;
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-template/)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-write-panel/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-write-panel/)
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  Thread Starter [kgetchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgetchell/)
 * (@kgetchell)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post/#post-1299731)
 * Thanks Shane, custom pages/post/category/archive template pages are not what 
   I am looking for though.
 * What I am trying to do is on the main page of the blog only. Typically a blog
   will list your posts via date sequence not paying attention to the category. 
   I would like to create a loop so that it still functions as it normally should(
   display posts in sequential format), however query the category at the same time
   and if it is a particular category display the excerpt only. All other posts 
   would be displayed as normal full posts except said category.
 * I hope this is a bit more descriptive. I find it a bit difficult to explain when
   I have a vague idea of what’s going on 😛
 *  Thread Starter [kgetchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgetchell/)
 * (@kgetchell)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post/#post-1299739)
 * I think found something that is similar to what I want to accomplish, only this
   one is display based upon count of posts.. I guess I could change the post_count
   to category or something similar.
 * <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
 *  <?php if (($wp_query->post_count) > 1) : ?>
    <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();?
   > <!– Do your post header stuff here for excerpts–> <?php the_excerpt() ?> <!–
   Do your post footer stuff here for excerpts–> <?php endwhile; ?>
 *  <?php else : ?>
 *  <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <!– Do your post header stuff here
   for single post–> <?php the_content() ?> <!– Do your post footer stuff here for
   single post–> <?php endwhile; ?>
 *  <?php endif; ?>
 * <?php else : ?>
    <!– Stuff to do if there are no posts–>
 * <?php endif; ?>
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post/#post-1299743)
 * [The Loop](http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop) article has an example of styling
   a post differently based on category which is pretty much what you are trying
   to do:
 *  Thread Starter [kgetchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kgetchell/)
 * (@kgetchell)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post/#post-1299744)
 * Thanks Michael, that’s an even better example than I had found!

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post/#post-1299744)
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