Title: cutting down a post
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# cutting down a post

 *  [quitmyscene](https://wordpress.org/support/users/quitmyscene/)
 * (@quitmyscene)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cutting-down-a-post/)
 * how do you make a post shorter when be viewed on the main page? like have a read
   more link type deal.
 * Thanks
    cassidy

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cutting-down-a-post/#post-384190)
 * Just insert the “more” tag where you want to break the text.
    If you use the 
   wysiwyg editor hover on the buttons above the write area to find it.
 * If you use the “normal” editor, just type in the text `<!--more-->`

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