Title: Excerpt post only for certain post
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Excerpt post only for certain post

 *  Resolved [baszer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baszer/)
 * (@baszer)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-post-only-for-certain-post/)
 * For my website I ofter place movies. So no text, thats the reason that I place
   the whole post on my home page.
 * But sometimes I have a long post, without any movies. Than I want 2 use the excerpt.
 * So now my question, is it possible to have only for some pages a excerpt?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-post-only-for-certain-post/#post-2078536)
 * You might be able to do this [using custom fields](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Custom_Fields).
 *     ```
       <?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'long_post', true) ) the_excerpt();
       else the_content(); ?>
       ```
   
 *  [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/)
 * (@chipbennett)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-post-only-for-certain-post/#post-2078545)
 * I would use [Post Formats](http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats).
 * For videos, use the “video” Post Format type, and then:
 *     ```
       if ( has_post_format( 'video' ) ) {
            the_content();
       } else {
            the_excerpt();
       }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [baszer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baszer/)
 * (@baszer)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-post-only-for-certain-post/#post-2078546)
 * thanks guys!
 *  Thread Starter [baszer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baszer/)
 * (@baszer)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-post-only-for-certain-post/#post-2078553)
 * [@esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/), i got it working now, but
   where can i add the “read more” button?
 *  Thread Starter [baszer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/baszer/)
 * (@baszer)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-post-only-for-certain-post/#post-2078556)
 * [@all](https://wordpress.org/support/users/all/),
 * this does also work:
 * “Oh, why can’t you remain like this for ever!” This was all that passed between
   them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always
   know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
 * <!–more–>
 * Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter when she was tidying up her children’s minds.
   It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to
   rummage in their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into
   their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day.

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