Title: Excerpt, Title
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Excerpt, Title

 *  Resolved [Bignasty247](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignasty247/)
 * (@bignasty247)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/)
 * On the front page of big-nasty.com, the “comment” icon is blocking my title for
   my most recent post. Why am I having this problem?
 * Also, I have activated a plugin to automatically include “read more” after an
   excerpt on the front page yet the front page still displays the entire post. 
   Help is appreciated.

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 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198125)
 * That first problem I can’t help you with, that’s a CSS thing which is not my 
   speciality.
    As for the excerpt plugin, it might help if you told us which plugin
   this concerns.
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198131)
 * Is it ‘my’ plugin?
 * I’ve tested it extensively at home (I admit, not a real test), but it could be
   that the_excerpt has been rewritten completely in your themes’ functions.php
 * Try to find something like
    `remove_filter('get_the_excerpt','some_function');`
 * in that file if it exists.
 * Peter
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198205)
 * To be absolutely complete: the default the_excerpt() should only display the 
   first 55 words of a post, or whatever is in the excerpt.
 * If it doesn’t, the the_excerpt() has been modified (or isn’t used at all, of 
   course, but I’m sure you checked).
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [Bignasty247](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignasty247/)
 * (@bignasty247)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198221)
 * The plugin in question is the wpexcerpt plugin provided to me by Peter.
 * The site displays the content in full, however underneath lies the excerpt. I
   just want the excerpt, a picture, and the read more quote to be displayed on 
   my front page. How do I fix this?
 * [http://www.big-nasty.com](http://www.big-nasty.com)
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198243)
 * Can you show us your index.php (via [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.ca))?
 * disclaimer: Peter wrote that plugin himself, just for the occasion, it’s by no
   means a registered (or original for that matter) plugin, and described [here](http://www.boosten.org/a-primer-on-writing-wordpress-plugins/).
 * Peter
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198244)
 * I’ve just downloaded the vita theme (which is what you’re apparently using), 
   and found that the original theme contains
    `<?php the_content('Read the rest
   of this entry &rarr;'); ?>`.
 * Did you by any change **add** the_excerpt(); to it?
 * It’s meant to replace the_content();
 * like:
    `<?php the_excerpt(); ?>`
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [Bignasty247](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignasty247/)
 * (@bignasty247)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198260)
 * Thank you for your continued help, I have found great results with your words
   of wisdom but I have another question.
 * Now that the excerpts work, there are no pictures on my front page. How do I 
   place the picture (from the actual post) next to the excerpt?
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198266)
 * I saw that one coming, and I was thinking about a solution involving custom fields,
   but a little search brought me to [this plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/thumbnail-for-excerpts/).
 * See if it does what you want.
 * Peter
 *  Thread Starter [Bignasty247](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bignasty247/)
 * (@bignasty247)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198267)
 * Incredible. Mission accomplished.
 *  [Peter Boosten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pboosten/)
 * (@pboosten)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198269)
 * Looks great, if I may add.
 * Peter

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 * [title](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/title/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-title/#post-1198269)
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