Title: How to insert Read More
Last modified: May 25, 2017

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# How to insert Read More

 *  [newz2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newz2000/)
 * (@newz2000)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-insert-read-more/)
 * Hello, I am trying to create a pipe that will create posts that do not take up
   very much space on the homepage. I am using the default Twenty Seventeen theme
   for now. When I write a blog post I can simply insert the “read more” link after
   the first paragraph and when displayed it will split the blog post at that point.
 * Can you share any tips on how to get this same behavior when the post is created
   with WP Pipes? I have tried several things that haven’t worked. My closest attempt
   is shown in this pipe. However, it still shows the entire post on the homepage.
 * `{"name":"Django Official News","published":"1","engine":"rssreader","engine_params":"{\"
   feed_url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.djangoproject.com\\\/rss\\\/weblog\\\/\",\"limit_items\":\"
   100\",\"mode\":\"0\",\"fix_time\":\"-24\",\"cache\":\"1\",\"cache_time\":\"3600\",\"
   order_by_date\":\"0\",\"order_by_date_follow\":\"0\"}","adapter":"post","adapter_params":"{\"
   category\":1,\"force_update\":\"0\",\"postformat\":\"0\",\"public\":\"publish\",\"
   author\":\"2\",\"use_custom_field\":\"0\"}","inherit":"0","inputs":"{\"ip\":[[{\"
   st\":\"e\",\"of\":\"title\",\"if\":\"text\"}],[{\"st\":\"e\",\"of\":\"link\",\"
   if\":\"url\"},{\"st\":\"e\",\"of\":\"description\",\"if\":\"html\"}],[{\"st\":\"
   1\",\"of\":\"html\",\"if\":\"html\"}]],\"ia\":[{\"st\":\"e\",\"of\":\"title\",\"
   if\":\"title\"},{\"st\":\"0\",\"of\":\"slug\",\"if\":\"slug\"},{\"st\":\"2\",\"
   of\":\"introtext\",\"if\":\"excerpt\"},{\"st\":\"1\",\"of\":\"html\",\"if\":\"
   content\"},{\"st\":\"e\",\"of\":\"date\",\"if\":\"date\"},{\"st\":\"e\",\"of\":\"
   enclosures\",\"if\":\"images\"},{\"st\":\"\",\"of\":\"\",\"if\":\"metakey\"},{\"
   st\":\"\",\"of\":\"\",\"if\":\"category\"}]}","outputs":"{\"oe\":[\"title\",\"
   link\",\"description\",\"content\",\"author\",\"date\",\"enclosures\"],\"op\":[[\"
   slug\"],[\"html\"],[\"introtext\",\"fulltext\"]]}","pipes":[{"code":"slug","name":"
   Slug","params":"{\"note\":\"title-slug\"}","ordering":"0"},{"code":"original_source","
   name":"Original Source","params":"{\"note\":\"Source article\"}","ordering":"
   1"},{"code":"cut_introtext","name":"Cut introtext","params":"{\"words\":\"10\",\"
   finish_sentence\":\"1\",\"note\":\"\"}","ordering":"2"}]}`

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 *  [Avf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avf/)
 * (@avf)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-insert-read-more/#post-9168375)
 * That’s a theme issue, but you can try a plugin to create excerpts.
    Other than
   that, it’s just a matter of finding the right theme, one that creates excerpts
   automatically, or uses description as excerpt/resume.
 *  Thread Starter [newz2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newz2000/)
 * (@newz2000)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-insert-read-more/#post-9168823)
 * Thank you. I did more investigation after posting that message, and have more
   details. I tried to use the combine feature and it does not work the way I expect.
   If I use plian text, for example abc <!–more–> 123 then it works. If I use abc
   <!–more–> 123 {[so] title} then I get the same result (i.e. no value for {[so]
   title}).
 * My thinking was that I could combine the output of cut introtext with a <!–more–
   > in between, but the end result is just blank.
 * Am I misunderstanding the purpose or behavior of combine?
 *  [Avf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avf/)
 * (@avf)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-insert-read-more/#post-9168863)
 * For what I understand, combine only works with “po”s, not “so”s or “pi”s. However
   you can use a processor to bypass title and use its po.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 11 months ago by [Avf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/avf/).
 *  Plugin Contributor [Tung Pham](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phamtungpth/)
 * (@phamtungpth)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-insert-read-more/#post-9178974)
 * Hi Avf,
 * It seems you are misunderstanding about Combine Processor. With Combine processor,
   beside **po[]** fields, you could also use **[so]** fields.
 * Best Regards!

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