how to “shorten” the posts

  • Resolved hijito

    (@hijito)


    20 years, 2 months ago

    i’d like to have this on my blog, when you post a message, which is too long, could i make it somehow automatically shorten the post and add “read more” in the end which would be linkable to whole post?
    can i set it up somewhere or do i need a plugin?
    thanks

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  • Chris_K

    (@handysolo)

    20 years, 2 months ago

    Built in to the editor – check out the icons above where you enter/edit your post text. One of those is “more” and will insert the <!-- more --> tag for you.

    Cypher

    (@cypher)

    20 years, 2 months ago

    You want the the_excerpt() call. This will shorten your post to 120 words by default if there is no explicit excerpt.

    You can then add your own “read more” tag.

    Regards

    Thread Starter hijito

    (@hijito)

    20 years, 2 months ago

    thanks! the more tag was what i was looking for

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