Title: Previous posts
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Previous posts

 *  [fragmentsofself](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fragmentsofself/)
 * (@fragmentsofself)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/previous-posts-2/)
 * I’m not sure if there is a plugin for what I’m looking for. What I want to do
   is have my main entry, and then below it, excerpts of my previous entry, with
   a link to read more. Any ideas?

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/previous-posts-2/#post-335527)
 * That’s not a plugin thing…
    It’s about editing your template file(s). What would
   be the “main entry”? Could you define it?
 *  Thread Starter [fragmentsofself](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fragmentsofself/)
 * (@fragmentsofself)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/previous-posts-2/#post-335530)
 * `
    <h5><img src="http://fragmentsofself.com/images/entry.png" alt="Post" /><?
   php the_time("m.d.y") ?> -- <?php the_title(); ?></h5> <div class="categories"
   > Filed under <?php the_category(', ') ?></div> <div class="content"> <?php the_content();?
   > <div class="commenters"><?php mdv_comment_plugger('<b>Comments by:</b> ', 200);?
   ></div> </div>
 * That’s my “main entry”.
 * What I’m trying to do is setup my main index page as follows:
 * The most recent entry (focus entry) is shown as full text.
 * The second and third entry – I would like them to automatically be written as
   an excerpt, once the focus entry is published.
 * Without having to edit the previous entries manually by adding a more link, is
   it possible to do this with a plug-in, and does one exist?

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 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [fragmentsofself](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fragmentsofself/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/previous-posts-2/#post-335530)
 * Status: not resolved

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