Title: Settings / Reading -> Summary
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Settings / Reading -> Summary

 *  Resolved [catxtwo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catxtwo/)
 * (@catxtwo)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/)
 * Hi,
 * Under Settings->Reading I have “Summary” selected for the “For each article in
   a feed, show” option. I’ve saved this change but when I reload my blog’s home
   page the entire articles are shown (verses just a summary of each one).
 * [screenshot](http://note.io/1DpAl9k)
 * Is there something else I need to do?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/#post-5648811)
 * That setting is for RSS feeds from your site, not your site itself. What displays
   on your site is determined by the theme.
 *  Thread Starter [catxtwo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catxtwo/)
 * (@catxtwo)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/#post-5648843)
 * Thank you WPyogi
 *  [pcfix24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pcfix24com/)
 * (@pcfix24com)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/#post-5648880)
 * in your theme, where you want to see only the summary, replace
    `<?php the_content()`
   with `<?php the_excerpt(); ?>`
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/#post-5648971)
 * **@pcfix24.com** – any changes like that should be made only in a child theme–
   so that the changes are not lost when the theme is updated.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 *  Thread Starter [catxtwo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catxtwo/)
 * (@catxtwo)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/#post-5648979)
 * Luckily, I _am_ working in a child theme. But I’m not sure which file to modify…
   index.php? My index.php file doesn’t contain “the_content()” anywhere. What WP
   file represents my home page?
 * Thanks!
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/#post-5648994)
 * Try using this plugin to help answer that –
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/what-the-file/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/what-the-file/)
 * Otherwise, what theme are you using? You’ll likely need to ask on the forum specific
   to your theme.
 *  Thread Starter [catxtwo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catxtwo/)
 * (@catxtwo)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/#post-5649009)
 * In my child theme’s content.php I added the following which does exactly what
   I wanted. Thanks to everyone for the help!
 *     ```
       <div class="post-content">
   
       		<?php the_excerpt(); ?> <h5><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">Read More...</a></h5>
   
       		<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
   
       </div> <!-- /post-content -->
       ```
   
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/settings-reading-summary/#post-5649010)
 * Awesome – great job!

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