Title: Show full post
Last modified: August 21, 2016
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# Show full post
* Resolved [ontwerperij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ontwerperij/)
* (@ontwerperij)
* [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/)
* Hi there,
* I managed to get the plug in working. My posts will show 4 lines of text and
then you will have to click on the title to read the whole post.
Is it also
possible to show the whole post instead of four lines?
* And if not would it be possible to intergrate a [read more] link?
* Thanks for your answer.
* Regards Roger
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/)
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* [Phoenix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phoenix_maximus/)
* (@phoenix_maximus)
* [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894565)
* i too am having this issue, i’ve tried adding a more tag to the post, but since
it’s technically residing on a page, and pages don’t run the more tag, it won’t
show up. i tried a workaround adding some php (that forces pages to use the more
tag) to the Loop in my theme (GeneratePress)’s index.php but this does not fix
the issue either. does this issue reside inside this plugin? advice would be
appreciated.
* Plugin Contributor [Patrick Jackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjackson1972/)
* (@pjackson1972)
* [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894566)
* Hi ontwerperij & phoenix_maximus,
* Yes, you can replace the default excerpt output with _content_ output.
* You do this by creating a custom output template as described in the [FAQ](http://wordpress.org/plugins/posts-in-page/faq/)
under **How do I change the output template**.
* Go to the posts-in-page plugin directory and copy the posts_loop_template.php
file to your active theme directory. If you are using a child theme, you’ll need
to add it to the parent theme.
* In your shortcode, add the following attribute: **template=’posts_loop_template.
php’**.
* Now you can safely edit your own copy of the template to make layout changes.
* Find the excerpt output section…
* ```
```
* … and replace **the_excerpt** with **the_content**:
* ```
```
* This should insert the entire content of your posts on the page.
* Let me know if that helps!
* [somnifac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somnifac/)
* (@somnifac)
* [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894568)
* This worked perfectly for me.
* Thank you very much.
* [Infobesedka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infobesedka/)
* (@infobesedka)
* [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894575)
* Hi. Thanks for the solution. It also solved my issue.
But one remark I would
like to add. I am using specfic post to display. And in case (template code after
ids – it doesn’t work): [ic_add_posts ids=’1036′ template=’posts_loop_template.
php’]
* But is works with this sequence:
`[ic_add_posts template='posts_loop_template.
php' ids='1036']`
* [happyecho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happyecho/)
* (@happyecho)
* [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894583)
* thank you [@patrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrick/) Jackson
Member
* [happyecho](https://wordpress.org/support/users/happyecho/)
* (@happyecho)
* [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894584)
* Hi Changed what you recommended to:
*
* So that I can have my happy news page showing “full content” since that page
needs it because its just embeded cards
[https://happyecho.com/happy-news-inspirational-stories/](https://happyecho.com/happy-news-inspirational-stories/)
* but on majority of my other pages where there is real content I need it to show
the excerpt from post containing certain tags.
* And now I know how to do all of that. But I don’t know how to do but at the same
time. I would really like to specify **show excerpt on this page and show full
content on another**
* Can I add something to do both? Right now I have it all as show full content
but I really need to use both functions. PS love your plugin!
* Plugin Contributor [Patrick Jackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjackson1972/)
* (@pjackson1972)
* [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894586)
* Hi HappyEcho,
* You should be able to make a duplicate of the template so that you have two templates:
one for the list of posts using the excerpt, and one that uses the full content.
You would put them both in your theme directory, each with a unique file name.
* Then you can use the `template` attribute to refer to the appropriate template.
* So, if `posts_loop_template.php` was the version showing the excerpts, and `posts_loop_template_full.
php` showed the full content, then you could use the following shortcodes on
your pages.
* ```
[ic_add_posts template='posts_loop_template.php']
[ic_add_posts template='posts_loop_template_full.php']
```
* I hope that helps!
* [cynops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cynops/)
* (@cynops)
* [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894587)
* I’m trying to do this, but it’s not working. In my theme directory, I put the
file in the bottom-most directory of the theme. Should it perhaps go into the
page-templates directory? (Tried that, it doesn’t work there either.)
* The shortcode I have is [ic_add_posts template=’posts_loop_template.php’ category
=’featured-people’ showposts=’1′ ]
* My theme is cyberchimps Responsive Mobile, if that’s a factor.
* [cynops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cynops/)
* (@cynops)
* [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-full-post-4/#post-4894588)
* Aha, it works when I put it in the child theme, not the real theme. Working!
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