Title: show only first paragraph
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# show only first paragraph

 *  [fksr86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fksr86/)
 * (@fksr86)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-only-first-paragraph/)
 * is there a way to show just first paragraph on my home page?
 * `the_excerpt` shows text without formatation and it’s not what i want…

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 *  [scribblerguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scribblerguy/)
 * (@scribblerguy)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-only-first-paragraph/#post-767630)
 * You can manually add text to the excerpt field on the “Write Post” page when 
   you create a new post (or edit an existing post). Copy the first paragraph from
   your post and drop it into the excerpt field. Though, you’ll have to add formatting
   such as `<strong>` and `<em>`.
 * See the Codex page: [the_excerpt](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt)
   for more information.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-only-first-paragraph/#post-767631)
 * Or you could click the “More” tag to put the “read more” break exactly where 
   you want it.

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## Tags

 * [first paragraph](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/first-paragraph/)
 * [home](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/home/)
 * [show](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/show/)
 * [the_excerpt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/the_excerpt/)

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 * Last reply from: [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-only-first-paragraph/#post-767631)
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