Title: Show ‘Read more’
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Show ‘Read more’

 *  [webdressing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdressing/)
 * (@webdressing)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-read-more/)
 * This is probably a newbie question but do you need a plugin to show ‘Read More’
   after you post a long blog?
 * Our posts are typically technical and very long. Surely there must be a way to
   show only ‘X’ amount of words and then a “Read More’ link would appear, but how?

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 *  [rudolf45](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rudolf45/)
 * (@rudolf45)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-read-more/#post-546563)
 * No need for plugin: it is built in. Insert the “more” tag where you want to break
   the text – it will display automatically the “read more…” link.
    The “more” tag
   should be above the text input area.
 *  Thread Starter [webdressing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webdressing/)
 * (@webdressing)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-read-more/#post-546650)
 * **THANK YOU** so much rudolf45! I was looking everywhere for how to do, it but
   never thought about looking on top of the text box. Thanks again 🙂

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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