Title: Summary not working
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Summary not working

 *  [mangledlolli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mangledlolli/)
 * (@mangledlolli)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-not-working-2/)
 * I’m currently working on the following website: [http://www.woodburymensshop.com/blog-1/](http://www.woodburymensshop.com/blog-1/)
 * I’m trying to make the blog show an exerpt but I’m running into issues. I’ve 
   tried changing the reading settings to Summary, adding an exerpt in the actual
   post, and adding the following php code into my theme’s functions file to no 
   avail.
 *     ```
       function excerpt_read_more_link($output) {
        global $post;
        return $output . '<a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '"> Read More...</a>';
       }
       add_filter('the_excerpt', 'excerpt_read_more_link');
       ```
   
 * Is there anything else I could do to make the summary work on this theme?

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 *  [ryansantschi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryansantschi/)
 * (@ryansantschi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-not-working-2/#post-3629353)
 * Look on the code of the page (index.php probably if you’re on the front page).
   Is it calling for the_content() in the loop or the_excerpt()?
 *  Thread Starter [mangledlolli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mangledlolli/)
 * (@mangledlolli)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-not-working-2/#post-3629357)
 * Wouldn’t it be in the blog page? If so, neither one is there.
 * On the index page, it calls for the_content, but my home page is a static page.
 *  [ryansantschi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryansantschi/)
 * (@ryansantschi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-not-working-2/#post-3629405)
 * Sorry but what page are you trying to show the excerpt on exactly?
 *  [ryansantschi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryansantschi/)
 * (@ryansantschi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-not-working-2/#post-3629408)
 * Sorry, I think I understand now. /blog-1/ is a page that you created that is 
   showing your current blog roll? How did you get /blog-1/ to show your current
   blog posts? Page-template? Or is it an archive page that has been customized?
 * If none of your efforts are showing an excerpt it means that the php page that
   is being loaded isn’t calling for the the_excerpt in the loop; it is calling 
   for the the_content. I’m just trying to help you find the right php page to edit.
 *  Thread Starter [mangledlolli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mangledlolli/)
 * (@mangledlolli)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-not-working-2/#post-3629418)
 * Thank you so much for helping!
 * blog-1 is the current blog roll page. It’s just a normal blog where we put the
   content under the “Posts” section. They do show up there, but the excerpt and
   summary are not working properly.
 * In the Reading section, I put the posts page as “Blog 1” and listed it as Summary
   instead of Full Text.
 * Would I have to edit the blog.php or index.php?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-not-working-2/#post-3629421)
 * Be aware that if you modify theme files, your changes will be overwritten and
   erased when the theme is updated — instead you should be using a Child Theme –
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 *  [ryansantschi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryansantschi/)
 * (@ryansantschi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-not-working-2/#post-3629423)
 * Yep, WPyogi is correct. You will have to follow his link to create a excerpt.
   It looks like your theme is from themeforest. Before creating a child theme (
   which you should have before making changes to functions.php) and then finding
   which page is being loaded I would see if your theme has the functionality in
   it already. You should ask at themeforest.
 * If there isn’t I would follow WPyogi’s link, create a child then create a custom
   template for your blog page [ where you can make changes to the loop that will only affect blog-1](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Page_Templates)

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 * [summary](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/summary/)

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