Title: Summary (Read More)
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Summary (Read More)

 *  [tightlines](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tightlines/)
 * (@tightlines)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-read-more/)
 * Hi There,
 * I wish to have the first 10 lines seen on the main page, but then a link called“
   Read More” in which the user will have to click to view the rest of the blog 
   post.
 * How do i go about doing this?
 * Lewis
    [lewisbuttress@googlemail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-read-more/lewisbuttress@googlemail.com?output_format=md)

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 *  [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/)
 * (@yosemite)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/summary-read-more/#post-417530)
 * Here’s some background:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More](http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More)
 * Check out excerpts…

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