Title: Truncating the_content
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Truncating the_content

 *  [l r](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lainyrache/)
 * (@lainyrache)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truncating-the_content/)
 * I am using a child theme of twenty fifteen.
    I have this code in my content.php
   file
 *     ```
       the_content( sprintf(
       				__( '<br />Read more %s', 'twentyfifteen' ),
       				the_title( '<span class="screen-reader-text">', '</span>', false )
       			) );
       ```
   
 * This shows the full post content in both the post list and full post pages.
    
   If the editor has used the ‘Insert Read more’ button a truncated version of the
   post shows on post list pages. This is all good, however… If the editor has not
   used the ‘Insert Read more’ button I would like to be able to truncate the content
   to so many words and keep the Read more link working just as it is. Is this possible?
 * I have tried using the excerpt instead, but then I lose my Read more link.
 * Thanks for any help!

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/truncating-the_content/)
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