Title: Where’s my complete post??
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Where’s my complete post??

 *  Resolved [evensrii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evensrii/)
 * (@evensrii)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-complete-post/)
 * I have now tried two plugins and a million fancyschmancy variations of the “the_excerpt();”-
   string. They all work well in that way that I get an excerpt, and when I press
   the “Read More..” (or the Post title), I’m sent to the page with the post. But
   the excerpt is still the only thing shown! Where is my complete post?? =)

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-complete-post/#post-443092)
 * 1. The post is in the database 🙂
    2. This is a theme specific question. What
   theme? Do you have a single.php file in the theme? Link?
 *  Thread Starter [evensrii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evensrii/)
 * (@evensrii)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-complete-post/#post-443097)
 * I should of course have mentioned this, its just the frustration taking over..
   😀
 * I use the “Fleur”-theme, and the loop is in the “index.php”…
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-complete-post/#post-443101)
 * I didn’t ask where the Loop is. I asked: do you have a single.php template file
   in your theme?
 * If yes – make sure you have the_content in it.
 * If no – you have two options.
    a) create one (e.g. by saving the index as single.
   php and edit) b) use a conditional tag in the index
 *  Thread Starter [evensrii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evensrii/)
 * (@evensrii)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-complete-post/#post-443116)
 * Wuhuu!! =)=) Thanks man! 😉 I’m so very very happy right now.. 🙂 It worked when
   I created a “single.php”, as you said! But then rises a few other questions…
 * 1) Are the .php-files (e.g. index.php, single.php) universal, independent of 
   the theme you are using? In other words, is there a defined set of .php-files
   to be used, regardless of theme?
 * 2) Now I have two almost identical .php-files (the index.php and the single.php),
   is that the way it “should be”..? The main difference is that the “index.php”
   uses the the_excerpt-string, and the “single.php” uses the the_content-string.
   They both have the famous loop.. I guess this is the way it should be, because
   the index.php defines the template for the main page (which should display the
   excerpt), and the single.php defines the template for single posts (which should
   display the whole post). Am I right at all…? =)
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-complete-post/#post-443127)
 * 1. There is a set of template files that WP recognizes if they are present in
   a theme and uses them accordingly.
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)
 * 2. It is the way it should be 🙂
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy)
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-complete-post/#post-443129)
 * 1) Yes.
 * 2) Yes, that’s completely normal. Single.php gets used for the single post pages,
   if it exists. index.php is sort of the “fallback” when a more specific template
   is not available.
 * Here’s a good place to start reading: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates#Using_Alternative_Template_Files](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates#Using_Alternative_Template_Files)
 *  Thread Starter [evensrii](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evensrii/)
 * (@evensrii)
 * [19 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-complete-post/#post-443179)
 * Thank you both for the help, the links you gave me were very appreciated reading!
   😉

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