Post excerpt not displaying?

jfoxm · Member · Dec 29, 2017 at 5:33 pm
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I’ve published my first blog post, which shows up in full when I click on it, but on the home page it just shows the headline and then says “This is the excerpt from your first blog post” — instead of actually showing an excerpt of the post. Any advice?

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timethief · Member · Dec 29, 2017 at 5:42 pm
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Please see here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/blog-post-om-main-page?replies=6#post-3014181
kathrynwp · Staff · Dec 29, 2017 at 5:45 pm
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Hi there – I see that timethief pointed you to a similar thread. Indeed, the solution I mentioned in the other thread should fix your issue. Go into your Customizer‘s Content Options panel and select “Full post” instead of “Post excerpt” and you should be all set.

Let us know how it goes!
jfoxm · Member · Dec 29, 2017 at 6:21 pm
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Well, not quite. I actually want the excerpt display rather than the full post — I just want it to show an actual excerpt, instead of the text “This is the excerpt for your very first post.” That’s what it says now. I tried switching it to full post display and back to excerpt, and it is still giving me that text instead of an excerpt from the post. Any other thoughts? I appreciate the suggestions!
kathrynwp · Staff · Dec 29, 2017 at 6:30 pm
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You can edit or remove the custom excerpt by opening the post in the editor. In the More Options area, either remove or modifying the default excerpt, as you see here:

Excerpts

If you remove the custom excerpt, your site will pull the first few words of each post automatically.

Let me know how it goes.
jfoxm · Member · Dec 29, 2017 at 7:09 pm
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Yes, that’s exactly what I needed. Many thanks!
kathrynwp · Staff · Dec 29, 2017 at 7:16 pm
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You’re very welcome, glad that sorted it!

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