{"id":10851376,"date":"2018-11-06T04:28:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T04:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_article&#038;p=10851376"},"modified":"2023-01-11T20:08:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T20:08:19","slug":"what-is-an-excerpt-classic-editor","status":"publish","type":"helphub_article","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/what-is-an-excerpt-classic-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an excerpt? (Classic Editor)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is an excerpt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Excerpt is an optional text associated to a Post. Most of the time, it is used as the <strong>Post summary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2018\/11\/WordPress-Excerpt-editor.jpg\" alt=\"WordPress Excerpt metabox\" class=\"wp-image-10851380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2018\/11\/WordPress-Excerpt-editor.jpg 710w, https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/files\/2018\/11\/WordPress-Excerpt-editor-300x99.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><figcaption>WordPress excerpt metabox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not finding the Excerpt editing box? Check your Post&#8217;s <strong>Screen Options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the Theme you are using on your site, Excerpts can be displayed on different pages (search results, archives, etc.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Excerpt is empty, WordPress automatically creates an excerpt using the first 55 words of the post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to display excerpts on the posts page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to <strong>Settings &gt; Reading<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Scroll to <strong>For each article in a feed, show<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Select <strong>Summary<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is an excerpt Excerpt is an optional text associated to a Post. Most of the time, it is used as the Post summary. Not finding the Excerpt editing box? Check your Post&#8217;s Screen Options. Regarding the Theme you are using on your site, Excerpts can be displayed on different pages (search results, archives, etc.). [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","category":[86,78],"class_list":["post-10851376","helphub_article","type-helphub_article","status-publish","hentry","category-publishing","category-support-guides"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/10851376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/helphub_article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10851376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/10851376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16355171,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/10851376\/revisions\/16355171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10851376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category?post=10851376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}