Read More…teaser thing

  • I cannot figure this out! I even have WordPress for dummies…and i’ve read the forums but I still don’t get it.

    I want my blog post to only show the first few paragraphs. Then say “Continue reading “Whatever the Title Is” for a jump.

    I hit the MORE button, and inserted this text into the little box MORE box: <?php the_content(“…continue reading the story
    called ” . get_the_title(”, ”, false)); ?>

    But when I save the edits all that shows is the code, and the FULL blog post is still up… ?????

    Please help!

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  • what theme are you using?
    is that MORE box an otion of your theme?
    in which case you may need to enter the code without the surrounding php tags:

    the_content("...continue reading the story
called " . get_the_title('', '', false));

    otherwise, assuming you edited this in index.php, could you post the code including a few lines before and after the_content.

    Thread Starter musegirl

    (@musegirl)

    I’m using Fifty-Fith street 1.4 as my theme. I don’t think the MORE button is just for my theme though. It says “Insert more” and it looks like a page ripped across the top??

    So you’re saying the normal code to add a break in my post is to write:

    the_content(“…continue reading the story called ” . get_the_title(”, ”, false));

    Do I actually type “the content” or do I start with (“…continue reading the story called” after the actual content??

    I don’t even know what index.php is?

    Is there just a code I can type into my text to make it work? I’m so confused, any help would be very much appreciated!

    Thank you!!

    Hi,

    Open the index.php file of your theme and find this code:

    the_content()

    Replace with:

    the_excerpt()

    Also refer this article:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Customizing_the_Read_More

    Plugins:

    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/read-more-right-here/
    https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/

    Thanks,

    Shane G.

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