Showing only part of blog and include read more link

Hi benno4403,

You can customize the output template as you wish. See:

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/posts-in-page/faq/

How do I change the output template?
Simply copy the posts_loop_template.php to your theme directory and make changes as necessary.

You can even rename it – but make sure to indicate that in the shortcode using the template='template_name.php'.

You can even use different templates for each shortcode if you like.

Hey Eric,

Thanks for the quick response.

However, my PHP knowledge is limited.
I did see the parameters on the FAQ but now I am wondering If I am thinking to difficult or if it is really difficult.

I did not find the right parameters for the thing I would like to accomplish. could you or anyone else please guide me in the right direction and tell me what exactly I have to edit or change.

Thanks in advance!

Please can someone help me. how can I shorten the messages of the blogs displayed on the homepage.

ANY help is greatly appreciated!

Hey benno4403,

If you want to post a link, we can take a look, but the posts_loop_template.php is setup to show excerpts, rather than full posts by default, which shows in this section of the posts_loop_template.php file:

<!-- This is the output of the excerpt -->
<div class="entry-summary">
	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
</div>

I don’t believe that the WordPress settings under Settings/Reading in the Dashboard would override this, but you may wish to make sure it’s set to use Excerpts too.

Like I posted before, you can also copy that file (posts_loop_template.php) to the main directory of your theme and customize it from there.

If you’re new to Template Tags, I’d encourage you to check out this section of the WordPress Codex:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags

You’ll want to pay special attention to the Posts section:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags#Post_tags

I really hope that helps. ??

Eric

Hi Benno, I’m not sure if this will work for you or not, but you might give it a try.

1. If you want to limit the displayed blog content:
a. Edit your post that you want to limit
b. choose HTML editor
c. put <!--more--> quick tag at the point you want to limit the content.

2. Now if you want this plugin only shows a part of your post (not excerpt), here’s what you have to do:

a. download the plugin
b. Open the plugin folder on your computer and search for posts_loop_template.php
c. Open the posts_loop_template.php using notepad
d. Change the <?php the_excerpt(); ?> into:

<?php
global $more; // Declare global $more (before the loop).
$more = 0; // Set (inside the loop) to display content above the more tag.
the_content("More...");
?>

e. Upload posts_loop_template.php that you have edited inside theme folder that you use

This method work for me and I hope it works for you.

Reference: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Function_Reference/the_content

Thanks a lot! will try this ??

I apologize for ‘re-opening’ this, but it is SOO close to what I am trying ot figure out.

As opposed to a whole blog post or even an excerpt, what is the syntax I would add to the loop.php to just display a LINK to the post.

I have TONS of posts that I want to include on a page for a particular category, but if it lists all exceprts the page will fill up. I just need the links to show.

is that possible?

thanks