Settings / Reading -> Summary

That setting is for RSS feeds from your site, not your site itself. What displays on your site is determined by the theme.

Thank you WPyogi

in your theme, where you want to see only the summary, replace
<?php the_content()
with
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>

@pcfix24.com – any changes like that should be made only in a child theme – so that the changes are not lost when the theme is updated.

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

Luckily, I am working in a child theme. But I’m not sure which file to modify… index.php? My index.php file doesn’t contain “the_content()” anywhere. What WP file represents my home page?

Thanks!

Try using this plugin to help answer that –

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/what-the-file/

Otherwise, what theme are you using? You’ll likely need to ask on the forum specific to your theme.

In my child theme’s content.php I added the following which does exactly what I wanted. Thanks to everyone for the help!

<div class="post-content">

		<?php the_excerpt(); ?> <h5><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>">Read More...</a></h5>

		<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>

</div> <!-- /post-content -->

Awesome – great job!