Adding read more button

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  jacievalentine · Member · May 25, 2016 at 7:09 pm

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  We are trying to add a ‘Read More’ button for our posts.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  geoffreyshilling · Member · May 25, 2016 at 10:56 pm

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  Here is the page with information on Read More and how to use it:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/more-tag/

  I hope that helps!

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  timethief · Member · May 25, 2016 at 10:57 pm

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  As so many bloggers are confused about this I’m adding a little more to what Geoffrey posted.

  Note that “the more tag” is not a theme-specific feature. There is also no global setting for it.

  Also, note that the setting here > Settings > Reading is only for the RSS Feed summary and does not affect the posts.

  If you want to display only excerpts on the front page of the blog followed by read more links, you can insert “the more tag” into each post prior to publication in the exact spot you want the content to split off.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

  The read more tag can be inserted once only into any post to change the front page or main page for posts display from full post to an excerpt. The split in the content does not display to you in preview mode but it will be there after the post is published.

  Alternatively, you can switch to using a theme that automatically displays front page excerpts. This is a list of only SOME active themes on WordPress.com that use the excerpt instead of full post content. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/theme-with-automatic-excerpts?replies=13#post-1396410

  For other ways to splitting content in posts see > https://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/