Fictive: How to show only sample/preview of post on homepage

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  sharemyyear · Member · Nov 15, 2016 at 8:32 pm

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  Hi, is there a way to set this so that it only shows a sample/preview rather than the whole post? Right now my first post, which is quite long, takes up the whole page so you wouldn’t be able to see any other posts. I’d rather (if possible) had it so that there was a preview and when you click through you get the whole post, or so that when you click it then expands the post.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 15, 2016 at 8:57 pm

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  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.
  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 text 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/