how can i edit the number of words shown in a post

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  egeaktas · Member · Sep 1, 2015 at 11:04 pm

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  I want more of the posts to show on the main page. Right now only a portion of the posts are showing. This is unlike my other blog Jupiter in Leo, where the whole post would show up on the main page. It didn’t need to be clicked on to get a full view. How can I edit that?

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 10, 2015 at 8:25 pm

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  Hi,

  Many themes display post excerpts on the posts (or blog) page. You could always switch to the theme that displays full posts on the posts page. To change that behavior without changing to a different theme might be possible, but would most likely involve CSS customization, requiring purchase of the Premium plan.

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Sep 10, 2015 at 8:29 pm

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  If you switch to a theme which displays full posts by default, you can individually truncate any post so that it displays at the desired length on the posts page by using a More tag in its content.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 10, 2015 at 8:33 pm

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  Note that Coherent is as theme that automatically days front page post excerpts. This is a list of only SOME active themes on WordPress.com that use the excerpt instead of full post content that you will want to avoid selecting if you want full post display on the front page https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/theme-with-automatic-excerpts?replies=13#post-1396410

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  egeaktas · Member · Sep 21, 2015 at 8:54 pm

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  Thank you both for your replies! That was helpful. :)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 21, 2015 at 8:55 pm

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  You’re welcome. :)