Is there some way to display only the first 1-2 paragraphs of each post?

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  meliponula · Member · Apr 13, 2014 at 10:48 pm

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  I want the homepage to display only the first 1-2 paragraphs of each post.

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

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  timethief · Member · Apr 13, 2014 at 10:53 pm

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  Yes. 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.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/

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

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  olgachwc · Member · Apr 14, 2014 at 12:06 am

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  Hello timethief,
  Does “the more tag” feature only apply on New Posts or can you insert it in already posted material? I’m using the oxygen theme. How might I post those excerpts on my home page of articles already written?

  The blog I need assistance with is hairweavecreations.wordpress.com

  Thanks!

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  raincoaster · Member · Apr 14, 2014 at 1:00 am

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  If you’re using the Oxygen theme you don’t need the More tag.