“Latests Posts” Block Not Showing “Read More” Button

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  xylonewsadmin · Member · Jun 23, 2023 at 2:59 pm

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  I am having trouble with the “Latest Posts” block. The issue is identical to this old one here: https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/latest-posts-block-read-more/

  In the editor the latest posts block shows a button that says “Read more” and has a link to the article.

  In the live site and the previews however it simply states […]

  I can’t find any way to fix this so I’m wondering if I need to stop using this block or do something to just exclude that “[…]” text at the end?

  Below I have attached a photo of how it looks in the editor and then how it looks live respectively.

  Thanks.

  

  

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  julinedossantos1 · Staff · Jun 23, 2023 at 5:57 pm

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  Hello,

  I am sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused.
  It’s a bug that hasn’t been fixed yet. The problem was reported here:https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/35101
  But it was closed without resolution.

  I got in touch and asked to reopen it.

  

  In the meantime, I suggest the alternative that @kokkieh made in this answer:
  https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/latest-posts-block-read-more/#post-3793005

  As an alternative, you can use the Blog Posts block. That’s specific to WordPress.com, and in that block, you can toggle the Continue Reading link on/off, and you can customize its text to say something different: https://wordpress.com/en/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/blog-posts-block/

  I also tagged the WordPress team.
  Hope this helps!

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  xylonewsadmin · Member · Jun 23, 2023 at 6:15 pm

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  Thanks for this, I thought I was missing something.

  Appreciate the help.