Place a 'read more' tag in a post

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    alterxpressions · Member ·

    I was writing a post and inserted a ‘read more’ tag in between two paragraphs and then checked the preview to see what it would look like. The tag did not show up. So I removed it; changed some font to bold; put it back in. The tag still did not show up. I tried inserting it someplace else in the post; still did not appear. Any idea of why this is happening? Thanks for any help.

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    timethief · Member ·

    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.
    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/

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