Preview of a link

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    yemensfavoriteson · Member ·

    Hello,

    If possible, how do I show a preview of a link that I post on my free WordPress blog? When I post a link (and only the link), it shows the link itself, without a preview. Is it possible to show a preview of the link itself on the post?

    For example, on facebook, when someone posts a link, it shows a preview of what the link is about. is this possible on wordpress? if so, how do i do it? Thanks

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    timethief · Member ·

    I don’t understand what you mean. Maybe you mean the read more tag or maybe not.

    When it comes to inserting “the more tag” AKA “the read more tag” into posts to shorten front page display be splitting text there is no universal setting for the whole blog. This is done post by post.

    Although you can set your RSS Feed to summary, that 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

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    yemensfavoriteson · Member ·

    Hi,

    I apologizes for not being clear. I would like to post a link as my post and I would like the post it’s in to show a preview of the link.

    For example,
    You see those links in your post? It’s showing a clickable hyperlink. I would like my posts in the blog to show a preview of what the link is and not just the hyperlink.

    Let say I insert the link “www.google.com”, I would like my post to show a preview of the google page. Right now all that is appearing on my posts are the links themselves (I.e. http://www.google.com). is this possible?

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