Read More tag

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  ashling39 · Member · Dec 2, 2016 at 8:59 pm

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  Insert a ‘read more’ break on a page. Have followed the instructions on help and it wont work. I can see it in edited view but not on site help!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 2, 2016 at 9:01 pm

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  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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  justjennifer · Member · Dec 3, 2016 at 7:10 am

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  “Read More” works only on Posts and is visible only on the Posts page.

  On Pages, you can use pagination to break up content on a single page. Here’s more info: https://en.support.wordpress.com/nextpage/