Do you want to show a summary of your article on your home page with a read more link? WordPress comes with two methods that allow you to do that. In this video, we will show you how to properly use the more tag in WordPress.

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Summary of this Tutorial:

If you want to show an excerpt of your blog post on your home page with a read more link, WordPress comes with two methods.

The first is the more tag, you can add it using the more tag button in the toolbar.

The second way is to use the excerpt field.

The issue with this method is this area’s display is determined by your theme.

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