How to Add Custom Post Excerpts on WordPress (Updated Steps)
In this video, I will show you how to add CUSTOM post excerpts to our blog posts on WordPress.
By default, WordPress will usually show the first 50 words of our post, as the excerpt on our blog.
Or, sometimes this will be set to show the full post.
But, we also have the option of using whatever text we like, by setting up custom post excerpts.
It's easy!
📋 Written Steps
First we need to make sure Excerpts are enabled:
1. Visit the Dashboard.
2. Hover over "Settings" on the right and click into "Reading".
3. Beside "For each post in a feed, include", set this to "Excerpts".
4. Click "Save Changes" at the bottom.
Adding custom excerpts:
1. Open the post up in the editor.
2. Click "Add an excerpt" on the right.
If you don't see this option, just make sure "Post" is selected at the top (and not "Block")
3. Type whatever text we want to use for our excerpt, into the popup box.
4. Update the post.
And that's how easy it is to add custom post excerpts on WordPress.
Troubleshooting:
If this doesn't work, it's likely that the theme you're using has a specific option to turn excerpts on and off. Try doing a quick Google search for "Theme Name + Custom Post Excerpts" and you should hopefully get your answer. Or, you can leave a comment on this video and I will try to get an answer for you.
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