Question

I’m having an annoying problem with my wordpress 3.5 blog .

the_content() function fails to display the short version of the posts on the first page / index page, and it shows the content of the posts in full .

my current the_content() codeline from loop.php file is:

<?php the_content('Read more...'); ?>

I did try to search the wordpress forums stackoverflow and codex and i tried this :

<?php 
global $more;    // Declare global $more (before the loop).
$more = 0;       // Set (inside the loop) to display content above the more tag.
the_content("More...");
?>

but it does not work.

Any ideea what this problem could be ?

Answer 1

Have you added a <!--more--> tag to your page content where you’d like to show the more link? Taken from the Codex on the_excerpt():

Sometimes it is more meaningful to use only the_content() function. the_content() will decide what to display according to whether <!--more--> tag was used. The <!--more--> tag splits post/page into two parts: only content before the tag should be displayed in listing. Remember that <!--more--> is (of course) ignored when showing single post/page.