How to shorten post on homepage

marketing55 · 08-09-2010, 10:19 AM

Hey guys does anyone know of a good plugin that will automatically shorten your post on the homepage... The problem I run into is my entire blog posts are on the homepage, and I'm looking for an exert of the post with a link that says "click here to learn more" or something like that. Something like a teaser post to link to the actually long post if that's possible...

Also that will be more SEO friendly since right now it is duplicate content.

If you know how I can get this done, please explain in detail. Thank you.

Alan Mater · 08-09-2010, 05:41 PM

Hi,

I've been using this one for quite some time now: Homepage Excerpts Wordpress Plugin.

It was developed by Daniel Scocco and has many different options to fit your needs and wants. It's SEO friendly as well.

Abledragon · 08-09-2010, 07:39 PM

You don't need a plugin - just use the 'More' tag, which you'll find as a button in the tool bar in the Visual view.

Cheers,

Martin.

Alan Mater · 08-09-2010, 08:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Abledragon

You don't need a plugin - just use the 'More' tag, which you'll find as a button in the tool bar in the Visual view.

Cheers,

Martin.

That's one way of doing it, but I find the plug-in to be much more convenient for many reasons. You don't have to worry about remembering to add the "more" tag in your posts. The plug-in takes care of every post automatically for you, which is handy if you have 100 posts already written. You can specify how many characters to cut the posts down to for the excerpt, plus many other options that will benefit your blog in many ways, including for SEO.

Charles Amith · 08-21-2010, 08:18 PM

I use the Evermore plugin on all blogs that I create. It will automatically truncate posts which do not have the more tag and it will use the more tag if you utilize it.

08-09-2010, 10:19 AM	#1
marketing55 Warrior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 28 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	How to shorten post on homepage Hey guys does anyone know of a good plugin that will automatically shorten your post on the homepage... The problem I run into is my entire blog posts are on the homepage, and I'm looking for an exert of the post with a link that says "click here to learn more" or something like that. Something like a teaser post to link to the actually long post if that's possible... Also that will be more SEO friendly since right now it is duplicate content. If you know how I can get this done, please explain in detail. Thank you.

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Alan Mater Freelance Proofreader War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Pennsylvania, US Posts: 1,566 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 56 Thanked 154 Times in 136 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How to shorten post on homepage Hi, I've been using this one for quite some time now: Homepage Excerpts Wordpress Plugin. It was developed by Daniel Scocco and has many different options to fit your needs and wants. It's SEO friendly as well.
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Abledragon Advanced Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hong Kong. Posts: 960 Thanks: 3 Thanked 173 Times in 153 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How to shorten post on homepage You don't need a plugin - just use the 'More' tag, which you'll find as a button in the tool bar in the Visual view. Cheers, Martin.
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Charles Amith Active Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern California Posts: 52 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Social Networking	Re: How to shorten post on homepage I use the Evermore plugin on all blogs that I create. It will automatically truncate posts which do not have the more tag and it will use the more tag if you utilize it.
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