Wordpress Homepage Preview or Full?

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When i publish a new post on wordpress it shows on the homepage as well as on its own specific page, it's not a preview as it actually shows the whole contents of every post on the homepage, personally i would like it to only show a preview until they click the link to it but would it not be better for SEO that your home page sticky was the full content?
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  • It depends on how many posts you are displaying on the frontpage. If you have like 10 then yeah I would totally use excerpts otherwise it will slow down your site's load time.

    If it was say 3 posts then showing the entire post is fine IMO.
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    • I only have 3 posts on it just now but i am adding one every day so after the next one i should get excerpts? will this take the SEO value from the homepage because all the content wont be there?
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  • Hi,

    It's better to use excerpts regardless in order to avoid having duplicate content (IE, same content on more than one URL).
  • Indexing won't be an issue if you have a proper sitemap nor will SEO as Google actually likes to see change on your homepage.

    You can also compromise. Instead of a short excerpt, use the more tag in your posts so that it shows a third or half of your post. That's what I do on my site.
  • Excerpts would be advisable to avoid duplicate content of your website.
  • Would anybody recommend a certain plugin for this? i have tried a few but none seem to work or they don't show the post's image.
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    Wordpress Homepage Preview or Full?

    When i publish a new post on wordpress it shows on the homepage as well as on its own specific page, it's not a preview as it actually shows the whole contents of every post on the homepage, personally i would like it to only show a preview until they click the link to it but would it not be better for SEO that your home page sticky was the full content?