How to change Full Post Content to an Excerpt on WordPress Blog Homepage

[AdityaR]

I am running a blog developed in WordPress. I would like to make my homepage show only excerpts instead of whole posts. Is this possible? Do I need some kind of plug-ins or something else? Is there anyone who can guide me how to change Full Post Content to an Excerpt on WordPress Blog Homepage?

[void]

To change Full Post Content to an excerpts, you will need to edit your template’s files. In index.php replace:

<?php the_content(); ?>

With something like:

<?php
if ($single) {
the_content();
}
else {
the_excerpt();
}
?>

[!const]

Why are you using excerpt, you an even manage how many posts that can be seen on the front page by selecting Options - Reading - "Show Number of Posts on the Front Page" in the Administration Panel on the full version of WordPress. Decide yourself about the length of your posts. This would be a better decision than others.

[AdityaR]

I want to show only excerpts on my WordPress Blog home page because I think excerpts helps the readers to get the information faster. On the contrary, full posts makes the homepage look messy and unorganized which is wrong from the SEO point of view. And thanks void for your comment. I will give it a try.