How To Display Post Excerpts In The Category View

[Craig Tuller]

Most StudioPress themes are set up to display the entire Post in the Category View.

There are several ways to limit the amount of text that a Post displays in this view...

Method 1
Use the MORE tag in your posts and the code will automatically limit the amount of Post text shown.

This is done in the Post Editor, by placing the tag wherever you want to break off your text.

Method 2
Use the WordPress EXCERPT command

the_excerpt()

Open archive.php (or category.php if your theme is using that instead of archive.php) and find the following line of code:

<?php the_content(__('Read more'));?><div style="clear:both;"></div>

Replace with this line of code:

<?php the_excerpt();?><div style="clear:both;"></div>

This command will display whatever text you entered into the Excerpt box of the Post editor and if that is blank, it will display the first 55 words of the Post.