By default some wordpress template does not support post teaser or post excerpt, this will cause post content shows entirely in front page or archives. This is not good since it never gets any positive point by search engine as well as creates bigger page source and make your blog loads slower. Besides, showing too many posts in front page will not help your SEO quality, you should limit number of posts to 5 per page with summary or teaser ideally.
If your template does not support teaser, normally you may use some post teaser plugins that offer "this and that" feature. But trust me, it won't help much. Better not to use it when you can easily create and customize it by yourself.
Unlike the previous tricks to reduce plugins use, Minify HTML, Javascript and CSS without Plugin where I utilize a real plugin that re-coded into functions.php file so it can works manually. This Automatic Post Excerpt or Post Teaser is actually a default feature that is already "built in" in wordpress. Unfortunately, most of new wordpress users don't realize it, they tend to choose an external plugin to get this excerpt. For your Information, these are codes that commonly used to call default function of wordpress engine, know them and utilize them well: :D
In specific, open index.php and archive.php from your theme. Find the code <?php the_content(); ?> (code to call post entirely) replace with <?php the_excerpt(); ?> (code to call excerpt only). Here is the illustration:
If your template does not support teaser, normally you may use some post teaser plugins that offer "this and that" feature. But trust me, it won't help much. Better not to use it when you can easily create and customize it by yourself.
<?php the_content(); ?> : Used to call your blog Posts
<?php the_category( ' , ' ); ?> : Used to call content Category
<?php the_tags( ', ' ); ?> : Used to call content Tags
<?php wp_get_archives( 'type=monthly '); ?> : Used to call Monthly Archives
<?php comments_template(); ?> : Used to call Comment Form
Wordpress Excerpt / Teaser Codes
There are lot more default codes for wordpress engine you can recognize easily, including code to call Excerpt / Teaser function, and here is the code:<?php the_excerpt(); ?> orUntil here, I believe you can catch where this explanation goes to. Yep, to create Automatic Post Excerpt/ Teaser manually simply add the excerpt code to your template. But why did I say "Automatic"? Coz we will hack your theme, so whenever you open your blog (which was excerpt code added), all the posts will be excerpted automatically. Certainly it will really help you a lot, you don't have to create excerpt for every post, the excerpt will be handled automatically by theme.
<?php echo strip_tags(get_the_excerpt); ?>
In specific, open index.php and archive.php from your theme. Find the code <?php the_content(); ?> (code to call post entirely) replace with <?php the_excerpt(); ?> (code to call excerpt only). Here is the illustration:
Before:By default, wordpress limits the characters count up to 55 words for every post excerpt. If you want to show more or lesser character or you may also change [...] sign, simply find formatting.php file in wp-includes folder then find this codes;
<div class ="post_entry"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
After:
<div class ="post_entry"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
$excerpt_length = apply_filters('excerpt_length', 55);Replace the number and the sign to your liking. Remember using too much post summary and post number in front page or archive won't help much in SEO perspective. 55 words is enough and you should limit number of posts to 5 per page. Another wordpress hack? Read also Page Navigation without Plugin or Creating Related Post by Tags/ Category Without Plugin. Have a try and Good Luck!
$excerpt_more = apply_filters('excerpt_more', ' ' . '[...]');
