Title: Excerpt Without Editor
Last modified: November 12, 2022

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# Excerpt Without Editor

 *  Resolved [diywebmastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diywebmastery/)
 * (@diywebmastery)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-without-editor/)
 * Hi – I’ve created some custom post types that do not require anything to be typed
   into the WordPress editor – the user can supply content for each CPT instead 
   via several Advanced Custom Fields in each case.
 * I set the CPT UI Supports settings to only include “title” and “excerpt”. This
   means the screen isn’t then cluttered with the WordPress main editor. But the
   excerpt box only shows up if I also add support for the editor.
 * Is there any way to get an excerpt box to show so that we can have excerpts without
   having to also display the editor? Thank you.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-without-editor/#post-16196780)
 * Can you share your post types settings via CPTUI menu > Tools and the blob of
   content on the right hand side? I’m not managing to recreate this issue. I’m 
   able to have just title/excerpt, especially with classic editor.
 *  Thread Starter [diywebmastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diywebmastery/)
 * (@diywebmastery)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-without-editor/#post-16202400)
 * Hi Michael
 * Thank you. Here is a screenshot of what I can see when I have only title and 
   excerpt selected. There is no excerpt box. It wasn’t hiding in screen options
   either.
 * [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZgBnvU5YGyidwRAS_zX__3urDj-N0o3/view?usp=share_link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UZgBnvU5YGyidwRAS_zX__3urDj-N0o3/view?usp=share_link)
 * Here is blob of information you asked for. I have two CPTs; both only require
   title and excerpt. Maybe I missed some other setting??
 * Liz
 * `{"testimonial":{"name":"testimonial","label":"Testimonials","singular_label":"
   Testimonial","description":"Unsolicited customer testimonials","public":"true","
   publicly_queryable":"true","show_ui":"true","show_in_nav_menus":"false","delete_with_user":"
   false","show_in_rest":"true","rest_base":"","rest_controller_class":"","rest_namespace":"","
   has_archive":"true","has_archive_string":"testimonials","exclude_from_search":"
   false","capability_type":"post","hierarchical":"false","can_export":"true","rewrite":"
   true","rewrite_slug":"","rewrite_withfront":"true","query_var":"true","query_var_slug":"","
   menu_position":"","show_in_menu":"true","show_in_menu_string":"","menu_icon":"
   dashicons-star-empty","register_meta_box_cb":null,"supports":["title","excerpt"],"
   taxonomies":[],"labels":{"menu_name":"Testimonials","all_items":"All Testimonials","
   add_new":"Add new","add_new_item":"Add new Testimonial","edit_item":"Edit Testimonial","
   new_item":"New Testimonial","view_item":"View Testimonial","view_items":"View
   Testimonials","search_items":"Search Testimonials","not_found":"No Testimonials
   found","not_found_in_trash":"No Testimonials found in bin","parent":"Parent Testimonial:","
   featured_image":"Featured image for this Testimonial","set_featured_image":"Set
   featured image for this Testimonial","remove_featured_image":"Remove featured
   image for this Testimonial","use_featured_image":"Use as featured image for this
   Testimonial","archives":"Testimonial archives","insert_into_item":"Insert into
   Testimonial","uploaded_to_this_item":"Upload to this Testimonial","filter_items_list":"
   Filter Testimonials list","items_list_navigation":"Testimonials list navigation","
   items_list":"Testimonials list","attributes":"Testimonials attributes","name_admin_bar":"
   Testimonial","item_published":"Testimonial published","item_published_privately":"
   Testimonial published privately.","item_reverted_to_draft":"Testimonial reverted
   to draft.","item_scheduled":"Testimonial scheduled","item_updated":"Testimonial
   updated.","parent_item_colon":"Parent Testimonial:"},"custom_supports":"","enter_title_here":"
   Add Testimonial"},"customer-question":{"name":"customer-question","label":"Customer
   Questions","singular_label":"Customer Question","description":"Questions that
   PET Plus customer submit","public":"true","publicly_queryable":"true","show_ui":"
   true","show_in_nav_menus":"false","delete_with_user":"false","show_in_rest":"
   true","rest_base":"","rest_controller_class":"","rest_namespace":"","has_archive":"
   true","has_archive_string":"customer-questions","exclude_from_search":"false","
   capability_type":"post","hierarchical":"false","can_export":"true","rewrite":"
   true","rewrite_slug":"","rewrite_withfront":"true","query_var":"true","query_var_slug":"","
   menu_position":"","show_in_menu":"true","show_in_menu_string":"","menu_icon":"
   dashicons-admin-users","register_meta_box_cb":null,"supports":["title","excerpt"],"
   taxonomies":["question_tag"],"labels":{"menu_name":"Customer Questions","all_items":"
   All Customer Questions","add_new":"Add new","add_new_item":"Add new Customer 
   Question","edit_item":"Edit Customer Question","new_item":"New Customer Question","
   view_item":"View Customer Question","view_items":"View Customer Questions","search_items":"
   Search Customer Questions","not_found":"No Customer Questions found","not_found_in_trash":"
   No Customer Questions found in bin","parent":"Parent Customer Question:","featured_image":"
   Featured image for this Customer Question","set_featured_image":"Set featured
   image for this Customer Question","remove_featured_image":"Remove featured image
   for this Customer Question","use_featured_image":"Use as featured image for this
   Customer Question","archives":"Customer Question archives","insert_into_item":"
   Insert into Customer Question","uploaded_to_this_item":"Upload to this Customer
   Question","filter_items_list":"Filter Customer Questions list","items_list_navigation":"
   Customer Questions list navigation","items_list":"Customer Questions list","attributes":"
   Customer Questions attributes","name_admin_bar":"Customer Question","item_published":"
   Customer Question published","item_published_privately":"Customer Question published
   privately.","item_reverted_to_draft":"Customer Question reverted to draft.","
   item_scheduled":"Customer Question scheduled","item_updated":"Customer Question
   updated.","parent_item_colon":"Parent Customer Question:"},"custom_supports":"","
   enter_title_here":"Add Customer Question"}}`
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-without-editor/#post-16205346)
 * Here’s what I’m seeing for both “add new” screens
 * [⌊Screen Shot⌉⌊Screen Shot⌉[
 * [⌊Screen Shot⌉⌊Screen Shot⌉[
 * Is it possible there’s some ACF settings that are preventing the display of excerpt?
 *  Thread Starter [diywebmastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diywebmastery/)
 * (@diywebmastery)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-without-editor/#post-16216126)
 * Thanks for looking at this Michael. I have tried switching everything off but
   nothing makes the excerpt box turn up. I think it must be to do with the theme?
   Inasmuch as I don’t have one as I am using Oxygen Builder. I will be switching
   to something else soon so hopefully, it will start behaving correctly then.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-without-editor/#post-16220146)
 * Worth checking through the theme, but it’s not a guaranteed source of the issue.
   I’m wondering if maybe the post type in question was originally registered there
   or at least somewhere else, and that code still exists and it doesn’t have excerpt
   support in that spot.
 * The logic here being that you can register the same content types in multiple
   locations without any sort of errors being experienced, and the one that gets
   run last, is the version used.
 *  Thread Starter [diywebmastery](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diywebmastery/)
 * (@diywebmastery)
 * [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-without-editor/#post-16220224)
 * I could try creating the post type again from scratch … I will be more mindful
   next time I do this. It was created here ….

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excerpt-without-editor/#post-16220224)
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