Title: Hide Excerpt on Single Posts
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Hide Excerpt on Single Posts

 *  [burdenr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burdenr/)
 * (@burdenr)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-excerpt-on-single-posts/)
 * I need to use custom excerpts for my site, but I can’t find any way to hide them
   when viewing the post as a single post. Basically, I need the custom excerpt 
   to appear in the post preview, but not in the single post.
 * I’ve already tried every excerpt plugin I can find, and there doesn’t seem to
   be anyone having any luck fixing this issue. I’m not sure why WordPress would
   default to repeating content in this way, but it’s very frustrating.
 * Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

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 *  [Shaun Scovil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sscovil/)
 * (@sscovil)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-excerpt-on-single-posts/#post-3863917)
 * Typically, a theme uses [the_excerpt()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_excerpt)
   in `index.php` and [the_content()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_content)
   in `single.php`. What theme are you using?
 * Also, please share a link to your site…that may help shed some light on the problem.
 *  Thread Starter [burdenr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/burdenr/)
 * (@burdenr)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-excerpt-on-single-posts/#post-3863949)
 * I’m using “Editorial”
 * My site is [http://fourwayreview.com](http://fourwayreview.com)
 * You are correct about the content of those two files, but the excerpt still shows
   up in a single post. I know this is wordpress’ default because there are a number
   of people trying to fix this issue in message boards. It just doesn’t seem like
   anyone’s found a work-around yet.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-excerpt-on-single-posts/#post-3863951)
 * I’m sorry but as you are using a non-WPORG theme, you need to seek support from
   the theme’s developers – paid or otherwise. We only support themes downloaded
   from wordpress.org here.
    Try [http://www.woothemes.com/support/](http://www.woothemes.com/support/)
 *  [Shaun Scovil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sscovil/)
 * (@sscovil)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-excerpt-on-single-posts/#post-3863959)
 * Yeah, that is a theme-specific problem. To confirm, try switching to the default
   WordPress theme.

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 * Last reply from: [Shaun Scovil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sscovil/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-excerpt-on-single-posts/#post-3863959)
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