Title: No Excerpt Function
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# No Excerpt Function

 *  Resolved [thissid1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thissid1/)
 * (@thissid1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-excerpt-function/)
 * I’m using the theme ‘multiflex 5.2’ and i’ve been unable to get any sort of excerpt
   function to work from the outset. I’ve got ‘Advanced Excerpt’ plug-in but it 
   doesn’t work either – not surprising if the function is not there in the first
   place. Here is the main part of the code from the index page…
 * </h1>
    <p>Posted on <?php the_time(‘F jS, Y’) ?> <!– by <?php the_author() ?>–
   ></p>
 * <?php if (is_search()) { the_excerpt(); } else { the_content(‘Read the rest of
   this entry »’); } ?>
 * <p><?php the_tags(‘Tags: ‘, ‘, ‘, ‘
   ‘); ?> Filed under <?php the_category(‘, ‘)?
   > | <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit’, ”, ‘ | ‘); ?> <?php comments_popup_link(‘No 
   Comments »’, ‘1 Comment »’, ‘% Comments »’); ?></p>
 * <?php comments_template(); ?> //
 * Any ideas?

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 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-excerpt-function/#post-1333542)
 * I use the plugin Excerpt Editor, I have tried Advanced Excerpt, I don’t know 
   why I thought the first better.
 * Anyway, do the excerpts work when you use the default theme? That could indicate
   that it’s your theme’s coding.
 *  Thread Starter [thissid1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thissid1/)
 * (@thissid1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-excerpt-function/#post-1333800)
 * I didn’t think to test the default, but no, the default WordPress is not giving
   me excerpts on the index page either – full posts 🙁 (same with any of the themes
   I’ve downloaded)
    So can someone tell me where in the code the problem may be?
   I’ve got the latest version of WordPress. Thanks. Matt.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-excerpt-function/#post-1333806)
 * change this line:
    `<?php if (is_search()) { the_excerpt(); } else { the_content('
   Read the rest of this entry »'); } ?>` into: `<?php the_excerpt(); ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [thissid1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thissid1/)
 * (@thissid1)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-excerpt-function/#post-1333892)
 * YES!! That did it – thanks so much alchymyth – saved me 🙂
    Matt.

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 * Last reply from: [thissid1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thissid1/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-excerpt-function/#post-1333892)
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