Title: [Plugin: FeedWordPress] Feedwordpress : truncate the article
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: FeedWordPress] Feedwordpress : truncate the article

 *  [Koztoujours](https://wordpress.org/support/users/koztoujours/)
 * (@koztoujours)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-feedwordpress-feedwordpress-truncate-the-article/)
 * Hi. I am working on a new site, and wish to use feedwordpress. But I am bothered
   by one problem : I don’t see anywhere the possibility to truncate de feed. I 
   do not want to publish the entirety of the articles.
 * Do you know how to do that ?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedwordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/feedwordpress/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Koztoujours](https://wordpress.org/support/users/koztoujours/)
 * (@koztoujours)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-feedwordpress-feedwordpress-truncate-the-article/#post-1114909)
 * Hi, two months after, I still haven’t find a solution. If someone can bring a
   light of hope to a desperate blogger… 😉
 *  [kesseret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kesseret/)
 * (@kesseret)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-feedwordpress-feedwordpress-truncate-the-article/#post-1114921)
 * I found this but do not know exactly if it applies to the current feed wordpress.
   If you can use it maybe you can tell me how to, as well, since I have been looking
   for a way for all posts fetched from my syndication list to automatically be 
   excerpts with a link to “read more” which points to the original source’s blog
   post.
 * Link to original source of info:
    [http://techgeneration.net/2008/01/21/aggregating-blogs-with-feedwordpress/](http://techgeneration.net/2008/01/21/aggregating-blogs-with-feedwordpress/)
 * Here’s the short/long of it
 * > And imported excerpts instead of the full content with a link to read the original(
   > in feedwordpress.php):
   >     ```
   >     $this->post['post_content'] = strip_tags($excerpt).’<br /><a target=”_blank” href=”‘.$this->item['link'].’”
   >     >[Read original &rarr;]</a>’
   >     ```
   > 
   > ;
 *  [davidspeaks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidspeaks/)
 * (@davidspeaks)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-feedwordpress-feedwordpress-truncate-the-article/#post-1114935)
 * I had the same problem/challenge. It’s so simple it’s almost embarrassing! It’s
   the “more” tag. Here’s the simple explanation:
    [http://support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/](http://support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/)
 * You’re welcome.
    = )
 *  [dmetzcher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmetzcher/)
 * (@dmetzcher)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-feedwordpress-feedwordpress-truncate-the-article/#post-1114975)
 * DavidSpeaks: I don’t think that’s the solution we’re looking for. We want to 
   truncate the posts themselves, not provide a tag that allows users to view the
   full post on our site. The more tag is simply a way to split a post and force
   the reader to click through to view the rest of it while remaining on our site.
   The OP (and I) seems to want to only post an excerpt to the WordPress database
   and not include more than that.
 *  [decarn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/decarn/)
 * (@decarn)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-feedwordpress-feedwordpress-truncate-the-article/#post-1114976)
 * Are you referring to this? Refer to point number 6) How to make feedwordpress
   retrieve only a short excerpt and not the entire post? Feedwordpress : truncate
   the article
 * [http://www.thegeeklog.com/2009/10/21/step-by-step-guide-to-creating-a-new-finance-aggregator-site/](http://www.thegeeklog.com/2009/10/21/step-by-step-guide-to-creating-a-new-finance-aggregator-site/)
 * This is my development site for customizing feedwordpress before it goes live
   [http://www.thegeeklog.com/dev](http://www.thegeeklog.com/dev)

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