Title: Post Preview
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Post Preview

 *  [superdwayne1987](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superdwayne1987/)
 * (@superdwayne1987)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-3/)
 * Hello everyone.
 * I am creating a custom wordpress theme and I would like to only display a little
   preview of the text on the home page, but when you click on the post you see 
   all of the text. can this be done ? and how can I do this

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 *  [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/)
 * (@mercime)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-3/#post-1354878)
 * Use the_excerpt [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt)
 *  Thread Starter [superdwayne1987](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superdwayne1987/)
 * (@superdwayne1987)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-3/#post-1354881)
 * I have but it works but it does not show the images which go with the post
 *  [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/)
 * (@mercime)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-3/#post-1354961)
 * It doesn’t show the images unless you call it in your theme. Check out [Mark Jaquith’s how-to.](http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/new-in-wordpress-2-9-post-thumbnail-images/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-preview-3/#post-1354961)
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