Title: Read more function not working
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Read more function not working

 *  [flowieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowieso/)
 * (@flowieso)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/)
 * Hello,
 * If I add a read more <!–read more–> in my post it’s not working. It’s in the 
   html but nothing happens on my home page. Anyone know how or where to fix this?
 * in my index.php file from my theme it says
    <span class=”entry”><?php the_content(‘
   Read more…’); ?></span>
 * Is there something wrong with this?
 * All help really appreciated.

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 *  Thread Starter [flowieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowieso/)
 * (@flowieso)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/#post-1774649)
 * Sorry I mean it says
 * <div class=”entry”>
 * <?php the_content(‘Read more’); ?>
    <div class=”clear”>
 * Could the problem be there?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/#post-1774669)
 * Try just using `<!--more-->` in your posts.
 *  Thread Starter [flowieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowieso/)
 * (@flowieso)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/#post-1774671)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for your reply. That is what I do. It’s in the HTML of the editor, but
   it just doesn’t work on my homepage. Could it be something in my
    post-template.
   php? Or functions.php or index.php even?
 *  Thread Starter [flowieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowieso/)
 * (@flowieso)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/#post-1774674)
 * The weird thing is, it works on my archive, but not on my homepage. That’s weird
   right?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/#post-1774676)
 * The weird thing would be a `<!--read more-->` tag working at all!
 *  Thread Starter [flowieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowieso/)
 * (@flowieso)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/#post-1774681)
 * Why is that?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/#post-1774682)
 * Because `<!--read more-->` isn’t a valid tag in WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [flowieso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flowieso/)
 * (@flowieso)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-more-function-not-working/#post-1774849)
 * I’m using <!–more–> in the html-editor, That is not the problem. The read more
   works in my archive, but not on my home page. Anyone?

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