Title: Remove Intro Text
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Remove Intro Text

 *  [stefffff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefffff/)
 * (@stefffff)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-intro-text/)
 * is it possible to only show the intro text on front page and categories page 
   but when you are on the actual article page to show the text beyond the <–!more–
   > tag?
 * joomla has such a thing where you can check to hide the intro text…
 * any ideas please?
 * thanks in advance 🙂

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 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-intro-text/#post-1329555)
 * Sure, it is all about how your theme is configured to pull posts.
 * For instance, you might change your theme’s `index.php` to use [the_excerpt()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_excerpt)
   instead of [the_content()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_content).
   You can read more at [Customizing_the_Read_More](http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_the_Read_More)
   in the docs section.
 *  Thread Starter [stefffff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stefffff/)
 * (@stefffff)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-intro-text/#post-1329558)
 * okay so i figured out… i am using wordpress 2.9 the default template
 * and in single php i have this line:
 * `<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>');?
   >`
 * from what i’ve read about the_content(); it seems all i need to do is change 
   the line above in:
 * `<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>',
   TRUE,''); ?>` and everything works!
 * that TRUE stands for hide text above the <–!more–> tag… exactly what i was aiming
   for!
 * thank you Chris_K for your help!
 * best of luck

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## Tags

 * [intro text](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/intro-text/)
 * [more tag](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/more-tag/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-intro-text/#post-1329558)
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