How to: Show both excerpt and full post on homepage

by R Zaman on May 22, 2009 · 2 comments

How you are displaying your post in the homepage of your Blog? Probably the answer is either “Full Post” or “Excerpt”. But what if you want some post to show excerpt and some full?

WordPress don’t have any built in option to let you do this. Disappointed? Don’t be.

The following little hack will let you show some post excerpt and some full.

Hack:

Open up your index.php and look for the loop. Then replace the loop with the following code:

<?php if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
$customField = get_post_custom_values(“full”);
if (isset($customField[0])) {
//Custom field is set, display a full post
the_title();
the_content();
} else {
// No custom field set, let’s display an excerpt
the_title();
the_excerpt();
endwhile;
endif;
?>

Remember, this code shows post excerpt by default. To show full post in homepage, you need to create a custom field. Name the custom field full and give any value. That’s all.

Credit goes to WpRecipes.

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