manual Post excerpt being ignored

[maltonge]

wordpress 4.8.1 fresh install.

no plugins activated, using 2017 theme although excerpt does not show even when the theme is changed.

created 1 post with a manual excerpt and also edited the default Hello World post and added a manual excerpt. Excerpts do not show on the home page, instead, the full post is shown.

I've been on this for days, I thought it was an issue with the theme then the plugins however even with a fresh WP install I can now confirm it is an issue with WP.

Server Software.

Nginx
PHP 7.1 fpm
maria db InnoDB

[SergeyBiryukov]

Hi @maltonge, welcome to WordPress Trac! Thanks for the report.

I've been on this for days, I thought it was an issue with the theme

Twenty Seventeen is indeed designed to show full posts on home page, it only shows excerpts on search pages. If you'd like it to show excerpts on home page, you'd need to create a child theme and replace this line in index.php template:

get_template_part( 'template-parts/post/content', get_post_format() );

with this one:

get_template_part( 'template-parts/post/excerpt', get_post_format() );

If you need any further help, please try the support forums: ​https://wordpress.org/support/.

[hellofromTonya]

Hello @maltonge,

As Sergey notes, it is designed this way. But you can customize it by creating a child theme, copy the index.php, and then replacing the line he notes above.

I'll close this ticket due to its age and that it was a design decision. Cheers :)