Customising The Read More Option

The read more option allows you to cut your blogs off at a certain point and replaces it with a link so that the reader has the option to click the link and read the rest of the entry. It is particularly useful if you have written a long blog post.

1.

First you want to place the following code (if you don’t already have it) in your index.php anywhere after where it says:

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

	<?php the_content('Read On...'); ?>

You can change where it says Read On to anything you wish.

2.

When you want to cut off your blog simply add in the quicktag

<!--more-->