In the right-hand panel of the WordPress content editor, you should see the 'Excerpt' dropdown. Click the downward arrow next to it. It'll expand to show the excerpt box. You can type your custom post excerpt here.
How do I enable excerpts in WordPress?
To add the excerpt, login to your WordPress dashboard and go to Settings >> Reading. Now scroll down to For each post in a feed, include option and choose the summary option to display your post in a summary (excerpt). Once done, click on “Save Changes” button to save the changes.
How do I find my excerpt length in WordPress?
Manually Changing WordPress Excerpt Length
- Hover on the Appearance tab and select Theme Editor.
- Open the functions.php file and insert the code: function my_excerpt_length($length){ return 80; } ...
- Change the word limit from 80 to any number you like, and press the Update File button.
