WordPress 2025 Theme – Showing Latest Posts with Excerpts is not Obvious

How to Show Latest Post Titles with Excerpts and “Read More” Links on the WordPress 2025 Theme

To configure your WordPress 2025 theme so the front page displays a list of your latest posts, each with its title, an excerpt, and a “Read More” link, follow these steps:

1. Use the Full Site Editor (Block Themes)
The WordPress 2025 theme is a block theme, so you can use the Full Site Editor to customize your front page without editing code.

• Go to Appearance » Editor in your WordPress dashboard.
• In the left menu, click Templates.
• Select the template you want to edit (commonly “Home” or “Index”).
• Click the pencil icon to edit.

2. Add a Query Loop Block

• Click the “+” icon to add a new block.
• Search for “Query Loop” and add it to your template. This block displays a list of your latest posts.

3. Customize the Query Loop

• Inside the Query Loop, you can add or rearrange blocks. For your needs:
  • Add a Post Title block (shows the post title).
  • Add a Post Excerpt block (shows the excerpt).
  • Add a Read More block (shows a link to the full post).

You can further customize:

• Whether the “Read More” link appears on a new line or the same line as the excerpt using the “Show link on new line” toggle in the right-hand settings menu.
• The appearance (colors, fonts) using the Styles tab in the settings.

4. Save Your Changes

• Once you are satisfied with the layout and appearance, click Save to apply the changes to your site.

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Additional Notes

• If your theme or template does not show excerpts by default, you can replace the_content() with the_excerpt() in the relevant template files, but with block themes, this is rarely necessary.
• To change the text of the “Read More” link, you can customize it via the block settings or by adding a filter to your functions.php file if you want advanced customization.
• If you want to show excerpts site-wide (including archives and search), repeat the above process for those templates.

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Summary Table

Element	How to Add (Block Editor)
Post Title	Add “Post Title” block
Post Excerpt	Add “Post Excerpt” block
Read More Link	Add “Read More” block or toggle in Post Excerpt settings

This approach ensures your front page will list the latest posts with titles, excerpts, and a clear “Read More” link for each, using the built-in customization features of the WordPress 2025 theme