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title: "WordPress Tip: Showing the Full Content Versus the Excerpt"
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# WordPress Tip: Showing the Full Content Versus the Excerpt

You can configure your home page to show the full content of each post or an excerpt. You can also configure your archives to display the content or an excerpt. The excerpt strips all HTML formatting, but the content doesn't strip any formatting and will display all content up until your Read More tag.

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