Add or edit a manual excerpt

A manual excerpt is a short post or page summary that may appear in homepage, sidebar, or footer links. This article explains how to edit one.

Before you start

• Know the basics of editing posts or pages.

Steps

1. Open a post or page to edit.
2. Scroll below the block-editor canvas to the Excerpt panel.
3. If Excerpt is not visible, open Options (the three dots in the top-right corner), select Preferences > General, and enable Excerpt under Advanced.
4. Use the panel's Visual or Code view to edit the excerpt.
5. Click Save for a published post or page. For an unpublished draft, click Save draft.