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March 10, 2011 by Peter Shilling 3 Comments

WordPress post excerpts and custom fields

Here’s a quick tip for our WordPress users.

There is a little change in WordPress 3.1 that we found out about today and rather than thinking you’ve gone mad we thought we’d share the solution.

I’ve just spent 2 days looking for the missing excerpts and custom fields sections that I use quiet a bit in WordPress. I first noticed while doing a training session on Skype with a client that they were gone.

Turns out that this is a ‘feature’ of the new WordPress 3.1 – it turns both post excepts and custom fields off in the editing screen. To turn them back on is very simple, just click the ‘Screen Options’ tab that is at the top right corner of your WordPress admin screen and select excerpts and/or custom fields – whichever you need.

Click the screen shot below to view where to do this.

How to turn on excerpts and custom fields

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About Peter Shilling

Peter is a co-founder at The DMA. Specialising in WordPress development since 2008, he's been involved in projects big and small around Australia. Read his full profile here

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  1. Peter says

    March 16, 2011 at 6:39 am

    Thanks for the tip!
    I couldn’t find the customs fields either ;)

    Reply
    • Peter Shilling says

      March 16, 2011 at 10:29 am

      Glad to help out!

      Reply
  2. Emma says

    March 22, 2011 at 2:21 pm

    Thanks for this Peter – this is great and very well explained. Appreciate it!

    Reply

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