Display post excerpt instead of full post

start by creating a child theme for the edits.

then, for example, create a folder /template-parts/post/ in the child theme and add a file content.php into it, based on a copy of content.php in the corresponding folder of Twenty Seventeen.
then edit this section:

			/* translators: %s: Name of current post */
			the_content( sprintf(
				__( 'Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "%s"</span>', 'twentyseventeen' ),
				get_the_title()
			) );

to:

			if( is_category() ) { 
			the_excerpt();
			} else {
			/* translators: %s: Name of current post */
			the_content( sprintf(
				__( 'Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "%s"</span>', 'twentyseventeen' ),
				get_the_title()
			) );
			}

Thanks for this!

• This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by heyrocketgirl.

I added your code to the content.php in my child theme and it’s working but it does not show on every post. I noticed if a post has a bullet list or pictures it does not show the “continue reading” link.
How can I add it so that it shows on every post?