[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22049: Reading settings let users choose between "Full text" or "Summary" for the feeds but not for the blog page

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#22049: Reading settings let users choose between "Full text" or "Summary" for the
feeds but not for the blog page
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 Reporter:  Lorangeo     |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:  1.2
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by DrewAPicture):

 Replying to [comment:3 Lorangeo]:
 > If you have a quick look at the reading settings page (Settings >
 Reading) you'll see that there is an option to show "full text" or
 "summary" for the posts listed in '''RSS feeds'''. And this is soooo
 simple! It would seem quite logical and obvious to expect the same option
 in this page  for the posts listed in '''blog pages'''

 Right, but the issue is that themes (usually) don't control the look and
 feel of RSS feeds, which is why Core handles it.

 It ''is'' the job of themes to control how content is outwardly presented
 to the Web, which is why we have
 [https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags Template Tags] to display
 the_content or the_excerpt. A lot of themes out there both free and
 commercial bake in options to choose whether full text or excerpts are
 displayed on any given page.

 It really comes down to drawing lines in the sand between what themes,
 plugins and Core are respectively meant to control. This is theme and/or
 plugin material.

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