Adjust reading settings

Adjust reading settings in WordPress — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Readers should see full posts on the homepage. Set the Reading settings to show full text for each…
Readers should see full posts on the homepage. Set the Reading settings to show full text for each post, set the posts page to Blog, and save changes — then load the home page to confirm full content appears and pagination still works.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I change how posts display, make it simple for an editor to approve — show the current…
Before I change how posts display, make it simple for an editor to approve — show the current reading settings, how many posts per page, and whether excerpts or full posts are selected. Flag performance, layout, and SEO consequences of switching to full posts versus excerpts.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I changed Reading to display full posts and now the homepage is much slower; Andrea in marketing…

I switched to full posts and the homepage is sluggish

I changed Reading to display full posts and now the homepage is much slower; Andrea in marketing will blame me if it breaks mobile. I don’t know if the theme or hosting is the bottleneck. What’s the most likely reason for the slowdown and the quickest rollback or compromise that keeps editors happy without degrading performance?

Become — change the pattern

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On multiple sites I toggle between excerpts and full post displays because editors demand different…

We bounce between excerpts and full posts every month

On multiple sites I toggle between excerpts and full post displays because editors demand different things. Each change triggers layout fixes and performance tickets. What single rule or default should I adopt so display decisions stop causing repeated firefights and rework?

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