Post Excerpt
Displays a word-trimmed excerpt of the current post with configurable length. It is shown in the block inserter as Post Excerpt and registered as canvas-core/post-excerpt.
Select the block on a page and its own settings open in the sidebar, in the panels below:
Settings
Each setting is named exactly as the block editor names it, followed by what it does and what it starts as. Where a setting carries a Shown when line, it stays hidden until that condition is met, which is the usual reason a setting looks missing from the sidebar:
Settings
Skip For FormatsDefaultEmpty
Comma-separated post formats this block renders nothing for. A quotation, a bare link and a short status ARE the entry: repeating them as an excerpt underneath is noise, and the design omits the paragraph entirely for those records.
Excerpt Length (words)Default
25Maximum number of words to display.
Show Read More LinkDefaultOff
Embed a read-more link inside this excerpt: entry-content contains the excerpt paragraph followed by the read-more link.
Read More TextDefaultEmpty
Wording on the link that follows the summary. Leave empty for the default.
Shown when Show Read More Link is on
Wrap in .entry-contentDefaultOn
On by default. Turn off for a card whose box already holds the summary, where the design draws no container around it.
Paragraph ClassesDefaultEmpty
Utility classes on the summary paragraph itself. The block Advanced panel styles the container around it instead.
Read More ClassDefaultEmpty
Defaults to the Blog options' read-more class ("more-link") when left blank.
Shown when Show Read More Link is on
Related
Every Canvas block also carries the Animation, Scroll Effects and Advanced panels, which are described in Controls every Canvas block has.
Other blocks in Posts: Blog Archive Loop, Blog Loop, Blog Single Post, Post Archive Index, Post Author, Post Comments.