excerpt box not visible

Question

i'd like to use excerpts but for some reason the excerpt editor is not visible when editing posts. i'm using wordpress v3.1 - already searched up the options but couldn't find anything .. :(

do i need a plugin for using excerpts? shouldn't it be included by default in wordpress?

thanks

Answer 1

Do you have the excerpt field enabled in screen options?

Screen options is in the top right-hand corner the screen, next to the help button (under the logout link).

Answer 2

if you already tried to add it at Screen Options in Upper Right Corner (in older versions)... try it:

Add the following code to your theme’s functions.php file or a site-specific plugin:

add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );