Lead and body

One of the many interesting publishing features WordPress has to offer is the concept of the lead and the body of the post. This may sound like a strange thing, but it's actually quite simple.

When you're publishing a new post, you don't necessarily want to display its whole content right away on the front page. A much more user-friendly approach is to display only the lead, and then display the complete post under its individual URL.

Achieving this in WordPress is very simple. All you need to do is use the More block available in the block-based editor. Simply add it onto the canvas and then drag and drop it somewhere near the top of the post—preferably right after the first paragraph. See the following screenshot for reference:

On the front page, most WordPress themes display such posts by presenting the lead along with a continue reading link, and then the whole post (both the lead and the remainder of the post) is displayed under the post's individual URL.