Wordpress excerpt not working
<p>I am using the latest WordPress version and when I use <code>&lt;?php the_excerpt(); ?&gt;</code> on the index page it doesn't show the post excerpt.</p>

<p>I tried putting in the_content() instead and it worked, so I'm assuming there is something wrong.</p>

<p>My code:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;?php get_header(); ?&gt;


&lt;?php if (have_posts()) : ?&gt;
&lt;div id="post-area"&gt;
&lt;?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?&gt; 

        &lt;div id="post-&lt;?php the_ID(); ?&gt;" &lt;?php post_class(); ?&gt;&gt;
         &lt;?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) { ?&gt;
         &lt;div class="gridly-image"&gt;&lt;a href="&lt;?php the_permalink() ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php the_post_thumbnail( 'summary-image' );  ?&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
          &lt;div class="gridly-category"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;?php the_category(', ') ?&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

          &lt;?php } ?&gt;
                &lt;div class="gridly-copy"&gt;&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="&lt;?php the_permalink() ?&gt;"&gt;&lt;?php the_title(); ?&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
                &lt;p class="gridly-date"&gt;&lt;?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;


            &lt;p class="gridly-excerpt"&gt;&lt;?php the_excerpt(); ?&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
            &lt;div class="read-more"&gt;
                &lt;a class="read-more-button" title="Read More" href="&lt;?php the_permalink() ?&gt;"&gt;Read More&lt;/a&gt;
            &lt;/div&gt;
         &lt;/div&gt;
       &lt;/div&gt;



&lt;?php endwhile; ?&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;?php else : ?&gt;
&lt;?php endif; ?&gt;

&lt;?php next_posts_link('&lt;p class="view-older"&gt;View Older Entries&lt;/p&gt;') ?&gt;


&lt;?php get_footer(); ?&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I am using this theme: <a href="http://www.eleventhemes.com/gridly-theme/" rel="nofollow">http://www.eleventhemes.com/gridly-theme/</a></p>

<p>Thanks</p>
