# Activate Excerpt

Excerpt is the short length description field for your blog posts and products. Sometimes, your wordpress doesn't give you the excerpt field. Using excerpt field for your products/posts is highly recommended in using the Azoom Theme. To activate the excerpt field, go to your Wordpress Admin Dashboard and follow these steps ;

## Product's Excerpt Field

- Go to Azoom Products and choose "Add New"
- At the top of the page you will see a button named "Screen Options" click on it
- Check the "Excerpt" field
- Now you should be able to see the excerpt field under the content text area

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## Blog's Excerpt Field

- Go to Azoom Post and choose "Add New"
- At the top of the page you will see a button named "Screen Options" click on it
- Check the "Excerpt" field
- Now you should be able to see the excerpt field under the content text area