# Change "content" helper behavior

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/change-content-helper-behavior/4443>\
**Category:** Developer help\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/change-content-helper-behavior/4443 "2018-12-07T22:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Susan\_Crayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Susan\_Crayne](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Susan_Crayne)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/change-content-helper-behavior/4443/1 "2018-12-07T22:10:28Z")

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Currently, the “content” helper appears to wrap the content in a paragraph element. That is a problem for me because I want to have a “read more” link separated from the content by a space. Currently it is separated from the content by several lines. How can I remove the paragraph wrapper? Do I need to make a custom helper, or is there a simpler way to do it? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Hannah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/hannah/32/22_2.png) [@Hannah](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Hannah)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/change-content-helper-behavior/4443/2 "2018-12-08T10:17:00Z")

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If you’re trying to create an article preview without HTML, then you can use the excerpt helper, instead of content: [Ghost Handlebars Theme Helpers: excerpt](https://docs.ghost.org/api/handlebars-themes/helpers/excerpt/)

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**Author:** ![Susan\_Crayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Susan\_Crayne](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Susan_Crayne)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/change-content-helper-behavior/4443/3 "2018-12-10T16:38:59Z")

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I actually switched from “excerpt” to “content” because “excerpt” was not putting a space between the byline and the rest of the post. This “byline” is not the “author” field – it actually is just the first sentence of the post.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/ghost2/original/2X/b/ba9ce5100b8bb264586f4f572545596b2ce3f081.png) [@system](https://forum.ghost.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/change-content-helper-behavior/4443/4 "2018-12-24T16:39:04Z")

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