# The "Post content" smart action doesn't work **URL:** \ **Category:** Pinegrow WP\ **Tags:** bug\ **Created:** [April 5, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769 "2018-04-05T13:50:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@Darek](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Darek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769/1 "2018-04-05T13:50:50Z")
So I just started using Pinegrow for WP. All is fine however, I seem to be missing something while creating the “single” template. I cant get it to show the actual content. Title, image and excerpt are fine, but the content doesn’t show. I did follow the tutorial here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6O1HdnFvVk&index=4&list=PLNHKFtMjaNvEsuX6bDg\_d3hAd1RPIbFS1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6O1HdnFvVk&index=4&list=PLNHKFtMjaNvEsuX6bDg_d3hAd1RPIbFS1) And this is what I came up with. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/4/4ce04ac186d196cb5a6493f14667f1c1c08cd95c.png) The single.php shows the \ just fine. Anyone have any idea what went wrong? thanks. ---
**Author:** ![benhanna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/benhanna/32/766_2.png) [@benhanna](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/benhanna)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769/2 "2018-04-05T14:15:48Z")
Get rid of “the excerpt”. Use the excerpt on your index page instead of “the content” ---
**Author:** ![Darek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@Darek](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Darek)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769/3 "2018-04-05T14:50:53Z")
Thanks for the reply. However, it didn’t help. When I get rid of it there’s nothing shown there. This is where the content paragraph should be, but there’s nothing there. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/b/b8823ebf118ef535b073221cd75437e8c53321bc.png) ---
**Author:** ![benhanna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/benhanna/32/766_2.png) [@benhanna](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/benhanna)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769/4 "2018-04-05T15:06:32Z")
What I mean is, if you are creating a single post page (single.php) You don’t need the excerpt. But you can use the excerpt action for you blog index page ---
**Author:** ![benhanna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/benhanna/32/766_2.png) [@benhanna](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/benhanna)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769/5 "2018-04-05T15:59:32Z")
Also it looks like your sidebar is in your Loop? ---
**Author:** ![Darek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d78d45/32.png) [@Darek](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Darek)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769/6 "2018-04-06T08:29:10Z")
Yea, I got that. Also the sidebar is there, but even if I delete it, it doesn’t solve anything. I ended up using the page from the starter theme and going from there. I’d still like to know what I did wrong tho. ---
**Author:** ![benhanna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/benhanna/32/766_2.png) [@benhanna](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/benhanna)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769/7 "2018-04-06T08:58:35Z")
these might help. I’d suggest using a simpler layout with article html tag, just until you learn how to do it in Pinegrow [https://pluginsforpinegrow.com/pinegrow-tutorial/creating-wordpress-loop-pinegrow/](https://pluginsforpinegrow.com/pinegrow-tutorial/creating-wordpress-loop-pinegrow/) this one sets it up with smart components [https://pluginsforpinegrow.com/pinegrow-tutorial/creating-the-home-page-template/](https://pluginsforpinegrow.com/pinegrow-tutorial/creating-the-home-page-template/) ---
**Author:** ![benhanna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/benhanna/32/766_2.png) [@benhanna](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/benhanna)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2018, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/the-post-content-smart-action-doesnt-work/1769/8 "2018-04-06T09:01:42Z")
[https://pluginsforpinegrow.com/pinegrow-tutorial/creating-the-home-page-template/](https://pluginsforpinegrow.com/pinegrow-tutorial/creating-the-home-page-template/)