How can I fix a too long blog post content?

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I am adding a blog post, but the content is too long. How to fix it?

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Hello, @Bethchan56

If you’re encountering a “blog content is too long” error in Shopify, it likely means that you’ve reached a character limit for a single blog post. Shopify has certain limits on the length of blog posts to ensure optimal performance. To fix this issue, you can try the following solutions

  • Shorten the Content: The most straightforward solution is to shorten your blog post by removing unnecessary content, paragraphs, or sections. Focus on retaining the most important and relevant information while eliminating redundancy.
  • Split the Content: If your blog post is exceptionally long, consider splitting it into multiple smaller posts. Create a series of interconnected posts that cover different aspects of your topic. This not only resolves the length issue but also provides an opportunity for readers to engage with multiple posts.
  • Use Pagination: Instead of splitting the content into separate posts, you can use pagination to break the long blog post into multiple pages. Shopify allows you to enable pagination for blog posts in the theme customization settings. This way, readers can click through pages to continue reading the entire post.
  • Consider an Alternate Platform: If your content is too extensive and doesn’t fit within Shopify’s character limits, you might want to consider hosting the content on an external platform, such as Medium or WordPress, and then link to it from your Shopify blog. This way, you can provide a seamless reading experience for your visitors..
  • Review and Edit Content: Thoroughly review your content for any formatting issues, unnecessary HTML or code, or any unusual characters that might be causing the error. Make sure your content is well-structured and clean.

Remember to save your changes or update your blog posts after making any adjustments. Shopify’s blog editor should give you real-time feedback on the character count, so you can monitor your progress as you make edits.

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Hey @Bethchan56
I have very long blog posts on shopify and never receive the message for any limit. If your contents are really long then try to save in parts. Ie first put half of your contents and save the post and then add more contents and save again.

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Hi @Bethchan56 ,

Thanks for reaching out!

There isn’t an exact word/character limit when using the text editor for creating blog posts. However, there is a hard size limit for the amount of content you can enter into blog posts. The page content limit is 64kb. This goes for things like Pages, and Blog posts.

So if you are running into issues, I would recommend resizing any of your images to save space. Let me know if that helps.

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Thanks for your suggestion. It works after I deleted unnecessary HTML.