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Rather than inputting the same text over and over again, create a default text for all of your WordPress blog posts. This guide shows you how to use a few lines of PHP code to generate the default text for a blog post

Creating default text on blog posts in WordPress

ImportantAlways perform a backup before you make any changes to the theme files. If you break any codes, it will be easier to revert your site to its last good known state. Alternatively, you could also create a child theme. Read this link on how to create a child theme: https://www.hosting.com/blog/wordpress-child-theme/
Follow the steps below to edit your Theme setting file to add default text to blog posts  in WordPress:
  1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator account.
  2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Theme Editor:
  3. On the Theme Editor, select the Theme you want to edit from the dropdown:
  4. The files for this selected theme are listed on the right column under Theme Files. Click on the file named “functions.php”:
  5. Insert the following code to the end of functions.php file and click Update File Button to save the changes: