diff --git a/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py b/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
index ff3d3cfe1..2ab8e87ed 100644
--- a/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
+++ b/material/plugins/blog/plugin.py
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ class BlogPlugin(BasePlugin[BlogConfig]):
                 raise PluginError(
                     f"Couldn't find '{separator}' in post '{path}' in '{docs}'"
                 )
-            else:
-                page.markdown += f"\n\n{separator}"
 
         # Create excerpt for post and inherit authors and categories - excerpts
         # can contain a subset of the authors and categories of the post
diff --git a/material/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py b/material/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py
index 12a383b33..255a26934 100644
--- a/material/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py
+++ b/material/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ class Excerpt(Page):
         self.authors: list[Author] = []
         self.categories: list[Category] = []
 
+        # Initialize content after separator - allow template authors to render
+        # posts inline or to provide a link to the post's page
+        self.more = None
+
         # Initialize parser - note that we need to patch the configuration,
         # more specifically the table of contents extension
         config = _patch(config)
@@ -200,7 +204,9 @@ class Excerpt(Page):
 
         # Convert Markdown to HTML and extract excerpt
         self.content = self.md.convert(self.markdown)
-        self.content, *_ = self.content.split(separator, 1)
+        self.content, *more = self.content.split(separator, 1)
+        if more:
+            self.more = more[0]
 
         # Extract table of contents and reset post URL - if we wouldn't reset
         # the excerpt URL, linking to the excerpt from the view would not work
diff --git a/material/templates/partials/post.html b/material/templates/partials/post.html
index 08f3c8f1d..772a0a8c1 100644
--- a/material/templates/partials/post.html
+++ b/material/templates/partials/post.html
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@
   </header>
   <div class="md-post__content md-typeset">
     {{ post.content }}
-    <nav class="md-post__action">
-      <a href="{{ post.url | url }}">
-        {{ lang.t("blog.continue") }}
-      </a>
-    </nav>
+    {% if post.more %}
+      <nav class="md-post__action">
+        <a href="{{ post.url | url }}">
+          {{ lang.t("blog.continue") }}
+        </a>
+      </nav>
+    {% endif %}
   </div>
 </article>
diff --git a/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py b/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
index ff3d3cfe1..2ab8e87ed 100644
--- a/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
+++ b/src/plugins/blog/plugin.py
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ class BlogPlugin(BasePlugin[BlogConfig]):
                 raise PluginError(
                     f"Couldn't find '{separator}' in post '{path}' in '{docs}'"
                 )
-            else:
-                page.markdown += f"\n\n{separator}"
 
         # Create excerpt for post and inherit authors and categories - excerpts
         # can contain a subset of the authors and categories of the post
diff --git a/src/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py b/src/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py
index 12a383b33..255a26934 100644
--- a/src/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py
+++ b/src/plugins/blog/structure/__init__.py
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ class Excerpt(Page):
         self.authors: list[Author] = []
         self.categories: list[Category] = []
 
+        # Initialize content after separator - allow template authors to render
+        # posts inline or to provide a link to the post's page
+        self.more = None
+
         # Initialize parser - note that we need to patch the configuration,
         # more specifically the table of contents extension
         config = _patch(config)
@@ -200,7 +204,9 @@ class Excerpt(Page):
 
         # Convert Markdown to HTML and extract excerpt
         self.content = self.md.convert(self.markdown)
-        self.content, *_ = self.content.split(separator, 1)
+        self.content, *more = self.content.split(separator, 1)
+        if more:
+            self.more = more[0]
 
         # Extract table of contents and reset post URL - if we wouldn't reset
         # the excerpt URL, linking to the excerpt from the view would not work
diff --git a/src/templates/partials/post.html b/src/templates/partials/post.html
index 2d5451146..20e7141a6 100644
--- a/src/templates/partials/post.html
+++ b/src/templates/partials/post.html
@@ -90,10 +90,12 @@
     {{ post.content }}
 
     <!-- Continue reading link -->
-    <nav class="md-post__action">
-      <a href="{{ post.url | url }}">
-        {{ lang.t("blog.continue") }}
-      </a>
-    </nav>
+    {% if post.more %}
+      <nav class="md-post__action">
+        <a href="{{ post.url | url }}">
+          {{ lang.t("blog.continue") }}
+        </a>
+      </nav>
+    {% endif %}
   </div>
 </article>