Customizing Page Templates
The customizer can be used to change many template settings. It can only be accessed by Editors and Administrators by going to Appearance > Customize > Page Templates
Common settings include those to toggle metadata and other template options
Posts Index
The Posts Index page is selected in Settings > Reading and displays all posts.
Customizer Options
These options can be accessed by going to Appearance > Customizer
- Show page content
- This is the content of the page that the posts index is set to. “Pages”.
- Tags
- Show all tags in the sidebar
- Categories
- Show all categories in the sidebar
- Post Featured Image
- Shows the featured image for each post in the feed
- Post Published Date
- Show the published date for each post in the feed
- Post Tags
- Show the tags for each post in the feed
- Post Categories
- Show the categories for each post in the feed
The Posts Index sidebar widget
This widget appears below the Tags and Categories (if enabled) in the sidebar area of the Post Index page. You can edit it's content by going to Appearance > Widgets
Editing the Posts Page
You can change the name of the Posts Index page, and add additional content above or below the feed by editing the “Posts Page” in the “Pages” tab.
Single Post
Customizer Options
These options can be accessed by going to Appearance > Customizer
- Metadata location
- Indicates where the metadata for the post will be shown
- Show Featured Image
- Indicates where the featured image will be displayed unless set to “Hidden”
- Post Author
- Show the author of the post in the post area
- Published Date
- Show the published date of the post in the meta area
- Modified Date
- Show the modified date of the post in the meta area
- Tags
- Show the post tags in the meta area
- Categories
- Show the post categories in the meta area
The Single Post sidebar widget
This widget appears below the post metadata in the sidebar area of every Post page. You can edit it's content by going to Appearance > Widgets
Posts Archive
Customizer Options
These options can be accessed by going to Appearance > Customizer
- Tags
- Show all tags in the sidebar
- Categories
- Show all categories in the sidebar
- Post Featured Image
- Shows the featured image for each post in the feed
- Post Published Date
- Show the published date for each post in the feed
- Post Tags
- Show the tags for each post in the feed
- Post Categories
- Show the categories for each post in the feed