Blog

Blog settings control how posts look in archives and on single post pages. Go to AppearanceCustomizeTheme SettingsBlog.

Archives

These settings change the blog page and archive pages such as categories, tags, authors and dates. Some apply only to the Blog layout. The notes say which.

Blog Archive Layout
Choose Blog, Circle Icons or Grid. Default: Blog.

Blog Archive Title Prefix
Shows the prefix in archive titles, for example Category Archives. Default: on.

Post Content
Choose Full Post or Post Excerpt. It applies to the Blog layout. Choose Full Post if you use the More tag to split posts. Default: Full Post.

Excerpt Length
The number of words in a generated excerpt. It applies only when Post Content is Post Excerpt and the post has no excerpt of its own. Default: 55.

Featured Image Type
The size of the featured image in archives. Choose Large, Small Icon or None. Default: Large.

Read More Button
Shows a read more button. In the Blog layout it shows only when Post Content is Post Excerpt. Default: off.

Read More Text
The text of the read more link and button. Default: Continue reading.

Circle Icon Archive Column Count
The number of columns in the Circle Icons layout, from 2 to 6. Default: 3.

Grid Archive Column Count
The number of columns in the Grid layout, from 2 to 6. Default: 4.

Single Posts

Featured Image
Shows the featured image on a single post. Default: on.

Post Metadata
Shows the post details under the post title. When it is off, the date, author and comment count do not show. Default: on.

Post Date, Post Author and Post Comment Count
Show the date, author and number of comments under the post title. Defaults: date on, author on, comment count off.

Post Categories and Post Tags
Show the categories and tags below a single post. Default: on for both.

Author Box
Shows an author box below each post. Default: off.

Related Posts
Shows up to three other posts from the first category of the post. If Jetpack is active and its Related Posts are available, the Jetpack related posts show instead. Default: off.

Post Author’s Comments
A label shown next to comments by the post author. Default: empty.