{"id":72067,"date":"2016-06-14T08:33:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T12:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=72067"},"modified":"2017-07-25T06:35:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T10:35:36","slug":"wordpress-blogging-themes-how-to-manage-blog-meta-and-posts-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wordpress-blogging-themes-how-to-manage-blog-meta-and-posts-settings.html","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Blogging themes. How to manage Blog meta and posts settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are glad to present you a new tutorial that shows how to manage Blog meta and posts settings in the WordPress Blogging templates.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"video-container\">\r\n\t<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u3xcnCmqAtA\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-3-(835-x100).jpg\" \/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>We will learn how to manage these options, in order to make the posts to be as much attractive to your visitors as possible.<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li><p>Log into the <strong>WordPress Admin<\/strong> with your login credentials.<\/p><\/li>\r\n    <li><p>Navigate to <strong>Appearance -> Customize:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings1-300x169.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings1\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n    <li><p>Locate the <strong>Blog settings<\/strong> tab and open site blog.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"attention\">Make sure to navigate to the Blog page using website menu on the right side to make Blog Settings section appear in Customizer menu.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings2-300x169.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings2\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings2-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n    <li><p>First of all, you can change the layout of the blog page under the Layout field. For example, let&#8217;s change it to be Masonry (two columns).<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings3-300x178.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings3\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings3-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings3-150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings3-1024x606.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings3.png 1321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Moreover, you can change the icon for sticky post under Featured Post Label tab. At the moment we can see there a star icon.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings4-300x169.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings4\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings4-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings4.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p> We changed star icon to the face one.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings5-300x169.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings5\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings5-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings5.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>There is also a great option that can help to show the excerpt or the full content of articles. It is located under the Post content field.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings6-300x179.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings6\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings6-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings6-150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings6-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings6.png 1311w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Another useful option that is located lower can make the featured images to be small or fullwidth. Firstly, we need to make the layout to be default. We made featured image to be small.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings7-300x178.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings7\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings7-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings7-150x89.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings7-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings7.png 1313w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Furthermore, you can also edit Read More button text. In order to do this, put the needed text to the field under the Read More button text.<\/p><\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>We changed it to say TEST.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings8-300x169.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings8\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings8-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings8-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings8-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings8.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t <\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>At the bottom, you can control all the meta options and decide what to do with them: display or hide.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings9-300x169.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings9\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings9-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings9-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings9.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n\t<li><p>Just uncheck the options you do not need for now. For example, we have hidden the date and author.<\/p>\r\n\t\r\n<a class=\"darkbox\" href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings10-300x169.png\" alt=\"WordPress_ Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts settings10\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings10-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings10-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/WordPress_-Bloggings_themes.How_to_manage_Blog_meta_and_posts-settings10.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t<\/li>\r\n    <li><p>Save the changes.<\/p>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p>Now you know how to manage Blog meta and posts settings in the WordPress Blogging templates.<\/p>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u3xcnCmqAtA?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">WordPress Blogging themes. 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