Single Post Specific Elements
As already mentioned, you can add any content elements available in page builder to your single post template. However, the mostly used elements are post specific elements like post featured image, post title etc. which content is populated dynamically from the post data. Here we will describe briefly single post specific elements.
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Post Title
This element displays post title.
You can adjust alignment and use different text style presets and adjust typography.
Post Excerpt
Post excerpt can be specified in the following meta field while editing a post:
Alternatively you can specify the post excerpt in Page Options >Title Area section - this excerpt will override the excerpt specified in the WordPress Excerpt meta field (see above):
You can adjust alignment and use different text style presets and adjust typography.
Featured Image
With this element you can add featured image of the post.
You can specify the size of the image, its alignment, choose between 12 image styles.
NOTE: you can also insert the post featured image as a background in your row/section or column. To do this, please proceed as follows:
WPBakery:
Go to “Design Options” in a row / column and activate “Use post featured image as background”
Elementor
Go to “Style” tab – Background, select Dynamic Tags and then “Page/Post Featured Image”
Post Gallery
Post gallery element helps you to display the image gallery from the respective post. You can add images to the post gallery using the “Post Gallery” meta box while editing this post in WordPress dashboard:
Featured Content
Displays the featured content of the post. Post’s featured content can be specified in Page Options-> Post Format:
Post Breadcrumbs
Adds post breadcrumbs to single post template.
Post Content
This element adds post’s content in single post template.
Post Meta
With this element you can add following post meta elements in single post template:
- Categories
- Author
- Date
- Time
- Likes
- Comments
This elements can be added/disabed using the repeater in the front-end editor:
WPBakery
Elementor
Depending on the type of the selected element, additional options of this element will be displayed in repeater.
You can choose between two design skins / styles of the post info elements: classic and modern.You can also specify how to display the elements: horizontally in one line or vertically.In “Style” tab you can make additional styling adjustments for different post info elements.
Post Tags
This elements adds post tags to the single post template.
Post Navigation
Adds the “prev”, “next” post navigation to the single post template. You can specify alignment, labels, post titles, arrows etc.
Author Box
This elements displays author box in single post template.
Post Comments
This element displays post comments. You can adjust many styling options to create a unique look of the comments section of your single post template.
Related Posts
To add related posts to your single post template you can use any of TheGem’s blog elements:
- Posts Extended Grid
- Posts Carousel
- Blog List (Elementor) / Blog (WPBakery)
- Blog Slider
After adding any of this content elements to your single post template, the post source selection will be automatically set to “Related Posts”. You can then specify whether it should be realated by category, by tags, by author.
WPBakery
Elementor
