Loop Item Specific Elements
As already mentioned, you can add any content elements available in page builder to your loop item template. However, the mostly used elements are loop item specific elements like post featured media, post title etc. which content is populated dynamically from the post data. Here we will describe briefly loop item specific elements.
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Post/Product Title
This element displays post title or product title (if used for product loops in WooCommerce).
You can adjust alignment and use different text style presets and adjust typography.
Post Excerpt/Product Short Description
This element shows 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):
If the loop item template is used for displaying products in the loop (WooCommerce), this element displays the product short description, which can be specified here in product:
You can adjust alignment and use different text style presets and adjust typography.
Featured Media/Product Image
Feature Media
Depending on the post format settings, which you can specify in Page Options -> Post Format, featured media can be:
- Featured Image
- Video
- Audio
- Post Gallery
Based on these post format settings, you can display the respective post media in the loop using the "Featured Image/Media" content element. You can override this settings to display only featured images by using the "Ignore Post Format Media" setting in "Featured Image/Media" element:
Product Image
If the loop item template is used for displaying products in the loop (WooCommerce), this element displays the product image, which can be specified here in product:
Using the flexible settings of the "Featured Media/Product Image" element you can specify the size of the featured media/product image, its alignment, and adjust 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 Meta/Product Attributes
With this element you can add following post meta elements to loop item template:
- Categories
- Author
- Date
- Time
- Likes
- Comments
These elements can be added/disabed using the repeater in the front-end editor:
WPBakery
Elementor
If the loop item template is used for displaying products in the loop, this element can be used to display product attributes, which can be specified here in product:
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.
Product Add to Cart
This element adds the "add to cart" button to the loop item template. Note: this works only for loop item templates used for product loops in case WooCommerce plugin is installed.
Product Price
This element displays the product price in the loop item template. Note: this works only for loop item templates used for product loops in case WooCommerce plugin is installed.
Product Rating
This element displays the product rating in the loop item template. Note: this works only for loop item templates used for product loops in case WooCommerce plugin is installed.