Kadence - Setting Up Posts Blocks
After installing your theme, you may have sections on your site that use Posts blocks to automatically display your blog posts. Before these sections can display the correct content, you may need to select which posts or categories you'd like to show.
If you see a "No Posts" message in one of these sections, don't worry! This usually just means the Posts block hasn't been configured with your content yet.
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to easily set up Posts blocks.
Before You Begin
We recommend setting up your Posts blocks after you've published your own content and created your categories. If you configure the blocks using the demo content, you'll need to update them again once your own content is in place.
Once a Posts block is set up with your categories or other display settings, you generally won't need to update it again. New posts will automatically appear in the appropriate sections as you publish them!
Setting up Posts blocks
1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Pages > All Pages, then click Edit on the page you'd like to work on.
2. Click on the Posts block you'd like to set up. Once selected, the Posts block settings will appear in the panel on the right:
Use the settings panel to choose which posts you'd like the block to display. You can:
- Display posts from one or more categories
- Display posts with a certain tag
- Choose how posts are ordered, such as by publish date, last modified date, or randomly
- Choose how many posts are displayed
- Change the number of posts to offset
If you leave both Filter by Category and Filter by Tag empty, the block will pull from all of your posts.
For example, on a Category Index page, you'll generally want to select a specific category for each Posts block so each section displays posts from the appropriate category.
On your homepage, you might leave the category and tag filters empty for a "Latest Posts" section, or select a specific category or tag if you'd like that section to feature certain types of content.
Want to display specific posts?
If you'd like to hand-pick specific posts to display in a Posts block rather than filtering by category or tag, follow our tutorial here.
Customizing Posts blocks
In addition to choosing which posts display, the Posts block includes several options for customizing how your posts look. Select the Posts block, then use the settings panel on the right to make your changes.
Here are some of the most commonly used settings:
Layout & Columns
Under General > Layout Settings, you can change the number of columns used to display your posts on desktop and tablet devices. You can also choose between Boxed and Unboxed layouts.
Featured Images
Under Style > Image Settings, you can control how the featured images in the block display.
You can:
- Show or hide featured images
- Change the image ratio to adjust the shape/crop of the images
- Change the image file size used by the block
If your featured images look too tall, too short, or are being cropped differently than you'd like, the Image Ratio setting is usually the first place to check!
Post Titles
Under the Style settings tab, you can customize the post title, including its font size, line height, and letter case. Responsive controls are available for adjusting the title size on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices.
Categories
Under Style > Category Settings, you can choose whether the post's category displays above the post title.
Excerpt & Read More Link
Under Advanced > Content Settings, you can control the text displayed beneath each post title.
You can show or hide the post excerpt, customize the maximum number of words displayed, and enable or disable the Read More link. You can also customize the Read More text.
Post Details/Meta
Under Advanced > Meta Settings, you can control additional information displayed with each post, such as the author, modified date, categories, and comments.
If you don't want certain information displayed, simply toggle that option off.
Tip: Your theme's demo Posts blocks have already been styled to coordinate with the rest of the theme. You generally won't need to change these appearance settings unless you'd like to customize the layout or display differently from the demo.
For a complete overview of all available Posts block settings, you can also reference the Kadence Posts Block documentation.
"No Posts" message
The "No Posts" message indicates that you haven't yet selected the posts and/or categories you'd like to display within a particular Posts block. Follow the instructions above, or watch the video below, and you'll be good to go!