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Blog Options

This WordPress theme has Blog Options, you can add an image to the top of your Blog Archive Page, display the featured image, date, author or categories, show category descriptions, add links between posts and add additional content in the blog archive sidebar. It can be accessed in the back-end WordPress dashboard sidebar by clicking Site Options, then choosing the Blog Options tab under “Site Options”.

The Blog Options tab in Site Options, showing the About Blog fields, the show and hide settings including the new category description and next and previous post links settings, and the Branded Blog Banner Image field

The About Blog Title field displays the blog sidebar content title, About Blog Content field is a text box where you can add the rest of your blog sidebar content. If these fields are blank then this additional box won’t be displayed, only the default “Archives” sidebar will show.

The Show/Hide options will allow you to display the Date, Author or Categories for either your Blog Archive Page or all your Blog Posts. You can make changes to how the author’s name is displayed in the user’s Profile Settings.

Show/hide category description on category pages will display a category’s description at the top of that category’s page, above its list of posts. It is set to Hide by default. Before you turn it on, check the descriptions on your Categories, because any description already saved there will start showing on your site.

The Show/Hide option for the Sidebar will set a global default for whether or not the sidebar will be visible on blog posts. If the sidebar is hidden, users can take advantage of a wider page width. The setting can be adjusted on each individual blog post via a sidebar visibility selector on the post page.

Show/hide next and previous post links on blog post will add links to the previous and next post at the bottom of each blog post, so readers can keep reading without going back to your blog page. The links stay within the post’s category. It is set to Hide by default.

A Previous link on the left and a Next link on the right, below a horizontal line
Example of the previous and next post links at the bottom of a blog post

Show/hide post images on blog archive will allow any featured images you’ve set in the blog post to be displayed on the Blog Archive Page as a small image to the left of the post excerpt.

Branded Blog Banner Image displays an image at the top of your blog archive page and your category pages. It displays up to 1400px wide, so upload an image at least that wide, or 2800px wide to look sharp on high-resolution screens. A category can also have its own banner image, which replaces this one on that category’s page. See Categories to learn how.

Once you have completed your desired changes click “Update” in the top right corner of this page.