Blog Settings

Control excerpts, post meta, likes, and other elements on blog listing and single post pages.

These settings apply to Highend's blog page templates, the blog shortcodes, and the blog widgets, not to WooCommerce or custom post type archives.

Where to find it: Go to HighendHighend OptionsBlog Settings.

The Blog Settings tab in Highend Options

Post listings

These control blog archive, category, and blog-shortcode listings.

Show Full ContentSwitchDefault: Offhb_blog_excerpt_disable

Shows each post's full content on listing pages instead of an excerpt.

Excerpt LengthSliderDefault: 20hb_blog_excerpt_length

Number of words to show in the excerpt. Only appears when Show Full Content is off.

Show Read More ButtonSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_read_more_button

Adds a Read More button below each excerpt on listing pages.

Crop Featured ImageSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_image_cropping

Crops featured images to a consistent size on listing pages instead of showing them at their native aspect ratio.

Display By AuthorSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_by_author

Shows the post author in the meta info.

Display DateSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_date

Shows the publish date in the meta info.

Display Comments CountSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_comments

Shows the number of comments in the meta info.

Post LikesSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_likes

Lets visitors like a blog post. Likes are counted per browser using a cookie, not per logged-in user.

Single posts

Display CategoriesSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_categories

Shows the post's categories on the single post page.

Display TagsSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_tags

Shows the post's tags on the single post page.

Related PostsSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_related_posts

Shows related posts (posts that share at least one tag) at the bottom of the single post.

Next & Previous PostsSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_next_prev

Shows next/previous post navigation buttons on the single post.

Featured ImageSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_featured_image

Shows the featured image above the content on the single post.

Single post featured image heightSliderDefault: 350hb_blog_image_height

Height, in pixels, of the featured image on the single post. Only appears when Featured Image is on.

About the author boxSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_author_info

Shows an author bio box below the content, using the author's Biographical Info from their WordPress profile.

Share BoxSwitchDefault: Onhb_blog_enable_share

Shows a social share box on the single post. See Social Links for which networks appear.

Comment Form DescriptionTextareaDefault: Your email is safe with us.hb_comment_form_text

Text shown below "Leave a Reply" on the comment form.

Archives

Archives titleTextDefault: Archivehb_archives_title

Title shown at the top of date, author, and tag archive pages.

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