Meta details on blog entry pages

Hello @static1635,

All settings for the blog archive page and single post(s) are in:
1. WP Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Blog > Blog Entries
2. WP Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Blog > Single Post

However, adding the tag is impossible; we don’t have the option to add the tag(s) to the blog archive page, but you can add/hide other available metas on the archive page.

If you are interested in adding tags, the solution to add a tag on the blog archive page is customization, and it needs familiarity with PHP.
To do this, first, you need to use the child theme. You can copy the metafile from the partials folder in the child theme following the same path and then make the necessary changes.

For more information about that, please follow the steps below:

By using FTP or cPanel access (if didn’t use the localhost), Go to this directory:
wp-content\themes\oceanwp\partials
Find your template which you want to customize and copy that template file(in your case, for example, you need to change the date on the blog page, so you need to use the blog template(s): https://i.postimg.cc/brv9gn9s/image.png).

Then head over to the same path on the child theme. There isn’t an entry folder as a default on your child theme, so you need to create a new one(one time).

Example: If you want to change the HTML tags structure in the single blog post featured image for standard post format, all you need in this step is the following:

1. Head over to your WP root > wp-content > themes > oceanwp > partials> single > media path.
2. Then, find the “blog-single.php” file and copy this file.
3. After that, go back to the themes folder (wp root > wp-content > themes) and go to the oceanwp-child-theme-master folder.
4. Create a new folder with the “partials” name in the child theme.
5. Go to the /partials/ folder and create a new folder with the “single” name.
6. Go to the /single/ folder and create a new folder with the “media” name.
7. Go to the /media/ folder and paste the “blog-single.php” file here.

* Please check this screenshot: https://i.postimg.cc/sxjYTWyt/image.png.
* Download child theme: https://docs.oceanwp.org/article/90-sample-child-theme.
* Developer docs: https://docs.oceanwp.org/collection/19-developer-doc.

Note: It’s working with the /woocommerce/ folder or root of the theme files.

I hope it helps.
Best Regards

Thank you. I shall have a tinker with it.

You are welcome.

Hi, I have realised that stuff isn’t showing in customizer.
For example, no meta elements show in:
WP Dashboard > Appearance > Customizer > Blog > Blog Entries
https://i.postimg.cc/8PkVw0CS/Blogentries.jpg

I have noticed this happening in other parts of the customizer. Like typography of the meta for single post. I’ve been changing the CSS in custom CSS to change the look of that.

I have another site running OceanWP and the meta elements show in the blog entries customizer.

Ok, so I find that if I have it in Thumbnails the meta options are not there. No worries. I think I’ll go ahead and modify the child theme. All I really want to show on the blog entries page meta is the edit date and the tags. I’ll do some tinkering under the hood as in the reply to my original question above.

Hi @static1635,

You are definitely on the right track. As you noticed, different options are displayed in different styles in Blog Entries.

The best way to customize the theme is by using the child theme and the way explained above.

Please let me know if you have any questions about the above steps.

Best Regards

• This reply was modified 10 months ago by Shahin.