Latest Posts is one of the posts elements that display on the home page. This is useful for displaying latest posts from the selected post type.
- From the theme customizer, go to ‘Posts‘ -> ‘Latest Posts‘
- Set the available options as needed
- Click ‘Publish’ to save
Available Settings
The following settings are available:
Number of posts
This sets the maximum number of posts to show in the latest posts element on the home page. Set to 0 to disable the latest posts element.
Heading
This sets the heading for the latest posts element.
Heading icon
You may use this setting to add an icon (image) to the heading.
Post type
The post type setting is used to indicate the post type whose posts should appear in the latest posts element on the home page.
For any post type that is chosen, a ‘Add to Latest Posts‘ setting appears in the ‘Featured’ meta box on the edit screen of that particular post type.
Show excerpt?
Tick this checkbox to show the excerpt for each post. Untick to hide excerpt.
More link text
This sets the text to use for the read more link for all posts of the fearured posts element.
After title
Enter a comma-separated list of items to display after the post title. Such items include published_date, author_name, updated_date, comments_link etc.
Find full list of valid values here.
After title separator
Sets the separator to use between ‘After title‘ items.