{"id":154,"date":"2017-08-04T16:32:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themedemos.webmandesign.eu\/reykjavik\/?p=154"},"modified":"2017-08-04T16:32:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T14:32:08","slug":"post-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longwaypy.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/04\/post-1\/","title":{"rendered":"No post formats, how come?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a post format?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A post format is used by a theme for presenting posts in a certain format and style, such as \u00abstandard\u00bb, \u00abimage\u00bb, \u00abgallery\u00bb \u00abaudio\u00bb, \u00abvideo\u00bb, \u00abquote\u00bb, \u00abstatus\u00bb, \u00abaside\u00bb, \u00ablink\u00bb and\/or a \u00abchat\u00bb post.&nbsp;You can actually read thorough <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/themes\/functionality\/post-formats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explanation of&nbsp;post formats<\/a>&nbsp;on WordPress codex pages. (Post formats should not be confused with <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/themes\/basics\/post-types\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post types<\/a>!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">There is a problem, though<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Post formats styling and support is left solely for a theme you are using. And <strong>there is no standardized way of displaying post formats<\/strong>. So, this can change from theme to theme:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>one theme can only distinguish post formats simply with an icon,<\/li><li>the other&nbsp;one goes further by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmandesign.eu\/project-tag\/post-formats-compatible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">displaying actual format media<\/a> and\/or text automatically, taken from post content,<\/li><li>another&nbsp;theme may even require setting up a special post custom field to display post format media,<\/li><li>yet another theme may not support all post formats, just a few of them\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means that post formats are <strong>not very future-proof<\/strong> and are actually <strong>quite confusing<\/strong> to a lot of WordPress users to set up, and to your website visitors due to display inconsistency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides, a&nbsp;standard post can also be any of the other post formats as well. It can have a gallery or a video, for example. Most users simply ignore post formats because of these decision complications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themedemos.webmandesign.eu\/reykjavik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/SAMPLE\/_waves-1200x200.jpg\" alt=\"Waves illustration\" class=\"wp-image-87\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why this theme doesn&#8217;t support&nbsp;post formats?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\"><blockquote><p> WebMan Design themes are built for ease of use, reducing decision pressure. <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WebMan Design themes are not cluttered with redundant options that might only confuse users or create unnecessary decision pressure on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This theme is also not primarily a blog theme, but rather a business one, so, introducing the&nbsp;support for post formats is very questionable and thus it was removed to make things simpler and help you <span title=\"As they say: Content is the king!\">focus on the most important thing of your website: the actual content<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But, I may want to use them in the future\u2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, you can still reintroduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/themes\/functionality\/post-formats\/#formats-in-a-child-theme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post formats compatibility in your child theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alternatively&nbsp;you may <em>use post tags<\/em>: simply tag all your (to-be-)video format posts with a <em>\u00abVideo\u00bb<\/em> tag, for example. Then, if you decide to use a theme with post formats supports in the future, you can easily convert all the posts marked with <em>\u00abVideo\u00bb<\/em> tag to a video format using WordPress posts bulk edit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surely, the <strong>child theme solution is preferable<\/strong>&nbsp;as it will prepare your posts much more elegantly, although it is also more technically challenging solution as you have to dive into coding a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">And what if I already used post formats previously?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you used post formats previously on your WordPress website and switched to a theme that does not support them, your <em>posts will simply display as standard posts<\/em>. To retain the ability to assign a post format for any new post, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/themes\/functionality\/post-formats\/#formats-in-a-child-theme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declare the support in a child theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In my opinion, post formats are <strong>not suited for business websites<\/strong>&nbsp;(but <em>may be<\/em> suited for blogs). That&#8217;s why this theme does not support them to prevent user confusion.<br \/>If you still need to use post formats, <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/themes\/functionality\/post-formats\/#formats-in-a-child-theme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declare the compatibility<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/webmandesign\/child-theme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">child theme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why this theme doesn&#8217;t support post formats? And what are post formats anyway? 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