## Blog

Product: Elisen – Blog & Magazine WordPress Theme
URL: https://hub.jkdevstudio.com/docs/elisen/theme-options/blog
Updated: 2026-09-06
Summary: Settings for category, tag, author, and search pages in Elisen: grid style, columns, title and excerpt length, meta, sidebar, pagination, and the bookmarks page.

These settings control the post grid on archive pages: categories, tags, author pages, and search results. Find them in [[Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > Blog]].

## Archive posts grid

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Style
: The layout used for archive cards. Twelve styles are available, and they differ in how the image, meta, and excerpt are arranged.

Columns count
: How many cards sit in a row on desktop. The grid drops to fewer columns on smaller screens on its own.

Items offset
: The gap between cards, in pixels.

Title length
: The maximum number of words in a card title. Longer titles are cut with an ellipsis. Lower this if long titles push your cards out of line.

Excerpt length
: The maximum number of words in a card excerpt.

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## Card meta

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Views counter
: Shows the view count on each card.

Reading time
: Shows the estimated reading time on each card. The estimate is tuned with **Reading Time Divisor** in [[Appearance > Customize > Theme Options > General]], which is the words-per-minute figure.

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These two apply to archive pages. Post grids you place with Elementor carry their own switches for views, reading time, likes, author, date, category, and the bookmark button.

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## Sidebar

Turn the sidebar on and choose whether it sits left or right. It shows the widgets from the blog sidebar area in [[Appearance > Widgets]], and the grid drops a column to make room.

## Pagination

Choose numbered pages or a **Load more** button, and set the alignment. Turning pagination off shows only the first page of results.

## Bookmarks page

Pick the page that lists what a visitor has bookmarked, and set its title and subtitle. Bookmarks are stored in the visitor browser, so a blocked cookie means an empty page even after they save something.