Listing settings and query

This page is the behavior half. The design half is Customizing the look.

#Where the posts come from

Two modes, worth separating immediately.

Follow the page context. On a category archive the listing shows that category posts, on a search page the results. This is archive mode, and it is what makes one template serve every archive.

Its own query. You decide what appears: categories and tags, authors, specific posts, exclusions, how many, an offset, and the sort order.

Term listings work the same way in their own words: which terms to take, how many, in what order, and whether to show empty ones.

#What the card shows

The card parts: media, category, title, description, the meta row (author, date, reading time, counters), and a button.

Text is trimmed by lines rather than by characters. The title and description stay within a set number of lines, so cards in a row do not end up at different heights.

#Pagination

Three modes, each with a purpose:

Numbered pages

For large archives, and for search engines, which follow page links.

Load more button

For browsing, where the reader chooses to continue.

Infinite loading

For genuinely long feeds.

#Post formats

The listing knows about post formats. A gallery, a video, an audio post, or a quote is presented differently on the card, and the player works right there in the list without opening the post.

The format affects both the card and the post page, which makes it part of writing rather than something you add afterward. See Post formats.

#AI mode

A layer over the ordinary query, not a replacement for it. The listing stays a listing; AI only influences the selection. It needs the AI features integration active and a route configured. See Set up AI features.

#Why some settings disappear

Not a bug, and the most frequent question about the panel.

The available fields depend on the chosen card type and listing type. A card with no media has no media settings; a ticker has no pagination.

As a rule: the settings shown are the ones this type can actually carry out. The schema knows what belongs to what, so the interface does not offer knobs that would do nothing.

Can one listing show posts from several categories?

Yes. The category field accepts more than one, and posts from any of them qualify.

How do I exclude the post I am currently reading?

Listings placed on the post page exclude the current post by default, so a related block never recommends the article somebody is already reading.

Last updated 22 Sep 2026