The posts page: showcase and featured author - Verba

These settings belong to the free theme. They're how you shape the posts page when Verba runs on its own, without Verba Pro. With Pro installed they keep working only while archives stay on the theme's own template; see With Verba Pro below.

The posts page is the page WordPress uses to list your latest posts: your front page, when SettingsReading is set to show latest posts, or the page you picked as the Posts page there. What appears at the top of it is set at AppearanceCustomizeVerba ThemePosts Page.

If you're not sure which page is which, Building a good homepage sorts out front page and posts page first.

#Choose what opens the page

On the General tab, Posts Page Header has four options:

Page Header

The standard title band, with the site tagline as its subtitle unless you write your own on the Page Header tab.

Showcase

A block of selected posts shown large, set up on the Showcase and Card tabs.

Author Featured

An introduction to one author, set up on the Author Featured tab.

Don't display anything

The list of posts starts straight away.

The list of posts under it looks like your archives, because it's drawn by the same template. Its card style, pagination, and sidebar are set at AppearanceCustomizeVerba ThemeArchive. See Archives in the free theme.

#Set up a showcase

Display mode decides the shape: Composite (an editorial layout in three columns), Carousel (one post at a time, with autoplay, arrows, and dots), or Single post.

Posts Source picks what goes in: the latest posts, sticky posts, random posts, or posts you pick by hand, in your own order. Posts Count sets how many, five by default.

The Card tab styles the showcase cards: the card style, the title tag, the carousel height, and the scrim over the images.

#Introduce an author

Author Featured turns the top of the page into a short profile, which suits a personal blog or a column. Pick the Author, then add a position, a subtitle, a location, a badge, social links, and Workplaces: logos and names of places the author works or has worked.

#Other options on the General tab

Grid Header Text puts a heading above the list of posts. Ignore Sticky Posts stops sticky posts from jumping to the top of the list, so everything stays in date order. Section Gap and the top and bottom padding set the spacing.

#With Verba Pro

Pro decides who draws your archives, and the posts page is one of them. The switch is Archive Source at VerbaTheme OptionsArchive.

While it's on Native, the default, the theme keeps drawing archives and everything on this page works as described. Once you move it to Advanced, an Elementor template, or a block pattern, Pro draws the posts page instead. The showcase and the author profile from these settings don't appear there.

On the Advanced archive, the posts page gets Pro's own tools: a Featured Post above the list, a Highlight Section, and the full post listing settings for the list itself. See Advanced archives.

I changed Posts Page settings and my front page didn't change

Your front page is a static page, not the posts page. These settings only apply to the page that lists your posts. Check SettingsReading.

The showcase is empty

The source found nothing: Sticky with no sticky posts, or Hand-picked with no posts added. Switch the source or add posts.

I set up a showcase and it doesn't show

Verba Pro is active and Archive Source in VerbaTheme OptionsArchive isn't on Native, so Pro draws the posts page. Either set it back to Native, or use the Featured Post and Highlight Section of the Advanced archive.

Last updated 8 Oct 2026