## The posts page: showcase and featured author

Product: Verba - Modern Blog & Magazine WordPress Theme
URL: https://hub.jkdevstudio.com/docs/verba/archives-and-listings/posts-page
Updated: 2026-09-24
Summary: Choose what opens your blog page: a plain header, a showcase of selected posts, or an introduction to one author, and avoid showing a post twice.

The posts page is the page WordPress uses to list your latest posts: your front page, when [[Settings > Reading]] is set to show latest posts, or the page you picked as the **Posts page** there. In the free theme, what appears at the top of it is set at [[Appearance > Customize > Posts Page]].

If you're not sure which page is which, [Building a good homepage](https://hub.jkdevstudio.com/knowledge-base/tutorial/building-a-homepage) sorts out front page and posts page first.

## Choose what opens the page

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

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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 [[Appearance > Customize > Archive]]. See [Archives in the free theme](https://hub.jkdevstudio.com/docs/verba/archives-and-listings/archives-free).

## 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.

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The showcase doesn't remove its posts from the list below it. With **Latest** as the source, your newest posts appear twice on the same screen. Use sticky or hand-picked posts for the showcase, so the list below starts with different ones.

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## 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.

<details><summary>I changed Posts Page settings and my front page didn't change</summary>

Your front page is a static page, not the posts page. These settings only apply to the page that lists your posts. Check [[Settings > Reading]].

</details>

<details><summary>The showcase is empty</summary>

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

</details>