Post formats
A post format is a standard WordPress property: a label for the kind of material, set in the side panel of the editor. It is not a category and not a tag.
In Verba the format changes how the post is presented, both in its header and on its card in listings.
Supported formats: video, gallery, audio, image, link, aside, and status.
#Format media fields
Three formats add their own panel of fields, and the panel appears only after you choose that format.
- Video
A self-hosted file or a link to YouTube or Vimeo, a poster image, and the player behavior.
- Audio
A file or an external source, a poster image, and podcast details: show name, season, episode number and title, plus a list of external links with a label and a URL each.
- Gallery
The set of images and how they are presented in the header.
Media from these fields is not limited to the header. The same media is what the reading bar at the bottom of the screen controls. See Reading bar.
#The 3D model
Verba can show a rotatable 3D model in a post instead of a video.
It is not a separate post format, and looking for one is the usual way people fail to find it. The model lives inside the video format: choose that format, then switch the media type from video to 3D.
The reason is technical. WordPress has a fixed list of post formats and a theme cannot add to it.
Supported files: .glb, .gltf, and .usdz. Upload them to the standard media library; the theme allows those file types itself.
#What is not a post format
Before and after comparisons and interactive hotspots on an image are blocks, not formats. You insert them into the text of any post, and they do not depend on the format at all. See Registered blocks.
#Formats in listings
A post card shows the format mark, and some card types can play the media directly in the list. See Listing settings.
Do I have to use formats?
No. A post with no format is a standard article, which is what most posts are.
My video format post shows no video
The format is set but its media fields are empty. Open the video format panel and add the file or the URL.
Can I change a post format after publishing?
Yes. The media fields for the previous format keep their values, so switching back restores what was there.
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