Building a post with an Elementor template

There are two ways to build the post page in Elementor, and both deserve a deliberate decision rather than a click.

#The two routes

Through the theme. At VerbaTheme OptionsSingle PostGeneral, set the single post source to Elementor template. The theme then renders your saved template instead of its native post.

Through Elementor Pro. Build the single post in Elementor own Theme Builder. The theme takes no part at all, and its settings show a note saying so.

#What you give up

This is the paragraph that matters.

Verba reading features, the TL;DR, key points, table of contents, reading bar, AI summary, and sources, do not work on such a page by themselves.

The reason is simple: all of them are drawn by the native post template. No native template, no elements.

You can rebuild some of them by hand. Some are available as widgets; others would need a solution of your own.

#What to do instead

If you only need custom layout in part of the article, put it in one of the existing insertion points and lose nothing. See Content zones and insertions.

If the problem is how the top of the post looks, check the header styles before rebuilding anything. See Post header styles.

Which route should I use if I decide to go ahead?

If you already have Elementor Pro and use its Theme Builder for the rest of the site, use the Theme Builder so everything lives in one place. Otherwise the theme source setting is fewer moving parts.

Can I use an Elementor template for one category only?

Through Elementor Pro Theme Builder, yes, since it applies templates by condition. The theme source setting is global.

The Elementor option is greyed out in the source list

Elementor is not active on the site. Install and activate it, then the option becomes selectable.

Last updated 9 Sep 2026