Verba post fields: editorial panel and appearance panel

This article covers functionality available to customers on the Pro version.

Posts carry the largest set of local fields. This page names what is on the editing screen and points to the article for each feature; the features themselves are described in the single post section.

#Where the fields are in the editor

Under the text, in the wide area, sit four panels: Editorial, Read Also, Sources & Citations, and Sponsored. That is where you fill things in. In the narrow side panel, Appearance is where you change how this particular post looks.

No field is required. An empty field means the element does not appear.

Three things have to line up before a filled field shows. Single Post Source at VerbaTheme OptionsSingle PostGeneral has to be Advanced, the block has to be enabled in the same Theme Options page, and the post has to have data for it. When something does not appear, check all three.

#What you fill in

Subtitle: A short second line under the title, in the Editorial panel. It also works in listings, when it is chosen as the source for the short summary instead of the excerpt. See Blog: how posts are presented.
Summary (TL;DR): The short recap at the top of an article, in the Editorial panel. See TL;DR summary.
Key points: The bullet takeaways, in the Editorial panel. See Key points.
Read also: In-article pointers to related material, in the Read Also panel. See Related posts and read also.
Sources and citations: Entries listing where the information came from, in the Sources & Citations panel. See Sources and citations.
Header style: In the Appearance side panel, with Site default at the top of the list. See Post header styles.
Post format media: These fields appear only once you have chosen a post format. See Post formats.

#Sponsored posts

Described in full here, because it has no page of its own.

The Sponsored panel in the post editor.

Mark the post

Turn on Mark as sponsored in the Sponsored panel. The remaining fields appear.

Name the sponsor

Fill in Sponsor name. This is the minimum for a correct disclosure, because the default wording is built from it.

Add the optional details

Sponsor URL links the sponsor's logo or name. Sponsor logo appears both in the disclosure block and on the post's badge in listings. Disclosure text replaces the default wording; leave it blank and the post says "Sponsored by" followed by the name.

Paid material is labeled because in many countries that is a legal requirement. How the block looks and where it sits is set once, in the Sponsored Disclosure group at VerbaTheme OptionsSingle PostGeneral, so every sponsored post on your site is labeled the same way.

Ad banners are a different thing. A banner carries somebody else's creative; this marks your own material as paid for. See Ad banners and in-listing insertions.

#Questions

I filled in the TL;DR and it does not show

Either Single Post Source is not Advanced, or the TL;DR block is off in the Body tab of the single post settings. Fix the global setting and the post data appears.

Does the subtitle show everywhere?

On the post, yes, if the header style includes it. In listings, only when you have set the short summary source to the subtitle.

What if I mark a post sponsored without naming a sponsor?

The default disclosure has no name to use, which makes for a weak label. Fill the name in; it takes a second and it is the part that matters legally.

Last updated 1 Oct 2026

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