Labeling Podcast or Blog

Hi,

I wanted to know if I can label my blog posts as “Podcast” or “Blog” kind of like the following:

This is for my site: https://digitalnomadquest.com/

I need to find a way to separate the posts I put up as blog or podcast.

Thanks!
Sharon

Hi Sharon,

Thank you for reaching out to us. Currently there is no option to add a label to the blog posts, however you can categorize them as podcast (please see https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-add-categories-and-subcategories-to-wordpress/) adding labels could be possible with custom development, but this would be outside the scope of support we can offer. You may wish to consult a developer to assist you with this. X is quite extensible with child themes, so there are plenty of possibilities.

Thanks for understanding. Take care!

There is no custom code I could put that will put a label if I put the primary category as “blog” or “podcast” in wordpress? Because of the way I have my posts, the podcast posts are mixed with the blog posts

Hi Sharon,

It possible with custom code but it would be outside the scope of our support. Though I’ll give you a general guide.
1.) Here’s the function needed: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_category/
You can assign the podcast to a category let say ‘PODCAST’.
2.) Edit the template on your child theme, to display, this category on top of feature image using get_the_category function.
3.) The templates you were editing depends if you will do this on actual blog listing page or you are using recent post shortcode.

There’s another way without template customization. You can use ESSENTIAL GRID. There is an option in essential grid to create custom skin. Using skin editor, you can easily add the category podcast on top of a feature image.

Hope this helps.

Hi,

I did buy “The Grid” based on your guys’s recommendations a while ago. Does this one work as well?

Thanks,
Sharon

Hey Sharon,

Essential Grid is a bundled plugin that comes with each license of X or Pro for free please see https://theme.co/apex/forum/t/extension-essential-grid/68 same is the case with The Grid plugin, you don’t need to buy them. To know the list of bundled plugins please see https://theme.co/x/extensions/

I believe you would be able to do it with Essential Grid more easily than The Grid plugin, to learn more about skin editor please see https://www.themepunch.com/essgrid-doc/item-skin-editor/

Hope this helps!

Just wondering - does this allow me to label ALL blog posts that I have on my website as Blog or Podcast? Just want to see if it is worth doing this :slight_smile:

Hello Sharon,

The grid plugin and editing of the skin will not guarantee that it will add a label to the post item. You still need to have a custom code to do that.

I have checked your homepage and I can see that you are using a custom recent post element that displays your recent post items. I would recommend that you add more modifications to it so that you can label the post items if it is a podcast or blogging. Be aware that this will really require custom code php code and a css code to accomplish the same result. You may need to find someone who is to make these modifications.

Hope this helps.

Hi,

If I want the label on all of my blog post images - not just the ones on my home page, is there any way to do that without custom modification from a coder?

Thanks,
Sharon

Hello Sharon,

The post item label is not a feature in the theme. They only way to add it is by adding some modifications to theme. If you are not comfortable with coding, you may need to find a 3rd party developer instead.

Thank you for your understanding.

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