The single-post template controls how individual blog articles are presented. Edit its dynamic layout so each post displays its own title and content, and verify the result across posts with different lengths and media.
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01 Inspect the current template
Open a representative post and identify the elements you want to change, such as title placement, metadata, featured image or comments. In the Site Editor, locate the template used for single posts. A theme can supply more specific templates, so confirm the actual assignment when one post behaves differently.
Keep a recovery point before a significant redesign. Changing a shared template can affect every post using it immediately after saving.
02 Edit the dynamic structure
- Open the relevant template and inspect its blocks in List View.
- Arrange dynamic blocks such as Title, Date, Author, Featured Image and Content according to the intended design.
- Keep the Content block where the article body should appear. Do not replace it with text copied from one example post.
- Review comments, related-content sections and post navigation where they are used.
- Preview representative content and save the template after reviewing the changed objects.
03 Verify several articles
Check a short post, a long post, a post without a featured image and one with complex blocks. Confirm that titles and images are not duplicated by both the template and the stored content. Test author and category links where present.
Inspect mobile reading width and heading hierarchy. Metadata should not overwhelm the article, and comments or navigation should remain distinguishable from the main content.
How can I recover a mistaken single-post template edit?
If all posts show the same fixed title or paragraph, inspect whether a static block was placed where a dynamic post block belongs. The original post content may still be intact in the database.
If the body disappears, verify the Content block before restoring an entire database. Use a template revision or reset only with a clear understanding of which customisations will be lost. If a change is intended for one article only, assign a separate custom template rather than modifying the shared single-post design and compensating elsewhere.