The Blog Posts template helps you display your blog posts in a clean, professional, and user-friendly layout.
Below are the most common questions and settings you can customize for your blog post page.
1. Article image
You can enable Show article image to display the featured image of the blog post.
The image is taken directly from the image uploaded for the article in Shopify.
If you want the image to be displayed fully without cropping, set Image ratio to Adapt to image.
You can also adjust the image size based on your design preference.
Split layout: Enable this option to split the layout, with the image displayed on the right and the title on the left.
2. Show or hide blog information (date, category, comments)
Yes, you can easily control which elements are displayed on the blog post page:
Show date – displays the publish date of the article
Show category – displays the blog category
Show comments count – displays the total number of comments
Show social share – displays social sharing buttons
Date updated - When the published date is enabled, this is only shown when the update date is different from the published date.
3. Width content
To adjust the width of the blog post content, select Custom width.
This allows you to control how wide the content appears on the page.
4. Where does the blog content come from?
The Content block displays the main blog post content.
This content is taken from the article content you have added in Shopify.
5. Navigate between blog posts
If your blog contains multiple posts, you can enable the Post Navigation block.
This allows visitors to move to the next or previous blog post.
6. Comments
The Comments block displays:
The comment submission form
All existing comments on the blog post
This helps visitors engage with your content directly on the post page.
7. Configure Author for Blog Posts
Some stores do not have a built-in setting to configure the author for blog posts.
You can use Metaobject and Metafield so customers can select the author displayed for each blog post.
This feature is supported from Athora 2.0.0 or later.
Step 1: Create the Authors Metaobject
Go to:
Settings → Custom data → Metaobjects → Add definition
Create the Metaobject:
Field | Value |
|---|---|
Name | Authors |
Type | authors |
Add these fields:
Field name | Type |
|---|---|
Image | Image / File |
Name | Single line text |
Bio | Multi-line text |
Homepage | URL |
Then click Save.
Step 2: Create a Metafield for Blog posts
Go to:
Settings → Custom data → Blog posts → Add definition
Create the metafield:
Field | Value |
|---|---|
Name | Theme author |
Namespace and key (Required) |
|
Type | Metaobject |
Reference | Authors |
List type | One |
Then click Save.
Step 3: Add Authors
Go to:
Content → Metaobjects → Authors → Add entry
Fill in the author information:
Image
Name
Bio
Homepage
Then click Save.
Step 4: Select an Author for the Blog post
Go to:
Online Store → Blog posts → select the blog post
Scroll down to the Metafields section.
In the Theme author field, click Select entry and choose the author you want to display.
Then click Save.
