Add Post Formats Support

Do you want to check if your WordPress theme supports post formats? Defining a format for your posts helps you to display them differently. We have created a quick code snippet that you can use to add post formats support in WordPress.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

add_theme_support( 'post-formats', 
    array( 
        'aside', 
        'gallery',
        'link',
        'image',
        'quote',
        'status',
        'video',
        'audio',
        'chat'
    ) 
);
add_post_type_support( 'post', 'post-formats' );
add_post_type_support( 'page', 'post-formats' );

To check whether a post has a format or not, you can use this conditional tag in a template file:

if ( has_post_format( 'status' )):
  echo 'this is the status format';
endif;

You can also add the Format functionality to pages, or your own custom post type:

add_post_type_support( 'page', 'post-formats' ); // add to pages
add_post_type_support( 'books', 'post-formats' ); // add to custom post type books

add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'status', 'gallery' ) );

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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