An Introduction to Post Formats

Aaron Jorbin

http://aaron.jorb.in

@aaronjorbin

What are Post Formats?

• A standardized taxonomy
• Used by themes to differentiate between content types
• Think Tumblr (only with Stability)

Why Post Formats

• Different views for different content
• Portability across themes
• Easy to style

List of Post Formats

• aside
• gallery
• link
• image
• quote
• status
• video
• audio
• chat

How to Use Post Formats

• Style them with post classes / body classes

•  has_post_format

• add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'aside', 'gallery' ) );

Additional Resources

Codex on Post Formats
Otto on Post Formats
Dougal on Post Formats
Lisa Sabin Wilson on Post Formats
http://aaron.jorb.in/post-formats – This presentation