Appearance → Customize → Blog → Meta position.
| Choice | |
|---|---|
| Above title (default) | A kicker over the title |
| Below title | A byline under it |
It applies to all three display modes — stacked, list and grid. A single post keeps its own order, which is meta, then title, then subtitle.
Which to pick
Above puts the category first, so a visitor reads Travel · 3 March and then the headline. It works when your categories are meaningful and the date matters — a news-ish or journal-ish blog. It is also the sturdier choice with short titles.
Below puts the headline first and treats the metadata as a byline, the way a magazine does. It works when the title is the hook and the category is housekeeping. On a grid it is usually the better of the two: the card’s picture already sits above the title, and a kicker squeezed between them is a third element in a small space.
It is a real reordering
The markup itself is reordered, not just visually flipped with CSS. That means the order a screen reader announces and the order the keyboard moves through are the order you see. Worth knowing if you were expecting a CSS-only switch.
What is in the row
Three items, each with its own toggle in the same Blog section:
| Item | Setting | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Categories | Display post categories? | on |
| Date | Display post meta date | on |
| Comment count | Display comment count? | off |
The comment count is an icon and a number, linked to the thread. It is hidden on a post with a closed thread and no comments, since “0” there is noise.
Turn all three off and the row is not printed at all — no empty line, no leftover gap under the title. The same is true of a post that simply has no categories to name.
Styling it
The meta line’s type and colour are at Design → Blog:
- Meta font — face, size, weight, tracking, case
- Meta color — empty follows the text colour
Both reach every place this line appears: the listing row, the single post, the tag list, comment metadata, and the date/author/terms blocks. They are the same element in different markups, so they move together.