Appearance → Customize → Single Post. The single post has its own copy of every listing switch, so an article can carry a byline while the listing that links to it does not.
The header of a post
CULTURE <- categories, if set to "above"
The bridge that took forty years <- title
Two councils, three enquiries <- subtitle
and one very long weekend
Culture . By Mira O . 4 March 2026 . 3 comments <- the meta row
| Piece | Setting | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Categories | Show category (top) | on |
| Position | Category position | Next to the meta |
| Subtitle | Show subtitle (top) | on |
| Author | Show author (top) | off |
| Author avatar | Show author avatar | on |
| Date | Show date (top) | on |
| Comment count | Show comment count (top) | on |
The whole header can be removed on a page — see page options. On a post there is no such switch; the headline is the post.
Category position
The same two answers as the listing:
- Next to the meta (date, comments) — the categories join the byline row.
- Above the post title — they are printed on their own line above the headline, reading as a section label.
These are separate settings from the Archive ones, on purpose: a front page often wants section labels above every headline while an article, which already sits in its section, does not.
Author
Off by default. Turn it on for any site with more than one writer.
The byline is By
Date
The date is printed in the format set at Settings → General → Date Format, and carries a machine-readable datetime attribute for anything reading the page programmatically.
There is no “updated on” line. If you publish corrections, say so in the post — a date the theme changed silently under a story is worse than no date.
Comment count
Hidden on a post with no comments, whatever the switch says. It links down to the comment thread.
Posts only
The meta row is printed for the post type. Pages and custom post types get the title and, where it applies, the subtitle — there is no category, byline or comment count that means anything on an About page.