Blog Post "template" in Twenty Twenty-One?

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    grapefruktgravy · Member ·

    Hi – Trying to set up a blog for my employer using the Twenty Twenty-One theme. We’re hosted by WordPress.com, Business plan. I’m using a static homepage with a “latest posts” block on it.

    I am confused by the individual blog posts, as I can’t see a way to change their default appearance. I would like to set up a “template” for those posts so that each post, for example, starts with a 2 column layout with the post in column 1 and some standardized content in the second column – info about the business, info about the author, some widgets, etc. How do I accomplish this? I don’t want the folks posting the content to have to build it from scratch every time.

    And if there’s a process for doing this, would it be the same for the Twenty Twenty theme?

    The site is not yet live and I’m posting this from a personal account (as I said, the question is about a work blog), so unfortunately I can’t provide a URL.

    I truly appreciate any assistance.Thanks.

  • aleone89 · Staff ·

    Hello there,

    Many thanks for reaching out.

    If the site is on the business plan, you should be able to reach out for assistance here: https://wordpress.com/help/contact

    I am confused by the individual blog posts, as I can’t see a way to change their default appearance. I would like to set up a “template” for those posts so that each post, for example, starts with a 2 column layout with the post in column 1 and some standardized content in the second column – info about the business, info about the author, some widgets, etc. How do I accomplish this?

    TwentyTwentyone doesn’t have a sidebar template as you describe.

    You may want to consider using a layout block in the content or a columns block to achieve what you need to:

    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/layout-grid-block/
    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/columns-block/

    To go a step further, you could make a these as a renewal block to save time:

    https://wordpress.com/support/wordpress-editor/blocks/reusable-block/

    And if there’s a process for doing this, would it be the same for the Twenty Twenty theme?

    TwentyTwenty also behaves the same way.

    I hope this helps.

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