Archives

The blog page, category, tag, author, date and custom post type archives all show their posts as a grid of cards. The cards use the same markup as Promptless WP’s Post Grid section, so an archive looks like a post grid on a Promptless page and follows the same Global Settings.

What an archive shows

• A title. The category, tag, author or post type name, without a prefix such as “Category:”. The blog page uses the title of the page set as the Posts page in Settings → Reading, or “Latest Posts”.
• A description, when the category, tag or term has one.
• A card for each post: the featured image, a line with the date, author and first category, the title, a 20-word excerpt and a Read more link.
• Page numbers when there are more posts than fit on one page. How many posts a page holds is set in Settings → Reading.
• A Nothing Found message when the archive is empty.

The Read more link follows Card CTA Style, the cards follow Cards and Card Image Style, all in Promptless WP’s Global Settings → Borders. See Global Settings.

How to hide the date or author

1. Go to Appearance → Customize → Content.
2. Untick Show Date on Post Cards or Show Author on Post Cards.
3. Select Publish.

Option	What it does	Default
Show Date on Post Cards	The publish date on cards in archives and search results.	On
Show Author on Post Cards	The author’s name on the same cards.	On

Pages never show a date or author on a card, whatever these settings say.

Promptless CPT Pages record types

For each record type made with Promptless CPT Pages, the plugin sets the archive cards itself. Go to Post Runtime → Post Types, edit the type, and use the Archive card meta settings:

Setting	What it does	Default for a new type
Post date	Shows the post’s creation date on this type’s cards.	Off
Post author	Shows the author on this type’s cards.	Off
Card image aspect ratio	16:9 — Wide (default), 4:3 — Standard, 1:1 — Square or 4:5 — Portrait.	16:9

For these types, the plugin’s Post date and Post author settings decide, not the Customizer. Square or Portrait suits people such as staff or agents; Standard suits property and product photos.

All other archives use 16:9 images.

For developers

Hook	Type	What it does
promptless_archive_card_show_date	Filter	Return false to hide the date on a card. Receives $show and $post_id.
promptless_archive_card_show_author	Filter	The same for the author.
promptless_archive_image_aspect	Filter	Return 16:9, 4:3, 1:1 or 4:5. Receives the aspect and the archive’s post type (empty on search results).
promptless_archive_card_section	Action	Fires inside each card at image_overlay, headline, subtitle, meta_strip and footer_meta, with the position and post ID. Echo your output.

The Customizer’s date and author settings are applied at priority 5, so a filter at the default priority has the last word.

Limits and common problems

• The date still shows on a record type’s archive after unticking Show Date on Post Cards. The type is managed by Promptless CPT Pages; change its Post date setting instead.
• Images are cropped. Cards crop the featured image to the aspect ratio. Choose a ratio closer to your images, or crop the images before upload.
• A card has no image. The post has no featured image. The card is shown without one.

Related pages

• Posts and Pages — What an ordinary WordPress page and a blog post look like in the Promptless theme, and how the Content Theme setting makes them Light or Dark.
• Search — Add a search icon to the header that opens a full-screen search with instant results, and see what the search results page shows.
• Breadcrumbs — Turn on a breadcrumb trail under the header, choose which kinds of page show it, hide it on one page, and see how it works with SEO plugins.
• Customizer Settings — Every setting the Promptless theme adds to Appearance → Customize, with its choices, its default, its stored key, and whether the Promptless WP connector can change it.
• Post Grid Sections — Show posts or Promptless CPT Pages records as a grid, list, featured layout or carousel, with an optional filter bar visitors can use to narrow the results.