Title: Need some help with layout
Last modified: February 20, 2019

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# Need some help with layout

 *  Resolved [samdonato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samdonato/)
 * (@samdonato)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-help-with-layout/)
 * I’m not usually this dense, but I can’t for the life of me understand how to 
   create my own custom post layout. I went through the documentation, but I’m just
   missing the basics. I am using woo commerce’s storefront theme and the post layout
   is pretty horrible. I am using these parameters.
 * [display-posts include_title=”true” image_size=”medium” orderby=”menu_order” 
   order=”ASC” include_excerpt=”true” excerpt_length=”20″ excerpt_more=”Continue
   Reading” excerpt_more_link=”true” include_link=”false” wrapper=”div” wrapper_class
   =”display-posts-listing image-left” ]
 * What can I do to make my posts look like the posts on Chris Stapelton’s site?
   [https://www.chrisstapleton.com/news/](https://www.chrisstapleton.com/news/)
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fneed-some-help-with-layout%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-help-with-layout/#post-11240413)
 * Display Posts includes some basic display parameters, but as you’ve found it 
   doesn’t include any styling.
 * There are two ways to build an attractive post listing:
    – [Template Part](https://displayposts.com/2019/01/04/use-template-parts-to-match-your-themes-styling/)
   in your theme. This is my preferred approach because I can make the Display Posts
   listing perfectly match the default post listing in the theme. – [The Output Filter](https://displayposts.com/docs/the-output-filter/)
   to customize exactly what is output for each listing item. This is useful if 
   you want to add to or re-arrange the components of the listing ([examples](https://displayposts.com/dps_filter/display_posts_shortcode_output/)).
 * I understand this isn’t ideal, so the next large release of Display Posts will
   include some built-in styles to choose from, as well as a Gutenberg block to 
   simplify the process of querying your posts.

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-some-help-with-layout/#post-11240413)
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