Title: Post Format
Last modified: May 16, 2017

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# Post Format

 *  [dchapman21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dchapman21/)
 * (@dchapman21)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-format-21/)
 * I’m using Penscratch 2 and I noticed that the “post format” option no longer 
   shows up in the sidebar. Is there a way to have that there? I tried to add it
   in the editor. It shows the formats I chose, but none of them actually work when
   I select them.

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 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-format-21/#post-9138335)
 * Penscratch 2 does not support post formats. If you would like post formats, you’ll
   need to use the original Penscratch instead. You can download it in your dashboard
   or here:
 * [https://wordpress.org/themes/penscratch/](https://wordpress.org/themes/penscratch/)
 *  Thread Starter [dchapman21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dchapman21/)
 * (@dchapman21)
 * [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-format-21/#post-9138394)
 * So there’s no way for me to manually add post formats in? I would greatly prefer
   to not have to customize my entire site again because the new version has more
   of the options I wanted for it.
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-format-21/#post-9138587)
 * You’d certainly be welcome to create a child theme that incorporates all the 
   post-format related pieces from Penscratch into it.
 * Making a child theme means your changes won’t be overwritten when you update 
   the theme. If you’re new to child themes, you can explore these guides:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   
   [https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/01/create-customize-wordpress-child-theme/](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/01/create-customize-wordpress-child-theme/)
 * There are several pieces to it – CSS, PHP, and HTML, so you’d need to be comfortable
   making those changes.

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 * Last reply from: [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-format-21/#post-9138587)
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