Title: Theme – differentiate first post
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Theme – differentiate first post

 *  [dandr69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dandr69/)
 * (@dandr69)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-differentiate-first-post/)
 * I want to be able to modify just the newest post, the last message posted on 
   blog. I want to make it look slightly diffent, add related stories and so on.
 * But just for the **latest post**, right now any code I add it shows on all posts
   on front page.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-differentiate-first-post/#post-766329)
 * This search:
    [http://wordpress.org/search/format+latest+post+differently?forums=1](http://wordpress.org/search/format+latest+post+differently?forums=1)
 * found, among others, these:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/130576?replies=7](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/130576?replies=7)
   
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/167415?replies=3](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/167415?replies=3)
 * Other resources:
    [Stepping into Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_into_Templates)
   [Stepping into Template Tags](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_into_Template_Tags)
   [Editing Files](http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_Files) [CSS](http://codex.wordpress.org/CSS)
 *  [zota](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zota/)
 * (@zota)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-differentiate-first-post/#post-766566)
 * This post seems to answer the question:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/158320](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/158320)
 * This website also suggests a way to use the sticky post plugin to style first
   posts
    [http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/08/03/style-featured-posts-with-wp-sticky-plugin/](http://www.wpdesigner.com/2007/08/03/style-featured-posts-with-wp-sticky-plugin/)

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-differentiate-first-post/#post-766566)
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