Skin settings reference

Every setting of the Skin panel, once. The matrix at the end says which skin has which setting. Settings marked Pro show a “Premium Only” note in the free plugin.

Image

SettingValuesDefaultNotes
Border Radius (Normal)CSS length with unit0Applied to the image wrapper
Transform (Normal, Pro)None, Zoom In, Move Left, Move Right, Move Up, Move DownNoneZoom is 5%; moves are 2% of the image
Filter (Normal, Pro)Presets 1977, Aden, Amaro, Brannan, Brooklyn, Charmes, Crema, Dogpatch, Gingham, Inkwell, Lo-Fi, Ludwig, Moon, Nashville, Reyes, Skyline, Willow; or custom Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Grayscale, Sepia, Opacity, Hue, BlurOriginalCSS filters, applied in the browser; the image file is not changed. A preview thumbnail shows the result
Border Radius (Hover, Pro)CSS lengthempty (the Normal value is used)
Transform (Hover, Pro)The same list as NormalZoom In
Filter (Hover, Pro)The same list as NormalnoneLoaded only when set
Tilt Effect (Hover, Pro)on / offoffThe item tilts in 3D toward the pointer. Mouse only
Tilt Effect Direction (Pro)Direct, OppositeDirectOpposite tilts away from the pointer

Overlay

The overlay is the layer drawn over the image.

SettingValuesDefaultNotes
DisplayHover State Only, Default State Only, AlwaysHover State Only“Default State Only” shows the overlay until the pointer arrives. Use Always for touch screens
Text Align (Fade, Fly)Top Left, Top Center, Top Right, Left, Center, Right, Bottom Left, Bottom Center, Bottom RightCenterWhere the overlay text sits on the image
Move Overlay Under Image (Pro; Fade, Fly)Keep Default Overlay, Move on Extra Small Screens, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large ScreensKeep Default OverlayBelow the chosen screen width the overlay stops hovering and is rendered under the image, always visible. The screen widths are the breakpoints: 320, 576, 768, 992 and 1200 px
Display Icon (Classic, Fade, Fly, Caption Move)on / offoffAn icon chosen from the item type: image, video, audio, album, link. On Classic, turning it on with no overlay color set fills the overlay with black at 20% and white text
Display Gallery Icon (Pro)on / offonA stacked-images icon on items that are albums
Elements (Fade, Fly)See Elements belowOn Fade and Fly the title and meta live on the overlay
Background (Colors)Color or gradient, with alphaBlack (Fade, Fly), black at 20% (Classic, Emerge)
Text (Colors)ColorWhiteNot on Emerge, whose overlay has no text
Blend Mode (Colors, Pro)Normal, Multiply, Screen, Overlay, Darken, Lighten, Color Dodge, Color Burn, Hard Light, Soft Light, Difference, Exclusion, Hue, Saturation, Color, LuminosityNormalThe CSS mix-blend-mode of the overlay
Typography (Pro; Fade, Fly)Title, Category, Meta, DescriptionthemeFont family and size from the theme presets, plus appearance, line height, letter spacing, decoration and transform
Dimensions (Pro)Border Radius, Padding, Margin, Items Gap0 / 2em / 0 / 1.5em on Fade and Fly; Classic and Emerge have Border Radius and Margin onlyItems Gap is the space between title, categories, meta and excerpt

Caption

The caption is the text block under the image (Classic), rising over its bottom edge (Emerge), or floating next to the pointer (Caption Move).

SettingValuesDefaultNotes
Display (Emerge)Hover State Only, Default State Only, AlwaysHover State OnlyThe Classic caption is always visible
Text AlignLeft, Center, RightCenter
Move Caption Under Image (Pro; Emerge, Caption Move)The same five screen sizes as the overlay optionKeep Default Caption
ElementsSee Elements below
Background (Colors; Emerge, Caption Move)Color or gradientBlack (Emerge)
Text, Links, Links Hover (Colors)Colorsinherit / inherit / brand colorLinks are the title and categories when they are clickable
Blend Mode (Colors, Pro; Emerge, Caption Move)The same list as the overlayNormal
Typography (Pro)Title, Category, Meta, Description; Classic also Buttontheme
Dimensions (Pro)Padding, Items Gap; Emerge also Border Radius and Skew Size; Caption Move also Border RadiusPadding 1.5em 2em, Items Gap 1.5em, Skew Size 20pxSkew Size is the height of the slanted top edge of the Emerge caption

Elements

The same list exists on every skin: on the Overlay tab for Fade and Fly, on the Caption tab for Classic, Emerge and Caption Move.

SettingValuesDefaultNotes
Display Titleon / offon
Title Tagdiv, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6h2The HTML tag of the title; pick it for your heading outline
Display Categorieson / offon
Categories Count1 to 201Only the first N categories are shown. Raise it to see more than one
Display DateHide, Default, Human FormatHideHuman Format prints “3 days ago” and ignores the format field
Date formatPHP date formatF j, YShown when Display Date is Default. An empty field falls back to F j, Y
Display Authoron / offoffName, avatar and link on posts; the Author fields on Media items
Display Comments Counton / offoffPosts source only
Display Views Counton / offoffPosts source only. Views are counted by the plugin on single post views, or by the Post Views Counter plugin when it is active
Display Reading Timeon / offoffPosts source only. The word count divided by 265 words per minute; “< 1” under a minute
Display Excerpton / offoffPosts: the manual excerpt, or the content trimmed. Media: the item description
Excerpt Words Count1 to 20015
Display Read More Button (Classic)Hide, Always Display, Display when used More tag in the postHideThe More-tag mode shows the button only on posts that contain <!--more--> and links to #more-ID
Read More label (Classic)TextRead More
Display Images Count (Pro)on / offoff“12 Images” on album items
Display Posts Count (Pro)on / offoff“8 Posts” on Taxonomies items

Which skin has what

SettingClassicFadeFlyEmergeCaption Move (Pro)
Image: Border Radius, Transform, Filter, Tiltyesyesyesyesyes
Overlay: Displayyesyesyesyesyes
Overlay: Text Align (9 positions)yesyes
Overlay: Move Under Imageyesyes
Overlay: Display Iconyesyesyesyes
Overlay: Elements (title, categories, date, author, counts, excerpt)yesyes
Overlay: Backgroundyesyesyesyesyes
Overlay: Text coloryesyesyesyes
Overlay: Blend Modeyesyesyesyesyes
Overlay: Typographyyesyes
Overlay: Dimensionsradius, marginall fourall fourradius, marginradius, margin
Caption: Displayyes
Caption: Text Align (3 positions)yesyesyes
Caption: Move Under Imageyesyes
Caption: Elementsyesyesyes
Caption: Read Moreyes
Caption: Backgroundyesyes
Caption: Text, Links, Links Hoveryesyestext only
Caption: Blend Modeyesyes
Caption: Typographyyes (plus Button)yesyes
Caption: Dimensionspadding, gappadding, gap, radius, skewpadding, gap, radius
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