--- title: "Skin settings reference" date: 2026-09-06 author: "nK" --- # 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**Display**Hover 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 albumsElements (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 Align**Left, Center, RightCenter**Move Caption Under Image** (**Pro**; Emerge, Caption Move)The same five screen sizes as the overlay optionKeep Default CaptionElementsSee 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 **Button**theme**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 Title**on / offon**Title Tag**div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6h2The HTML tag of the title; pick it for your heading outline**Display Categories**on / offon**Categories Count**1 to 201Only the first N categories are shown. Raise it to see more than one**Display Date**Hide, Default, Human FormatHideHuman Format prints “3 days ago” and ignores the format fieldDate formatPHP date format`F j, Y`Shown when Display Date is Default. An empty field falls back to `F j, Y`**Display Author**on / offoffName, avatar and link on posts; the Author fields on Media items**Display Comments Count**on / offoffPosts source only**Display Views Count**on / 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 Time**on / offoffPosts source only. The word count divided by 265 words per minute; “< 1” under a minute**Display Excerpt**on / offoffPosts: the manual excerpt, or the content trimmed. Media: the item description**Excerpt Words Count**1 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 `` 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, TiltyesyesyesyesyesOverlay: DisplayyesyesyesyesyesOverlay: Text Align (9 positions)yesyesOverlay: Move Under ImageyesyesOverlay: Display IconyesyesyesyesOverlay: Elements (title, categories, date, author, counts, excerpt)yesyesOverlay: BackgroundyesyesyesyesyesOverlay: Text coloryesyesyesyesOverlay: Blend ModeyesyesyesyesyesOverlay: TypographyyesyesOverlay: Dimensionsradius, marginall fourall fourradius, marginradius, marginCaption: DisplayyesCaption: Text Align (3 positions)yesyesyesCaption: Move Under ImageyesyesCaption: ElementsyesyesyesCaption: Read MoreyesCaption: BackgroundyesyesCaption: Text, Links, Links Hoveryesyestext onlyCaption: Blend ModeyesyesCaption: Typographyyes (plus Button)yesyesCaption: Dimensionspadding, gappadding, gap, radius, skewpadding, gap, radius