[Support request] Create a new post format just like the standard one

[Hilton]

Hello, I have a website that has two types of posts, articles and recipes. To put different structured data into each of them, I need to differentiate them in some way. So I thought if it would be possible to create a post format for recipes, just like the standard format, but when selected it will make the recipes schema be applied while in the standard format the articles will be applied.

[Hilton]

If it is not possible to create a new post format as it is a native WordPress feature, I would like to know how I can customize the post format “aside” or any other in generatepress

[David]

Hi there,

have you looked at creating a Custom Post Type for your Recipes? ( Or a plugin that does this for you ).

[Hilton]

Hi David,

I don’t really understand post type but from what I saw it would be ideal to have created a new post type before publishing the recipes.

Now that they have been published, and there are many, I can’t see how to change the post type of these recipes already published, keeping all the URLs intact.

[Hilton]

I need to differentiate the posts on my site between articles and recipes so that I can place the specific markups of structured data in them.

Creating a new type of post does not seem to be the best alternative because the articles are already there on the site and I do not want to change url, etc.

So I would like to know how I can copy the “standard” post format to the “aside” format.

That way I will select the post format “aside” for every recipe and the structured data plugin would know where to place the necessary schemas in the recipes.

[Tom]

Hi there,

Aside should be almost identical already, but it does hide the title.

Try adding this CSS:

.blog .format-aside .entry-header,
.archive .format-aside .entry-header {
	display: block;
}

.blog .format-aside .entry-content,
.archive .format-aside .entry-content {
	margin-top: 2em;
}

[Hilton]

Hi Tom, aside is equal to the standard, it even has the title. But my concern is in some future update that will change. So I was wondering if there is anything I can put on the child theme to preserve the aside code.

[David]

Post Formats are a part of WordPress Core so i cannot see that they will change anything as it could break a lot of sites. There won’t be any changes to GP’s CSS that would adversely effect them either.

[Author]

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