Featured content without Jetpack?

Hi there – Is it an option to host your site on WordPress.com instead of on your school’s server. With a WordPress.com site, the Featured Content functionality would be built in.

https://wordpress.com/themes/canard/

Featured Content does require Jetpack to be installed to use it on a self-hosted site. It doesn’t require a WordPress.com connection though, so if that’s the issue, you could run Jetpack in development mode. I don’t know if you have access to your site’s wp-config file in order to make that tweak, but this is how to do it:

https://jetpack.com/support/development-mode/

Hi Kathryn,

i managed to run it in dev mode but i cant really find where to turn on the featured content option in jetpack. is it under a different name in the settings menu?

EDIT: i activated all options that are available in the dev mode but under customize the featured content menu is not showing up

Nevermind i had another featured content plugin that conflicted apparently with jetpack

Ah, good to know! Do you have the Featured Content working now? Let me know and we can mark this thread as resolved. Thanks!

p.s. no specific module is needed to use Featured Content with Jetpack, it works as long as Jetpack is active.

Yes so far it worked out but there are 2 other questions now.

Can i somehow change the single locations of the featured posts on my site or is the newest automatically the biggest picture?

Is it possible to change the background color to something dark?

Can i somehow change the single locations of the featured posts on my site or is the newest automatically the biggest picture?

Correct – you can change the position by modifying the post date.

Is it possible to change the background color to something dark?

Sure:

body {
 background-color: #xxxxxx;
}

Use whatever colour code you like.

Don’t edit the theme files directly, otherwise your changes will be overwritten every time the theme is updated to the latest version.

An easy way to add custom CSS is to install the Jetpack plugin and activate the Custom CSS module. You’ll then add your custom CSS in the new stylesheet editor that’ll appear in your dashboard, under Appearance > Edit CSS.

As alternatives, you could either install a standalone custom CSS plugin, or create a child theme.

If you have further questions, could you please start a new thread rather than adding more here? Thanks.