Layout Partials

10 February 2026

Starting with version 1.4.0 of Pure Blog, I've added support for broader layout partials over the original post layout partial. I've standardised a lot of the layout code so that you can now use 5 types of layout partial:

masthead.php - this is the visible header of your site (title, nav etc.) so you can create your own which will fully replace the default header code. Note: I would recommend taking a copy of /includes/masthead.php and using that as the basis of your own header.
footer.php - allows for a custom footer. Again, you can use the default /includes/footer.php to work from.
post-meta.php - as before allows for injecting your own code below your posts. Great for adding things like comments, call out boxes, and customising the default post navigation section.
header.php - override the HTML <head> output for all pages.
post-list.php - override how posts are listed on the homepage, tag pages, and search results. Take a copy of /includes/post-list.php as your starting point.

If you want to create your own partials, they need to be stored in the /content/includes folder, and be named exactly as above.

In version 1.3.1 this was /content/layouts so you will need to update layouts to includes if you're already using a custom post-meta.php file.