Layout Partials

February 10, 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 3 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.

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.