# Blog posts

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### 1. Our guide to set up a Blog posts section:

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**Steps:**

* In the theme editor, click **Add section.**
* Locate **Blog posts.**
* Click **Save.**
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### **2. Blog posts section settings:**

* Click on the **Blog posts** section to open the section settings.

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* Add a **heading** (enter text to display a section title in the top-left corner) and Enable "**View all**" button if the blog includes more blog posts than shown.

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* Show **Secondary** **background**, the **number** **of blog posts** (between 2 and 4), and the **featured image** of your blog.

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### **3. How to add a blog post to your online store:**

* From your **Shopify admin**, go to **Online Store** **>** **Blog posts > Add blog post**

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* For the **Blog posts** section to display properly, you must add **Title**, **Content**, **Featured images,** and **Excerpts** to all your blog posts.

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* Click **Save**.

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Each blog post in the **Blog posts** section shows the first 55 words of a post's excerpt. If the blog post doesn't have an excerpt, then the first 30 words of the post are displayed instead.
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