Title: Adding Support for Post Formats
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adding Support for Post Formats

 *  Resolved [Raam Dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raamdev/)
 * (@raamdev)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-support-for-post-formats/)
 * I’ve added [Post Format](http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats) support to 
   the Postie plugin, which allows you to specify the Post Format in the subject
   using a special delimiter. (It works the same way as the Custom Post Type support
   I added [a few months ago](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-postie-is-there-a-way-to-post-to-custom-post-types?replies=22#post-3072050),
   which has been officially rolled into the plugin.)
 * First, you’ll need to modify `postie-functions.php` and add a few additional 
   lines as described in this gist:
 * [https://gist.github.com/raamdev/5216142/revisions](https://gist.github.com/raamdev/5216142/revisions)
 * Then, when you compose an email, you can add the Post Format to the beginning
   of the subject, followed by two colons, followed by the Post Title. For example,
   if I wanted to post an Aside, I could send an email with the following subject:
 * > `Aside :: My Aside Post`
 * Things I haven’t tested:
    - Combining Custom Post Type with Post Format (e.g., “Movies // Aside :: My 
      Aside Movie Post Title”)
    - Posting without specifying the Post Format. This should work by just leaving
      it out of the subject (e.g., “My Standard Post Title”), but I haven’t tested
      it.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postie/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postie/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-support-for-post-formats/#post-3585013)
 * FYI I’ve already implemented Post Format support for the next release, but using
   the Post Type syntax.
 *  Thread Starter [Raam Dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raamdev/)
 * (@raamdev)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-support-for-post-formats/#post-3585015)
 * [@wayne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayne/) Allen: Cool! If it uses 
   the Post Type syntax, how does one differentiate between Post Types and Post 
   Formats? I guess I can just wait and see on the next release. 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Wayne Allen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayneallen-1/)
 * (@wayneallen-1)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-support-for-post-formats/#post-3585022)
 * It doesn’t. Rather it checks for valid Post Type first, then checks for valid
   Post Format if a Post Type wasn’t found.
 * I picked that syntax because most people expect it to work that way.
 *  Thread Starter [Raam Dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raamdev/)
 * (@raamdev)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-support-for-post-formats/#post-3585186)
 * [@wayne](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wayne/) Allen: Perfect! That makes
   a lot of sense. I can foresee scenarios where people are using both Custom Post
   Types and Post Formats and want to set the Post Format on a Custom Post Type,
   but I think that’s probably more rare than using Custom Post Types _or_ Post 
   Formats.
 * Either way, it might be worth mentioning in the documentation which line in `
   postie-functions.php` needs editing to change the delimiter if someone wants 
   to use both (assuming it will be as easy as using a different delimiter).

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 * Last reply from: [Raam Dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raamdev/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-support-for-post-formats/#post-3585186)
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