Title: Featured content without Jetpack?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Featured content without Jetpack?

 *  Resolved [dreamseller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dreamseller/)
 * (@dreamseller)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/)
 * hello there!
 * we have to create our own blog for a university masters programm. I really really
   love your theme, unfortunately i cannot install jetpack since the site is hosted
   on our university server and doesnt allow jetpack to connect. Is there any other
   way to enable the featured content option?
 * All the best

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 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/#post-7291195)
 * 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/](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/](https://jetpack.com/support/development-mode/)
 *  Thread Starter [dreamseller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dreamseller/)
 * (@dreamseller)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/#post-7291239)
 * 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?
 *  Thread Starter [dreamseller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dreamseller/)
 * (@dreamseller)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/#post-7291240)
 * EDIT: i activated all options that are available in the dev mode but under customize
   the featured content menu is not showing up
 *  Thread Starter [dreamseller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dreamseller/)
 * (@dreamseller)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/#post-7291245)
 * Nevermind i had another featured content plugin that conflicted apparently with
   jetpack
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/#post-7291249)
 * Ah, good to know! Do you have the Featured Content working now? Let me know and
   we can mark this thread as resolved. Thanks!
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/#post-7291250)
 * p.s. no specific module is needed to use Featured Content with Jetpack, it works
   as long as Jetpack is active.
 *  Thread Starter [dreamseller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dreamseller/)
 * (@dreamseller)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/#post-7291307)
 * 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?
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-content-without-jetpack/#post-7291316)
 * > 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](http://jetpack.me/)
   and activate the [Custom CSS](http://jetpack.me/support/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,](http://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css)
   or create a [child theme.](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * If you have further questions, could you please start a new thread rather than
   adding more here? Thanks.

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