Dynamic Tags Reference
Every placeholder a Text or Image layer can pull real content from, instead of something typed by hand.
Every Tag a Layer Can Resolve
Instead of typing static text or uploading a fixed image, a layer’s Content / source can be set to any of these — resolved fresh for every post the template applies to.
On this page
🟦 Text tags
Available on any Text layer, in place of static text.
🟩 Image tags
Available on any Image layer, in place of a fixed asset — ThumbnailWP never accepts a static image upload directly on a layer, only a dynamic source.
| Tag | Resolves to | Layer type |
|---|---|---|
| {Dynamic Tags Reference} | The post’s title | Text |
| {{excerpt}} | The post’s excerpt | Text |
| {{date}} | The post’s publish date | Text |
| {{author}} | The post author’s display name | Text |
| {{site_name}} | Your site’s name, from Settings → General | Text |
| {{primary_term}} | The post’s primary category | Text |
| {{custom:field_key}} | Any Meta Box/ACF field on the post — picked from a dropdown, not typed by hand | Text or Image (Image only if the field itself holds an image) |
| {} | The post’s own featured image | Image |
| {{site_logo}} | The image set under Settings → Brand identity | Image |
| {{site_icon}} | The image set under Settings → Brand identity — falls back to your Settings → General favicon if left empty | Image |
| {{author_photo}} | The Meta Box/ACF field set under Settings, read from the author’s own profile | Image |
| {{emoji:codepoint}} | One of the 25 bundled emoji — picked visually from a grid, not typed by hand | Image |