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title: "Projects"
date: 2018-09-02
author: "nK"
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# Projects

**Visual Portfolio → Projects.** A project is a post of the `portfolio` post type. It has a title, content, an author, a featured image, an excerpt, comments, revisions, a post format and custom fields, and it belongs to Portfolio Categories and Portfolio Tags.

Projects are listed on the [Portfolio page](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/portfolio-archive/), in any Visual Portfolio block with the Posts source and the Portfolio post type, and on their own single pages rendered by your theme.

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.43.20-1024x546.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.43.20-1024x546.jpg)    ## Create a project

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.16.55-1024x509.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.16.55-1024x509.jpg)    1. **Visual Portfolio → Projects → Add New Project.**
2. Title and content as for a post.
3. Set a **Featured image**. Galleries show it; a project without one shows the Placeholder Image from [Settings → General](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/settings/general/).
4. Assign categories and tags for the filter.
5. Choose a **Format** if the project is a video, audio or gallery item. See [Project Formats](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/projects/project-formats/).
6. Publish.

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.40.13-1024x624.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.40.13-1024x624.jpg)    ![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.41.43-1024x558.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.41.43-1024x558.jpg)    ## Project sidebar panels

![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.35.36-1024x472.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.35.36-1024x472.jpg)    PanelPlanWhat it holds**Featured image**, with a **focal point** picker in a collapsed panel under itFreeThe point of the image that stays visible when galleries crop it**Video** (Video format only)FreeVideo URL**Audio** (Audio format only)**Pro**Audio URL**Album Images** (Gallery format only)**Pro**The images the item opens in the lightbox**Custom Media****Pro**A different image or a local video for the gallery item, for the normal and the hover state**Custom Popup Thumbnail****Pro**A different image for the lightbox![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.37.33-1024x624.jpg)![](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Shot-2026-03-25-at-12.37.33-1024x624.jpg)    Details on [Project Settings](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/projects/project-settings/).

## Admin list

The Projects list has a Thumbnail column and dropdown filters by Portfolio Category and Portfolio Tag. The Dashboard shows a **Portfolio Activity** widget with the five latest projects, and a project count in At a Glance.

## Without the Project post type

Switch off **Register Portfolio Post Type** in [Settings → General](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/settings/general/) if you only need galleries. Projects, Categories and Tags disappear from the menu; existing project posts stay in the database and come back when the option is switched on again.

## Reordering, cloning

Projects have no drag-and-drop order. Use a post-order plugin (Post Types Order, Simple Page Ordering) and set the block’s Order By to **Menu Order**. To duplicate a project use a duplication plugin such as Yoast Duplicate Post, enabled for the Portfolio post type.

## Who can edit projects

Administrators, Editors and the two roles the plugin adds. See [Roles and capabilities](https://staging.visualportfolio.com/docs/projects/roles-and-capabilities/).