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Your website or blog will have content just as any premium WordPress theme.<\/p>\n\n<p>You will be able to use:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Any WordPress supported oEmbed site content for your audio post formats<\/li>\n<li>Any WordPress supported oEmbed site content for your video post formats<\/li>\n<li>Slider with multiple images for your gallery post formats<\/li>\n<li>Real links for link post formats<\/li>\n<li>Real quotations with author reference for your quote post formats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>List of global options in the WordPress Customizer that will allow you to fine tune plugins appearance:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Location, choose where you want to use plugin on the frontend of your website<\/li>\n<li>Content width on lists, set plugin content width on lists<\/li>\n<li>Content width on singles, set plugin content width on singles<\/li>\n<li>Skin, choose plugin content skin. 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