Hi Rebecca,

Thanks for writing. I hope you are doing well.

1) The problem here is that the content of the blog post is built with the visual editor, and the excerpts in WordPress aren’t supposed to process shortcodes (what the builder uses to generate the layout). You can edit the excerpt of the posts by following this tutorial: http://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-customize-wordpress-excerpts-no-coding-required/

2) That text is in the template. Would you feel comfortable if I send you a PHP file and you upload it to the server? What text would you like to include there? I have seen that your content is in Deutsch, have you thought on translating the theme?

3) Would you please try adding the following CSS? We will including this new fix in the upcoming version.

body.uses-vc.single .entry-footer,
body.uses-vc.single #post-author {
    max-width: 1080px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 30px 0 !important;
}

body.uses-vc.single .comments-area {
    max-width: 1080px;
}

Best,
Juan.

Hi Rebecca,

Thanks for the follow-up. I’m doing great, thanks 🙂 I hope you are doing well too.

That’s great! Regarding #2, you can find the string in /smart/template-parts/archive/masonry/content.php, line number 85. If you use any other post format, for any of them you can find the string in each file of the same folder.

However, please have in mind that we always recommend translating the theme strings like we have explained on our article: https://nicethemeswp.com/article/how-to-translate-themes-and-plugins/

Best,
Juan.