This is what Google AI says about making a hero for one page only in the free version of the Blocksy theme, not globally. I don’t know if it’s true as I have not tried it yet:
In the Blocksy free theme, you are correct: the theme’s individual page settings panel is only accessible when using the Gutenberg block editor. It does not appear as a meta box or sidebar in the Classic Editor. Since you cannot use the individual page settings in the Classic Editor, and Customizer changes are global, you can use a CSS-based workaround to create a non-global hero for a specific page.
How to Make a Non-Global Hero via CSS
Every page in WordPress has a unique Body Class based on its ID. You can use this to apply “hero” styles to the Page Title area of just one specific page.
- Find your Page ID:
- In your WordPress dashboard, go to Pages > All Pages.
- Hover over the page you want to change. Look at the URL in the bottom-left of your browser; the number after
post=is your Page ID (e.g.,page-id-25).
- Enable Page Title globally (but styled for one page):
- In Appearance > Customize > Post Types > Pages, turn the Page Title ON.
- Go to Design and set the background to “None” or a neutral color.
- Apply Page-Specific Styles:
- Go to Appearance > Customize > Additional CSS.
- Paste the following code, replacing
.page-id-25with your actual ID:
/* Apply hero styling ONLY to page ID 25 */
.page-id-25 .page-title {
background-image: url('YOUR_IMAGE_URL_HERE');
background-size: cover;
background-position: center;
padding: 100px 0; /* Creates the "hero" height */
color: #ffffff; /* Changes text color to white for the hero */
}/* Optional: Hide the page title on ALL OTHER pages */
body:not(.page-id-25) .page-title { display: none; } Use code with caution.
Why this works without Gutenberg:
- Targeting: The
.page-id-XXclass ensures the hero style only triggers on that specific page. - Customization: You can manually set the image URL and height (padding) directly in the CSS.
- Control: The second block of CSS hides the title area on every other page, effectively making it a “non-global” hero.