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<p>This tool functions much like a Post List builder to give Admins the most amount of control over managing content to display. Developed with Web Designers & Developers in mind, makes this a highly customizable tool to have around. However, there is a sharp learning curve for most.</p>
<p>You must know:</p>
<ul>
<li>HTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
<li><em>(Optional)</em>
<ul>
<li>JavaScript</li>
<li>PHP</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Summary</h3>
<p>Advanced Post List (aka APL) is designed to operate much like The Loop in WordPress; which is most notable in Themes. However, that concept is taken and turned into an Admin tool that can easily be changed, moved, or added/removed. This eliminates much of the backend work, and prevents being limited to what is hardcoded into a theme.</p>
<p>This also makes multiple Featured Content with different configurations more of a breeze, and the complexity of it is a challenge that APL achieves unlike any other.</p>
<p>APL can accomplish a large degree of variations, but can be broken down to 3 main types of tasks. With Filter, Design, and Placement, here are some of the key features.</p>
<h3>Filter</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Custom Post Type and Taxonomy Support (CPT)</strong> – Displays Posts/Pages from custom post types, taxonomies, and terms. This includes other plugins with post data. but may store its data differently than post_content. (<strong>Advanced Users, see php_function shortcode.</strong>)</li>
<li><strong>Enhanced/Diverse Queries</strong> – Capable of diverse filter configuration when displaying posts. This feature allows…
<ul>
<li>Cross Filtering with Custom Post Types.</li>
<li>Diverse Post Types -> Taxonomies query configurations.</li>
<li>Multiple Query configurations with include and require.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Optimized with Complex Queries</strong> – Once deemed an Achilles Heel to WP Query, steps are taken to reduce the server load as much as possible.</li>
<li><strong>Dynamic Filters</strong> – Grabs values to filter by based on the current posts/pages being viewed. <em>Ex. Displaying Related Posts in a Header, Footer, Sidebar, etc..</em></li>
<li><strong>Show Content from Published, Private, Future, etc.</strong> – This is a <em>development feature</em> and may not provide intended results. Display content on the frontend so users don’t have to navigate to the admin side. Allowing private landing pages to be created. <em>Note: Requires advanced knowledge on how WP Query and User Perms operate.</em></li>
</ul>
<h3>Design</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Layout and Style 99.9% Customizable</strong> – There’s nearly no limitations to the design, with some exceptions that may surface with (Child) Theme’s CSS. This does require some knowledge in Web Design. <em>Note: This is NOT to be confused with Drag and Drop UI/UX.</em></li>
<li><strong>Internal Shortcodes</strong> – Adds various data from Post object, and is one of the extensive features. Being able to extend to shortcodes with custom PHP functions make the possibilities practically limitless. <a href="https://support.advancedpostlist.com/doc/internal-shortcodes/" title="List of Internal Shortcodes" rel="nofollow ugc">See full list & details</a>.</li>
<li><strong>Encapsulated for Zero Conflicts</strong> – With a large number of shortcodes on any given site. Isolating Internal Shortcodes to its own instance eliminates any plugin conflicts.</li>
<li><strong>Custom Formats to Loop ( The Loop )</strong> – Themes follow this concept, but APL turns that concept into a tool. The “List Content” loop, as well as the before & after, is where most of the work is done with preset HTML, CSS, JS, & PHP designs. It is also optional to set an Empty Message (No Posts Found) to display.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Placement</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Post List Shortcode</strong> – User friendly method of adding Preset Post Lists to a section of a page.</li>
<li><strong>Sidebar Widget</strong> – Easier to use. However, adding post list shortcodes to the text sidebar also produces the same results.</li>
<li><strong>PHP Hardcode</strong> – For more extensive design work. There is a public function for displaying Preset Post Lists where WordPress support and functions for admins aren’t fully present.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Other Plugins Tested/Supported</h3>
<p>There’s various plugins that offer a unique capability, and some of which APL can use as intended, but there are also some don’t. Here is a list of popular plugins that have been tested and verified by Advanced Post List.</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Advanced Custom Fields</strong> – Requires php_function shortcode.</li>
<li><strong>WPML</strong> – With WordPress Multilingual installed, additional Designs can be created for rendering a Post List in different languages. Posts/Pages are handled automatically and will display content in various languages.</li>
</ul>
<p>APL is open to development requests and welcomes those willing to report on any issues.</p>
<h3>Help & Support</h3>
<p>Currently, information can be found in 2 different locations. This is due to recent changes, and is only temporary.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://support.advancedpostlist.com/getting-started/" title="Getting Started w/ APL" rel="nofollow ugc">Getting Started</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.advancedpostlist.com/documentation/" title="APL Documentation" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://support.advancedpostlist.com/doc/internal-shortcodes/" title="List of Internal Shortcodes" rel="nofollow ugc">Internal Shortcodes</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Advanced-Post-List/advanced-post-list/wiki" title="Learn or Contribute to APL" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Wiki</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Questions/Bug Report submit thread / ticket at <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-post-list" title="WordPress.org - Support for APL" rel="ugc">WordPress</a> or <a href="https://github.com/Advanced-Post-List/advanced-post-list/issues" title="Report an Issue" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Issue / Tickets</a>.</p>


Advanced Post List

Very easy to work with and nice and easy to customise

Cracking plugin

Post List builder with highly customizable filter & custom designs. Whether it's displaying Recent Posts, Related Posts, Dynamic Posts, or a  …

Shazzad Hossain Khan

<p>Display Posts (any custom post type), Terms (any custom taxonomy), Users (any role) on Content or Widget Areas by placing a shortcode. Select what to show and design how to show it. Using the plugin is really easy. You will find Tinymce button on post/page editor to quickly inset a list. Also, there’s a separate page for creating or editing list.</p>
<h4>List Types</h4>
<ul>
<li>Posts</li>
<li>Terms</li>
<li>Users</li>
<li>Terms & Posts</li>
<li>Users & Posts</li>
</ul>
<p>Creating a list is just few steps. There are different sets option for different List Type, following options are available for List Type – <code>posts</code>.</p>
<h4>Posts</h4>
<ul>
<li>post type</li>
<li>post mime type</li>
<li>post status</li>
<li>post search keyword</li>
<li>include post by ids</li>
<li>exclude post by ids</li>
<li>exclude current post</li>
<li>posts per page – while using pagination</li>
<li>post by parent ids</li>
<li>post by author ids</li>
<li>post by terms ( tax_query )</li>
<li>post by meta ( meta_query )</li>
<li>post by year, month, day ( date_query )</li>
</ul>
<h4>Group Results by</h4>
<ul>
<li>year</li>
<li>month</li>
<li>month year</li>
<li>category, post tag or custom taxonomies</li>
<li>authors</li>
<li>parents</li>
</ul>
<h4>Order Results by</h4>
<ul>
<li>post id</li>
<li>post title</li>
<li>post name</li>
<li>post publish date</li>
<li>post modified date</li>
<li>menu order</li>
<li>approved comment count</li>
<li>meta value</li>
<li>or random</li>
</ul>
<h4>Multi-Page Pagination by</h4>
<ul>
<li>Next / Previous links</li>
<li>Numeric navigation flat – Ex: 1, 2, 3.</li>
<li>Numeric navigation showing in unordered list.</li>
<li>Enable/Disable pagination by ajax</li>
</ul>
<h4>To Create Template</h4>
<p>Templates are designed using Shortcodes. You can create a simple list just showing post title and linked to the post page, or you can display complex list using any of the information relating to post. Some of the available shortcodes are –</p>
<ul>
<li>post thumbnail</li>
<li>post categories</li>
<li>post tags</li>
<li>post custom taxonomy terms</li>
<li>post author name / links / avatar</li>
<li>post publish time</li>
<li>post modified time</li>
<li>post excerpt</li>
<li>post content</li>
<li>post meta value (multiple times, with multiple meta keys)</li>
<li>media thumbnail</li>
</ul>
<p>Check all of the <a href="https://w4dev.com/docs/w4-post-list/faqs/what-are-the-available-template-tags/" rel="nofollow ugc">available shortcodes</a> here.</p>
<h4>Check Example</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://w4dev.com/wp/w4-post-list-examples/#example-1" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Posts List</a></li>
<li><a href="https://w4dev.com/wp/w4-post-list-examples/#example-2" rel="nofollow ugc">Media List</a></li>
<li><a href="https://w4dev.com/wp/w4-post-list-examples/#example-3" rel="nofollow ugc">Year/Month Archive</a></li>
<li><a href="https://w4dev.com/wp/w4-post-list-examples/#example-4" rel="nofollow ugc">List of Categories</a></li>
<li><a href="https://w4dev.com/wp/w4-post-list-examples/#example-5" rel="nofollow ugc">List of Terms</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
<p>W4 Post List uses <a href="https://appsero.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero</a> SDK to collect some telemetry data upon user’s confirmation. This helps us to troubleshoot problems faster & make product improvements.</p>
<p>Appsero SDK <strong>does not gather any data by default.</strong> The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data <strong>when a user allows it via the admin notice</strong>. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.</p>
<p>Integrating Appsero SDK <strong>DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY</strong> start gathering data, <strong>without confirmation from users in any case.</strong></p>
<p>Learn more about how <a href="https://appsero.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero collects and uses this data</a>.</p>


W4 Post List


its genial to use data from WordPress (post, Tax, User) to publish as list, blocks, grids, and any other ideas.


w4 post list is a genial plugin


Very good plugin, simple and complete. It just gets the job done. 


Great one

W4 Post List lets you create a list of posts, terms, users or a combined one. Decorate output using shortcodes. It's just easy and fun.

Advanced Post List vs W4 Post List