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Build a better post list.
The Advanced Posts Widget is an enhanced version of the default WordPress Recent Posts widget. It allows for greater customization and stying of your recent content lists.
Make your post lists stand out with this highly customizable recent post widget!
Features
<ul>
<li>Build multiple lists!</li>
<li>Select which post types to display. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.)</li>
<li>Set the number of posts to show.</li>
<li>Choose how to order your posts: publish date, alphabetically, random, etc.</li>
<li>Set the order for displaying the posts.</li>
<li>Filter by category, tag, or custom taxonomy.</li>
<li>Supports post thumbnails.</li>
<li>Set and preview custom thumbnail sizes, or choose from your site’s registered image sizes.</li>
<li>Show an excerpt of the post.</li>
<li>Set and preview the length of the excerpt.</li>
<li>Select the list format to match your site’s markup. Choose from: <code>ol</code>, <code>ul</code>, or <code>div</code>.</li>
<li>Select the listing format. Choose between <code>html5</code> or <code>xhtml</code>.</li>
<li>Show post date.</li>
<li>Set and preview multiple date formats.</li>
<li>Choose the default (basic) CSS styling or roll your own.</li>
</ul>
Developer Features
This widget was built not only with end-users in mind, but also plugin developers. Almost every aspect of this widget is extensible through filters and action hooks. You can even add your own form fields to the widget form!
<ul>
<li>Need to remove a field from the widget form? Not a problem! Every field is passed through its own filter for easy customization.</li>
<li>Need to modify the output of the widget? Easy! The output is passed through numerous filters, allowing you to customize the post list to meet your project’s requirements.</li>
<li>For a full list of action hooks and filters, please see the plugin documentation: http://darrinb.com/plugins/advanced-posts-widget</li>
</ul>
For sample functions check out this small testing plugin: https://github.com/dboutote/Advanced-Posts-Widget-Testing

Advanced Posts Widget

I tested quite a few different Recent Posts Widgets and they all had bugs or outdated code or lack of flexibility or simple settings for their images and whatnot. This plugin does all the things you need:
* Set your thumbnail size from a list of registered image sizes
* Choose your category
* Choose your post type
* Even works with the Organize Series plugin well
* Order by recency, title, or even random (my favorite)
Combine this with the Display Widgets plugin and you have a powerful and flexible and intuitive sidebar that works great with your theme. 
Well done!



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A powerful and flexible recent posts widget for WordPress for displaying customized content lists.  Supports all custom post types and taxonomies!

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With just one click, you can easily generate posts Slider, posts carousels, posts Grids, posts accordions, posts tabs, posts tickers, and Categories & Tags Filters for Posts, Pages, and Custom Post Types. This addon helps you showcase your content in various formats, providing an engaging user experience for your visitors. Magical Posts Display is an Elementor addon that simplifies the creation of interactive content displays. Magical Posts Display is compatible with all custom post types. 
<h3>✨ – Your All-in-One Tool for News, Magazines, and Blogs</h3>
Magical Posts Display is your ultimate solution for creating amazing News, Magazine, and Blog websites. Think of it as a supercharged plugin that does it all, whether you’re building a blog or a news and magazine site.
With Magical Posts Display, you get fantastic features like the Dynamic Site Builder, Popular Posts, Related Posts, Ajax Filter and Pagination, Post Carousel, Post slider, and much more. Now, with added support for Pages and Custom Post Types, it’s your secret weapon for unlocking your website’s full potential.
<h3>See live preview</h3>
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<h3>Upgrade Pro For All Features</h3>
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<h3>See Short video</h3>
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7BCThHcUSHk?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe>
Magical Posts Display comes with a range of awesome Elementor widgets that make it easy to display your posts in unique and visually appealing ways. The latest addition includes the powerful News/Magazine Image Grid widget, featuring 5 distinct layout styles perfect for news, magazine, and blog websites.
Magical Posts Display is a user-friendly addon that offers many different ways to display your site posts. Our Elementor widgets allow you to customize and set new options for each Magical Posts item, giving you complete control over your content display. In addition, our addon supports post meta, categories, tags, comments, timestamps, and more, making it easy to create a personalized and engaging user experience for your visitors. 
<h4>Most powerful features: </h4>
<ul>
<li>Easily display posts, pages, and custom posts anywhere.</li>
<li>Drag & Drop Elementor page builder Widgets.</li>
<li>You can edit every single item</li>
<li>Posts Group Grid </li>
<li>Posts Categories Filter <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/pro-posts-categories-filters/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a></li>
<li>Posts Tags Filter <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/posts-tag-filter-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a></li>
<li>Posts Slider <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/pro-post-slider/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a></li>
<li>Posts Ticker (Latest News) <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/new-posts-ticker-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a></li>
<li>Posts carousel. <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/pro-posts-carousel-2" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/oZJYe4HEI4A" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Tutorial</a></li>
<li>Posts grid card. <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/posts-grid-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/0z5JoFWRyw0" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Tutorial</a></li>
<li>News/Magazine Image Grid – Modern magazine-style layouts with image overlays and 5 unique styles (Classic Magazine, Grid Layout, Compact Grid, Featured Focus, Equal Heights)</li>
<li>News/Magazine Grid – Modern News-style layouts with image and 4 unique styles </li>
<li>Posts Accordion. <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/pro-posts-accordion/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/Y3btoJtd0h8" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Tutorial</a></li>
<li>Posts Tab. <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/pro-posts-tab-2/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/itaSNU8_Zr8" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Tutorial</a></li>
<li>Awesome Posts list. <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/awesome-new-posts-list-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/a2NPlkreH7Y" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Tutorial</a></li>
<li>Posts list card. <a href="https://mpd.wpcolors.net/awesome-new-posts-list-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Live preview</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/AjWr7-YeJx4" rel="nofollow ugc">Video Tutorial</a></li>
<li>Categories gird.</li>
<li>Popular posts widget with image.</li>
<li>Recent posts widget with image.</li>
<li>Posts grid show by shortcode.</li>
<li>Posts time show.</li>
<li>Posts category show.</li>
<li>Posts tag show.</li>
<li>All options show hide features. </li>
<li>User-friendly Editor.</li>
<li>Ajax Loadmore button.</li>
<li>Ajax Categories filter.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations</h4>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy Policy</h3>
Magical Posts Display – Elementor Advanced Posts widgets 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.
Appsero SDK does not gather any data by default. The SDK only starts gathering basic telemetry data when a user allows it via the admin notice. We collect the data to ensure a great user experience for all our users.
Integrating Appsero SDK DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY start gathering data, without confirmation from users in any case.
Learn more about how <a href="https://appsero.com/privacy-policy/" rel="nofollow ugc">Appsero collects and uses this data</a>.

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