Jon Weatherhead

Group related posts in a series. Automatically insert a list of all posts in the series as part of the content.
Manually embed a series listing with the provided shortcode and widget. Override the series template with a custom template.
A great <a href="https://planetjon.ca/4823/making-a-blog-series-with-also-in-this-series" title="How to use Also In This Series" rel="nofollow ugc">rundown of the plugin</a> is available on the Planetjon blog.
<h3>How To Use</h3>
Create new Series terms from the Series manager under Posts. Add posts to series either through the quick edit screen or through the full edit screen.
Also In This Series can be configured to automatically insert a series listing in posts belonging to a series.
To do so, navigate to Also In This Series settings under the settings option.
<h3>Settings</h3>
<ul>
<li>Title heading level sets the HTML tag that will wrap the series title in series inserted automatically, with shortcodes, and with widgets.</li>
<li>Title template picks from a list of title presets for displaying the title, including a presetfor no title.</li>
<li>Automatically display series listing on post allows for automatic listing insertion in posts that belong to a series.</li>
<li>Order of series display controls the order of posts (newest first or oldest first) in series listings.</li>
<li>Window series listing display creates a window around the current post in a series listing. This is useful for large series where it is cumbersome to show the entire listing at once.</li>
<li>Do not display series listing prevents the series listing from being shown. When checked, a link to the series is always shown.</li>
<li>Always show series link forces a link to the series archive regardless of windowing. When unchecked, a link to the seriess will not be shown when the entire series listing is visible.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcode</h3>
To manually insert the series listing of a post within a series as part of the content, use the shortcode [alsointhisseries].
This will have no effect if the post isn’t in a series.
To manually insert a specific series, use the series-slug attribute with the shortcode like [alsointhisseries series-slug=”your-series-slug”].
The shortcode attributes are
<ul>
<li>series-slug=”slug”</li>
<li>use-frame=”yes|no”</li>
<li>frame-width=”number”</li>
<li>sort-order=”asc|desc”</li>
<li>title-wrap=”h1|h2|h3|span”</li>
<li>title-template=”also-in|ordinal|none”</li>
<li>hide-series-listing=”yes|no”</li>
<li>always-link-series=”yes|no”</li>
</ul>
<h3>Widget</h3>
A widget that exposes all of the above options is available.
<h3>Custom Template</h3>
If you’d like to use your own series listing template, there are two options available.
<ul>
<li>Place a template file <code>also-in-this-series/serieslisting.php</code> in your theme.</li>
<li>Use the alsointhisseries_template filter to provide an absolute path to a template file.</li>
</ul>

Also In This Series

Group related posts in a post series and automatically list all of the posts in the series as part of the content.

Sean Davis

Simple Course Creator lets you group WordPress posts into courses using a custom taxonomy, then automatically displays a linked list of all posts in the same course within each post’s content.
Features
<ul>
<li>Create unlimited courses from the Posts menu — just like categories and tags</li>
<li>Assign posts to a course from the edit post screen or the manage posts screen</li>
<li>Display the course listing above content, below, or both</li>
<li>Choose between numbered list, bullet list, or no list indicator</li>
<li>Sort the listing by date, title, author, last modified, comment count, or random</li>
<li>Style the current post in the listing as bold, italic, or strikethrough</li>
<li>Optionally collapse the listing behind a toggle link (JavaScript)</li>
</ul>
Post Meta
Show author and publish date beneath each item in the course listing. Both are enabled by default and can be toggled from the settings page.
Front Display
On the blog home, archive pages, and search results, indicate that a post belongs to a course. Enabled by default and can be toggled from the settings page.
Customization
Style the course box, post meta output, and front display indicator directly from the WordPress Customizer — no custom CSS required. For deeper customization, override the plugin’s template files in your active theme.
Create a directory called <code>scc_templates</code> in the root of your active theme and copy any files from the plugin’s <code>includes/scc_templates/</code> directory into it. Theme files take priority over plugin files.

Simple Course Creator

Organize WordPress posts into courses and display a course listing within each post.

Also In This Series vs Simple Course Creator