Thambaru Wijesekara

This plugin will record clicks of shortcode <code>[downloadCount]</code> and shows it on posts list. Comes convenient if you’re a setting up 
a site to use download pages of products/publications as posts. Multiple shortcodes won’t work since it’s on the convention of 
one product per post.
Things make it nice:
<ul>
<li>Easily add this literally short shortcode [downloadCount] and get your link appeared.</li>
<li>Numerous HTML attributes are available so you can customize as you wish.</li>
<li>View download count right from the WP post list.</li>
<li>No dashboard menu entry (yet) to help you keep the backend clean.</li>
<li>Optimized speed with minimal resource usage.</li>
<li>It’s not just for downloads but any link you prefer to be tracked.</li>
</ul>
Shortcode attributes:
<ul>
<li>link= Your link to the download. Protocol (http/https) must be mentioned.</li>
<li>title= Text to be appeard as the link. Default: “Download”.</li>
<li>style= For CSS inline styles.</li>
<li>class= For CSS classes.</li>
</ul>
Tip: You can use even icons (or HTML codes) on <code>title</code> attribute.
Example shortcode: 
 [downloadCount link=”http://thambaru.com” title=”My website” style=”text-decoration:none;” class=”btn btn-success”]

Download Count

Counts downloads by shortcode and shows it on a column of posts list.

Freemius

Abu Hayat

bPlugins

Charles Cormier

Farazi Forhad

​The Ultimate Gutenberg Block to Display Posts, Pages, and Custom Content Beautifully
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<a href="https://bplugins.com/products/advanced-post-block/" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Post Block</a> is a Gutenberg blocks plugin for displaying posts, pages, and custom post types in WordPress with advanced query controls, filtering, and multiple layout options.
It supports grid, list, masonry, slider, ticker, and news-style layouts, allowing you to create dynamic post displays for blogs, magazines, and content-heavy websites. The plugin includes flexible query parameters such as category, tag, author, keyword search, and custom taxonomy filtering, along with query presets for faster setup.
Recent additions include AJAX-based post loading, pagination, load more, and infinite scroll, enabling seamless content browsing without page reloads. It also supports post view tracking and sorting by popularity, helping highlight trending or most-viewed content.
You can control the visibility and structure of post elements, including featured images, titles, metadata, excerpts, and read more links. Built for performance and responsiveness, the plugin integrates directly with the WordPress block editor to create structured, customizable content layouts without coding.
<h3>Layout Options</h3>
Choose from various display styles:
<ul>
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Grid: Arrange posts in a column-based format.
</li>
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Masonry: Automatically position posts in a staggered, flowing layout.
</li>
<li>
Slider: Create carousel-style post sections.
</li>
<li>
Ticker: Show content as a scrolling headline list.
</li>
</ul>
Each layout includes sub-layouts such as Title Meta, Left or Right Image, and Overlay Content.
<h3>Filtering and Query Controls</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Easily select and organize the content you want to display:
</li>
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Display standard posts, pages, or custom post types.
</li>
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Filter by categories, tags, or authors.
</li>
<li>
Control post order and offset.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Design Customization</h3>
Fine-tune the look and feel of your content listings:
<ul>
<li>
Show or hide featured images, and choose whether they link to the post.
</li>
<li>
Customize post titles, excerpts, and read more links.
</li>
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Display post metadata such as date, author, and categories, with control over visibility and styling.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Responsive and Performance-Focused</h3>
All layouts are optimized for mobile and desktop devices. The plugin is built to load efficiently and minimize impact on performance.
<h3>Key Features – Free Version</h3>
Everything you need to build a professional and modern content display:
<ul>
<li>
Core Layouts: Choose from professional Grid, Masonry, Slider, Ticker and News Ticker views.
</li>
<li>
Flexible Sub-layouts: Optimize displays with Default, Left/Right Image, Overlay, and Title-Meta layouts.
</li>
<li>
Slider Options: Customize the slider layout with loop, touch move, autoplay, speed, effect, pagination and navigation with the customization and styling.
</li>
<li>
Dynamic Post Query: Advanced filtering by post type, posts per page, categories, authors, taxonomy relation (AND/OR), post orders and more.
</li>
<li>
Element Visibility: Full control to show or hide thumbnails, titles, metadata, excerpts, and read more buttons.
</li>
<li>
Feature Image Settings: Toggle link, set dimensions (Width/Height), and adjust image fitting (Cover/Contain) for a polished look.
</li>
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Title Control: Customize post title with enable link, select tag, set typography, alignment, colors, and margin.
</li>
<li>
Flexible Metadata: Show or hide post author, date, categories with position, and comment counts with typography, different colors and margin.
</li>
<li>
Dynamic Excerpt: Display excerpt from post excerpt or content with limit, alignment, typography, colors, and margin.
</li>
<li>
Customized Read More: Show Read More button with custom label and icon with link tab and style for alignment, typography, padding, colors, borders, shadows and hover animation.
</li>
<li>
Interactive Container Design: Alignment, backgrounds, borders, and shadows with padding support for article blocks and content areas.
</li>
<li>
Shortcode Support: Seamlessly display post blocks anywhere on your site using shortcodes.
</li>
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Responsive Ready: Fully optimized for a perfect experience on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
</li>
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Developer Friendly: Built with clean code following the best WordPress developmental standards.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Pro Version – Unlock Premium Power</h3>
<a href="https://bplugins.com/products/advanced-post-block/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Post Block Pro</a> adds precision filtering, layout enhancements, and deeper content control for high-performing websites.
What’s Included in Pro:
<ul>
<li>
Exclusive Layouts: Unlock the Grid 1, Magazine 1, and Magazine 2 layouts and sub-layouts like Overlay Content Box, Overlay Half Content, and List Even/Odd.
</li>
<li>
Ticker Options: Customize the Ticker layout with direction, speed, interval, height, and pause on mouse hover options.
</li>
<li>
News Ticker Pro: Fine-tune News Ticker layout with label, theme, type, direction, speed, animation, and pause on mouse hover options.
</li>
<li>
Display Pages: Showcase standard WordPress pages alongside your posts.
</li>
<li>
Query Presets: Instant query configurations for Popular, Random, Sticky, Most Comments, Related Posts, and more.
</li>
<li>
Deeper Filtering: Advanced posts query by Tags, Custom Taxonomies, Search Queries and more Order By options.
</li>
<li>
Post Precision: Use Offset to skip the first “N” posts or manually Include/Exclude content by IDs, Exclude current and sticky posts.
</li>
<li>
Pagination & AJAX: Modern Pagination, Navigation, Infinite Scroll, and Load More button to display more posts.
</li>
<li>
Sortable Elements: Intuitive drag-and-drop interface to rearrange Post Title, Metadata, and Excerpt.
</li>
<li>
Title Control: Set precise Word/Character limits with ellipsis to adjust title length.
</li>
<li>
Feature Image: Define the image size, lazyload, and set default Placeholder image with normal-hover grayscale effects and hover radius styling.
</li>
<li>
Metadata Customization: Set separator and gaps between meta items, reorder/sorting the meta items, set alignment for the metadata.
</li>
<li>
Meta Author: Set the author link and set custom icon for the author meta.
</li>
<li>
Meta Date: Set the date format, show date as time ago and set custom icon for the date meta.
</li>
<li>
Meta Category: Set the category on image position, and set padding, border radius for the Badge display.
</li>
</ul>
–Tags and Custom Taxonomies: Display tags and custom taxonomies in the meta with the custom icon.
<ul>
<li>
Meta Reading Time: Show post read time with seconds, label and custom icon.
</li>
<li>
Post View Count: Enable post view count with custom to display the post views in meta area.
</li>
<li>
Excerpt Control: Display the SEO Meta description from Yoast, Rank Math, or AIOSEO at the excerpt and display the ellipsis.
</li>
<li>
Advanced Read More: Unlock more icons, set icon gap, and position with pulse animations.
</li>
<li>
Custom Query Hook: Leverage the <code>apb_query</code> filter for deep developer-level control.
</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Use – Step-by-Step Setup</h3>
Getting started is fast and beginner-friendly.
<iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/milYZrqLJsE?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>
You can set up your first post grid in just a few clicks.
Step-by-Step Setup:
<ul>
<li>
Install and activate the Advanced Post Block plugin.
</li>
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Open a post or page in the Gutenberg editor.
</li>
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Click the + icon.
</li>
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Find the block called Advanced Post Block under the “Advanced Post Block” category.
</li>
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Choose your layout style, post type, and configure display settings.
</li>
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Save and publish.
</li>
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That’s it!
</li>
</ul>
Gutenberg Block Support 
Using the Block Editor? You’re covered.
<ul>
<li>
Easily find the Advanced Post Block in the Gutenberg block library.
</li>
<li>
Drag and drop to add dynamic post lists to any page or post.
</li>
<li>
Customize layout and design using the right-hand block settings panel.
</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://bplugins.com/products/advanced-post-block/#demos" rel="nofollow ugc">Live Demo</a> | <a href="https://bplugins.com/products/advanced-post-block/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upgrade to Pro</a>
<h3>User Feedback</h3>
<h4>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-plugin-8873/" rel="ugc">Excellent Plugin</a></h4>
❛❛Amazing plugin, with now option to showcase pages instead of posts as well. Just perfect!❜❜
–<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/sophibee/" rel="nofollow ugc">sophibee</a>
<h4>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-what-i-need-it-to-do-very-well/" rel="ugc">It does what I need it to do very well</a></h4>
❛❛This plugin works good, has many options and sounds like more to come. What I like best is the support. Nothing better then a quick reply and they were able help out too! Looking forward to much more style control maybe in a future update.❜❜
–<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/emburr/" rel="nofollow ugc">eMBurr</a>
<h4>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-job-1273/" rel="ugc">Great Job!</a></h4>
❛❛I love the layout! Makes things fast and easy.❜❜
–<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/torichambers/" rel="nofollow ugc">Tori Chambers</a>
<h4>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wonderful-plugin-exceptional-support/" rel="ugc">Wonderful plugin, exceptional support</a></h4>
❛❛I’ll be completely honest, the level of support offered by the plugin creator is exceptional! This is the best plugin for your blog posts arrangement, it makes your blog look wonderful and well-organized.❜❜
–<a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/husainghasra/" rel="nofollow ugc">husainghasra</a>
<h4>– Did you like this plugin? Dislike it? Have a feature request? <a href="mailto:support@bplugins.com" title="Send feedback" rel="nofollow ugc">Please share your feedback with us</a></h4>
<h3>Check out the Parent Plugin of this plugin-</h3>
<a href="https://bblockswp.com" rel="nofollow ugc">B Blocks</a> – A blocks collection and page building tool for Gutenberg.
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<h3>Source Code</h3>
You can find the source code, report bugs, and contribute to the development of this plugin on our GitHub repository: 
<a href="https://github.com/bPlugins/advanced-post-block" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Post Block on GitHub</a>
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
This plugin bundles the following third-party JavaScript/PHP libraries.
<h4>jQuery Easy Ticker</h4>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://github.com/vaakash/jquery-easy-ticker</li>
<li>GitHub: https://github.com/vaakash/jquery-easy-ticker</li>
<li>License: MIT – <a href="https://github.com/vaakash/jquery-easy-ticker/blob/master/LICENSE" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/vaakash/jquery-easy-ticker/blob/master/LICENSE</a></li>
<li>Purpose: Provides smooth vertical scrolling for the News Ticker layout.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Swiper</h4>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://swiperjs.com/</li>
<li>GitHub: https://github.com/nolimits4web/swiper</li>
<li>License: MIT – <a href="https://github.com/nolimits4web/swiper/blob/master/LICENSE" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/nolimits4web/swiper/blob/master/LICENSE</a></li>
<li>Purpose: Modern touch slider used for Slider and News Ticker components.</li>
</ul>
<h4>react-responsive-masonry</h4>
<ul>
<li>Source: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-responsive-masonry</li>
<li>GitHub: https://github.com/cedricdelpoux/react-responsive-masonry</li>
<li>License: MIT – <a href="https://github.com/cedricdelpoux/react-responsive-masonry/blob/master/LICENSE" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/cedricdelpoux/react-responsive-masonry/blob/master/LICENSE</a></li>
<li>Purpose: Handles responsive masonry layouts for post displays.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Freemius Lite SDK (Custom)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purpose: A custom-made version of the Freemius SDK that calls through api.bplugins.com to handle opt-in usage tracking and analytics to help improve the plugin.</li>
</ul>

Advanced Post Block – Showcase Posts with Grid, List, Card Layouts and Filters

Thanks, bPlugins for creating such useful software. The WordPress community is really enjoying your software. 

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Charging a montly fee to use the pro features is a joke. You offer nothing to warrant the montly fee. It should be a one off payment for something like this. Dont waste your time with this. 


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Advanced Post Block lets you add dynamic post grids, lists, sliders, and tickers. Filter content by category, tag, author, or custom post type.

Download Count vs Advanced Post Block – Showcase Posts with Grid, List, Card Layouts and Filters