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<p>Factory Featured Plugin displays a set amount of posts in a loop with a custom field image and links to that post, making a gallery of images linked to the posts.</p>
<p>Has configurable settings, such as;<br />
* Image Width and Height<br />
* Set the category to pull posts from<br />
* Set the amount of posts to show.</p>
<p>Nice and easy way to present a certain category of posts in a widget area. Have a look at the Sceenshots to get a better idea of what it looks like.</p>


Featured Factory

Displays a set amount of posts in block with custom field images. Configurable from the Widgets panel.

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<p>mCatFilter for WordPress allows you to exclude categories from The Loop for display on the home page, in feeds and some archive pages.</p>
<h4>Key features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Very simple setup and configuration</li>
<li>No theme manipulation required</li>
<li>Excluded categories are still available through custom queries </li>
<li>Fully integrated with the WordPress internationalization API</li>
</ul>
<h4>System requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>PHP version <strong>5.2.4</strong> or higher</li>
<li>WordPress 3.2+</li>
</ul>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>By default, mCatFilter does not exclude any category. To select excluded categories, proceed as follow :</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to your Administration panel </li>
<li>Go to your mCatFilter page</li>
<li>Check any category you want to exclude from the list</li>
<li>Click “Save changes” button</li>
<li><em>You’re done !</em> Selected categories should be excluded from default queries</li>
</ol>
<p>You can also select/deselect a category for exclusion from the edit category form.</p>
<h3>Online Resources</h3>
<p>If you have any questions that aren’t addressed in this document, please visit <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mcatfilter" rel="ugc">the support forums</a>.</p>
<h3>Known issues</h3>
<p>None at this time</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>mCatFilter, as WordPress, is released under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 (see license.txt).<br />
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation under the terms of the GNU General Public License is hereby granted. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided “as is” without express or implied warranty.</p>


mCatFilter

Excludes categories from The Loop for display on the home page, in feeds and some archive pages.

Featured Factory vs mCatFilter