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GridNews Featured Grid Slider is a powerful WordPress plugin that creates beautiful, responsive featured post grids and sliders for any post type and taxonomy. Perfect for news sites, magazines, blogs, and portfolios.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Universal Compatibility – Works with any post type (posts, pages, custom post types)</li>
<li>Flexible Taxonomy Support – Use with categories, tags, or custom taxonomies</li>
<li>Responsive Design – Looks great on desktop, tablet, and mobile devices</li>
<li>Touch & Swipe Support – Native touch gestures for mobile users</li>
<li>Customizable Layout – 1 large post + 4 smaller posts per slide</li>
<li>Multiple Transition Modes – Choose between fade or slide transitions</li>
<li>Autoplay Control – Enable/disable autoplay with customizable speed</li>
<li>Category Colors – Display color-coded category badges</li>
<li>Excerpt Control – Show/hide excerpts with customizable length</li>
<li>Date Formatting – Multiple date format options</li>
<li>Easy Shortcode – Simple <code>[gridfegr_featured_grid]</code> shortcode</li>
<li>AJAX-Powered Admin – Dynamic taxonomy and term loading</li>
<li>Accessibility Ready – ARIA labels and keyboard navigation support</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
After activation, go to Settings > GridNews Featured Grid to configure your preferences.
Basic Usage: 
 [gridfegr_featured_grid]
Filter by Section: 
 [gridfegr_featured_grid section=”technology”]
Custom Post Type & Taxonomy: 
 [gridfegr_featured_grid post_type=”product” taxonomy=”product_category”]
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>News websites</li>
<li>Magazine sites</li>
<li>Blog homepages</li>
<li>Portfolio showcases</li>
<li>Product highlights</li>
<li>Event listings</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
Developed by O11Labs

GridNews Featured Grid Slider

Advanced Featured Grid & Slider for any Post Type & Taxonomy with responsive design and touch support.

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This plugin creates a widget which loops up to ten recent posts and cycles through them with your selected jQuery Cycle effect.
<h3>Settings</h3>
You can change the following settings:
<ul>
<li>Title: Widget title</li>
<li>Category: Category to draw posts from – the list is automatically populated. Make sure the category you want to use exists before you start! You can select any number of categories – use ctrl and/or shift to select more than one</li>
<li>Number of posts: Number of posts used – if there are fewer posts, that’s fine. It’ll just use the ones in your chosen category</li>
<li>Slider effect: jQuery Cycle effect to be used. To see a preview of all effects, check out <a href="http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/browser.html" title="jQuery Cycle Effects Browser" rel="nofollow ugc">jQuery Cycle Effects Browser</a></li>
<li>Timeout: the amount of time each slide will show for, in milliseconds. For example 3000 = 3 seconds</li>
<li>Transition speed: how long it takes for each transition, again in milliseconds. For example, if you set this to 1000 it will take one second for a post to fade out and the next to fade in</li>
<li>Width: Add a width here if needed. By default, the widget should fit the sidebar you drop it in to. If not, you can override this by setting a width in pixels (don’t include the units, just the number)</li>
<li>Height: Set the height of the widget in pixels. Don’t include the units.</li>
</ul>
Add images to posts as follows:
<ul>
<li>Edit the post to add the image to</li>
<li>Add a custom field called “slider”</li>
<li>Use the path to an image for the custom field value. This can be one in your media library or use an absolute path from another site if you have permission to do so.</li>
<li>That’s very important – image leeching is naughty.</li>
<li>Update your post.</li>
</ul>

Scrollarama

Creates a loop of recent posts (up to 10) with images, within selected category, and scrolls through with jQuery effects

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