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


GridNews Featured Grid Slider

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

Yann at WP&amp;Co

<h4>Quick and simple featured boxes as widgets</h4>
<p>Adds a widget to display a square or rectangular block in the form of an image, title, and subtitle<br />
pointing to a specific post, page, category or theme.</p>
<p>Nice CSS styling. Recommended for inclusion in “magazine styled” home pages.</p>
<p>Multi-widget is supported, so that numerous articles or categories can be featured in a sidebar or home page template.</p>
<p>You can use the provided additional stylesheet, or customize your own.</p>
<p>Base package includes .pot file for translation of the interface, and <strong>English</strong> and <strong>French</strong> versions.</p>
<h4>Translation</h4>
<p>If you want to contribute to a translation of this plugin, please drop me a line by e-mail or leave a comment<br />
on the <a href="http://www.yann.com/en/wp-plugins/yd-featured-block-widget" title="Yann Dubois' Featured Box Widget for WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin’s page</a>.<br />
You will get credit for your translation in the plugin file and this documentation, as well as a link on this page and on my developers’ blog.</p>
<h4>Active support</h4>
<p>Drop me a line on my <a href="http://www.yann.com/en/wp-plugins/yd-featured-block-widget" title="Yann Dubois' Featured Block Widget for WordPress" rel="nofollow ugc">YD Recent Posts Widget plugin support site</a> to report bugs, ask for specific feature or improvement, or just tell me how you’re using the plugin.<br />
It’s still in an active development stage, with new features coming out on a regular basis.</p>
<h3>Revisions</h3>
<ul>
<li>0.1.0. Initial beta release of 2010/10/14</li>
<li>0.1.1. Minor bug fixes, framework update 2010/10/25</li>
<li>0.1.2. Minor bug fixes, framework update 2010/10/25</li>
<li>0.1.3. Minor bug fixes, framework update 2010/10/26</li>
</ul>
<h3>Did you like it?</h3>
<p>Drop me a line on http://www.yann.com/en/wp-plugins/yd-featured-block-widget</p>
<p>And… <em>please</em> rate this plugin –></p>


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