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This widget allows you to insert arbitrary Text and/or HTML code (optional) to precede a list of recent posts by category. It makes it easy to add introductory comments and to achieve interesting effects like wrapping your posts list around an image. It’s designed to be lightweight and easy on resources.
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Note: Widget Blocks, added in WordPress 5.8, make this plugin no longer necessary. The same results can be obtained by using a Widget Group, Heading Block, Custom HTML Block, and the Latest Posts Block. The latter also allows the use of multiple categories, which is not available with this plugin. Unless something major happens to change things, I won’t be developing the plugin beyond the current version (2.0.0).
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HTML Plus Recent Posts by Category Widget

Like the Legacy Recent Posts widget, but adds the ability to select the category and add text or HTML before the list of posts.

WPXPO

Jakir Hasan

Anik Biswas

🥇 The #1 WordPress News Magazine and Blogging Solution 
📈 Highest Post Grid Layout Variations with vast customization options 
💕 A plugin by WPXPO, that empowers 60K+ businesses! 
📞 Dedicated support team with 4.9/5 customer satisfaction on <a href="https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/wpxpo.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Trustpilot</a>
😲 <a href="https://trypostx.wpxpo.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Demo</a> | 🔥 <a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/" rel="nofollow ugc">PostX Pro</a> | 📃 <a href="https://wpxpo.com/docs/postx/getting-started/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a>
<h3>Ultimate News Magazines and Blogging Solution for WordPress</h3>
Blog posts and news articles are the main things on news, magazines, and blog websites. PostX takes the posts displaying to a whole new level. It has the most attractive, professional, and highly customizable layouts with various important features.
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<h3>Starter Sites – Build Sites In 3 Steps!</h3>
PostX’s Starter sites come with complete website templates that are ready to be important. You just need to explore the templates, choose the one that you like, personalize, and go live. So you can give your site a whole new makeover or impress your clients in minutes. Currently, PostX has templates for the following websites:
✅ News Websites 
✅ Magazine Websites 
✅ Sports News Websites 
✅ Tech News Websites 
✅ Gaming News Websites 
✅ Crypto News Websites 
✅ Movie News Websites 
✅ Travel Blog Websites 
✅ Personal Blog Websites 
✅ Food Blog Websites 
✅ And More!
👉 <a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/starter-sites/" rel="nofollow ugc">Explore Start Site Templates</a>
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/blocks/" rel="nofollow ugc">Gutenberg Posts Blocks</a>
Drag and drop Gutenberg post blocks to display your blog posts in an organized way. Choose from 40+ blocks and customize each of the elements with complete creative freedom. Or you can choose from 250+ designer-made patterns to skip the customization part. With PostX’s post blocks, you can display your posts in the following layouts:
✔ Post Grid 
✔ Post List 
✔ Post Slider & Carousel 
✔ Post Carousel 
✔ Post Module 
✔ And More
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/search-block/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ajax Search Block</a>
The Ajax Search Block allows you to enable a visually appealing search system for your WordPress site. So the readers can instantly find their desired content with the ajax search system.
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/advanced-query-loop/" rel="nofollow ugc">Query Builder for Post Sorting</a>
PostX’s advanced query builder helps you effortlessly display posts, pages, and custom post types for your desired layouts. Here is the list of all essential post-displaying options.
✔ Display Posts Based on Category 
✔ Display Posts Based on Tags 
✔ Display Posts Based on Category and Tags 
✔ Display Specific Posts/Pages 
✔ Display Custom Post Types 
✔ Popular Posts 
✔ Related Posts 
✔ Recent Posts 
✔ Random Posts 
✔ Oldest Posts 
✔ Most Commented Posts 
✔ Reorder Posts 
✔ Exclude Posts
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/advanced-post-filter/" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Post Filter</a>
With the Ajax post filter of PostX, users see multiple posts within the same section without reloading the whole page. You have all essential post-filtering options including:
✔ Post Filter By Category 
✔ Post Filter Tags 
✔ Post Filter By 
✔ Post Filter By Author 
✔ Filter By Ascending and Descending 
✔ Filter By Custom Taxonomy 
✔ Search Filter
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/gutenberg-site-builder/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dynamic Gutenberg Site Builder</a>
PostX has the first-ever dynamic site builder for Gutenberg with dedicated templates for all essential pages. With this Gutenberg builder, you can take full control over your site and resign the following pages.
✔ Home Page 
✔ Blog Posts 
✔ Archive Pages 
✔ Category Pages 
✔ Tag Pages 
✔ Author Pages 
✔ Search & Date Pages
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/advanced-post-pagination/" rel="nofollow ugc">Ajax Pagination</a>
The Ajax-powered pagination helps your readers to explore more posts in the same section or page. You can choose from three types of paginations, (load more, navigation, or numeric) and customize them as per your requirements.
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/global-styles/" rel="nofollow ugc">Global Styles</a>
It helps to override the theme styles and add PostX’s color palettes & typography to your entire site. Explore the available options and choose the style that suits your brand identity.
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/front-end-post-submission/" rel="nofollow ugc">Front End Submission</a>
Effectively manage guest writers by letting them submit posts from the front end or make custom dashboards for them with SEO optimization support. Moreover, you can add comments or corrections as like Google Docs without leaving the WordPress dashboard.
Dynamic Content
Add custom fields created by plugins like ACF to PostX’s blocks dynamically. So you can also display custom post types with additional fields in an organized and attractive way,
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/progress-bar/" rel="nofollow ugc">Reading Progress Bar</a>
Display a visual presentation to highlight readers how much they read or scrolled. However, you can also add the progress bar to any page of your WordPress site.
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/custom-fonts/" rel="nofollow ugc">Custom Font</a>
Upload your desired fonts with single or multiple variations. So you can add the uploaded fonts to PostX’s blocks with full typography customization options.
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/taxonomy-image-and-color/" rel="nofollow ugc">Taxonomy Image and Color</a>
Add featured images and desired colors to categories, tags, and custom post types. So you can display taxonomies as like blog posts using PostX’s taxonomy blocks.
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/page-builder-integration/" rel="nofollow ugc">Page Builder Integration</a>
Liked PostX’s design variations but are not ready to switch your current page builder? Don’t worry you can still use our blocks, patterns, and home page templates with the most popular page builders including:
✔ Elementor 
✔ Divi 
✔ WPBakery 
✔ Oxygen 
✔ Bricks Builder 
✔ Beaver
<a href="https://www.wpxpo.com/postx/seo-meta-support/" rel="nofollow ugc">SEO Integration</a>
PostX has built-in SEO integration that allows you to replace the default WordPress excerpt with custom meta descriptions added with the following SEO plugins:
✔ Yoast 
✔ Rank Math 
✔ All-in-One SEO 
✔ Squirrly 
✔ SEOPress
PostX Recommended Themes
PostX should work properly with all popular WordPress themes. We have personally tested with various themes. Here is a list of themes that are fully compatible with PostX.
✔ Twenty Twenty-Five 
✔ Astra 
✔ Blocksy 
✔ Kadence 
✔ Generatepress 
✔ Rishi Theme 
✔ Neve 
✔ Ocean WP 
✔ Blossom Theme 
✔ Block WP
<h3>🏆 Featured by top reviewers</h3>
Check out what Paul C (WPTuts) had to say about PostX.
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Check out the video of Jack Cao and learn how to create News Magazine Website for free.
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<h3>Other Plugins by WPXPO</h3>
We are glad that you are considering PostX. We have more amazing plugins that you can check out:
🧲 <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/optin/" rel="ugc">WowOptin:</a> The next-gen optin and popup builder plugin with Canva-like design flexibility and detailed audience targeting.
💝 <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/product-blocks/" rel="ugc">WowStore:</a> An all-in-one WooCommerce solution to create professional and conversion-focused eCommerce stores.
💸 <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/revenue/" rel="ugc">WowRevenue:</a> Collections of various WooCommerce discount campaigns to boost revenue by increasing the average order value.
📦 <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wholesalex/" rel="ugc">WholesaleX:</a> A complete WooCommerce Wholesale solution with additional features like a bulk order form, dynamic pricing & discount rules.
<h4>Author</h4>
Developed by <a href="https://www.wpxpo.com" rel="nofollow ugc">WPXPO</a>. <a href="https://bitbucket.org/wpstabon/ultimate-post/src/master/" rel="nofollow ugc">Contribute to Gutenberg Post Blocks on Bitbucket</a> and join the party.
<h4>Liked PostX?</h4>
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<li>Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/gutenbergpostx" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook Group</a>.</li>
<li>Learn from our tutorials on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9I7kzTtG31YlWdG3iL42Jg" rel="nofollow ugc">YouTube Channel</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>📗 Translations</h3>
PostX plugin is compatible with WPML Plugin and also it works perfectly with loco translate plugin. 
You can Translate PostX on <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ultimate-post/" rel="nofollow ugc">translate.wordpress.org</a>.

Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX


Random posts can't be selected. You need to buy plugin to select such basic option.



Edit: Actually it can and free version has lots of useful options.


Useful plugin


This plugin nails it. It gives me powerful post-grid and block layouts without any complicated setup, and the results look clean and professional right out of the box. Performance stays smooth, compatibility with various themes is solid, and it’s obvious the developers care about quality and updates. Five stars without hesitation — highly recommended for anyone building a blog, magazine or content-heavy site.


Excellent plugin — Powerful yet easy to use

A highly customizable plugin to create news, magazines, and any kind of blog site with post grid, post filter, post slider, and post blocks.

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