Jonny Quinn

<p><strong>Latest Content by Anything</strong> is a lightweight yet powerful shortcode plugin that displays your latest content from any post type with flexible taxonomy filtering.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Universal Post Type Support</strong> – Works with posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and ANY custom post type</li>
<li><strong>Taxonomy Filtering</strong> – Filter by category, tag, or any custom taxonomy</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Integration</strong> – Automatically displays product prices when showing products</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Layouts</strong> – Choose between horizontal or vertical layouts</li>
<li><strong>Customizable Display</strong> – Control titles, excerpts, thumbnails, and more</li>
<li><strong>Developer Friendly</strong> – Clean code with proper escaping and sanitization</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight</strong> – No bloat, minimal CSS, no jQuery dependency</li>
</ul>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display latest blog posts on your homepage</li>
<li>Show featured products from a specific WooCommerce category</li>
<li>Create a portfolio grid from custom post types</li>
<li>Build related content sections</li>
<li>Display team members from a custom post type</li>
<li>Show testimonials filtered by service type</li>
<li>Feature recent news articles by category</li>
</ul>
<h4>Basic Usage</h4>
<p>Simply add this shortcode to any page, post, or widget:</p>
<pre><code>[latest_content_by_anything]
</code></pre>
<h4>WooCommerce Example</h4>
<p>Display your latest products with prices:</p>
<pre><code>[latest_content_by_anything post_type="product" num_items="4" layout="horizontal"]
</code></pre>
<h4>Pro Features</h4>
<p>Looking for more? <strong><a href="https://themecanvas.co.uk/pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Latest Content by Anything Pro</a></strong> adds:</p>
<ul>
<li>Multiple design templates</li>
<li>Visual shortcode builder</li>
<li>AJAX pagination (load more)</li>
<li>Masonry and carousel layouts</li>
<li>Gutenberg block</li>
<li>Custom field display (ACF compatible)</li>
<li>Priority support</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcode Parameters</h3>
<h4>Display Options</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>num_items</code> – Number of items to display (default: 5)</li>
<li><code>post_type</code> – Post type to query: post, page, product, or any CPT (default: post)</li>
<li><code>display_titles</code> – Show post titles: true or false (default: true)</li>
<li><code>excerpt_length</code> – Excerpt length in words, 0 to hide (default: 100)</li>
<li><code>thumbnail_size</code> – WordPress image size: thumbnail, medium, large, full (default: thumbnail)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Filtering Options</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>taxonomy</code> – Taxonomy slug to filter by (e.g., category, product_cat)</li>
<li><code>term</code> – Term slug within the taxonomy to filter by</li>
</ul>
<h4>Layout Options</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>layout</code> – Display layout: vertical, horizontal, or grid (default: vertical)</li>
<li><code>columns</code> – Number of columns for grid layout, 1-6 (default: 3)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Sorting Options</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>orderby</code> – Sort by: date, title, modified, rand, menu_order (default: date)</li>
<li><code>order</code> – Sort direction: ASC or DESC (default: DESC)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Additional Options</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>exclude</code> – Comma-separated post IDs to exclude</li>
<li><code>offset</code> – Skip the first N posts (default: 0)</li>
<li><code>show_date</code> – Display post date: true or false (default: false)</li>
<li><code>show_author</code> – Display author name: true or false (default: false)</li>
<li><code>show_read_more</code> – Add “Read More” link: true or false (default: false)</li>
<li><code>read_more_text</code> – Custom “Read More” text (default: Read More)</li>
<li><code>cache</code> – Enable query caching: true or false (default: true)</li>
</ul>
<h4>WooCommerce Options</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>hide_price</code> – Hide product prices: true or false (default: false)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Complete Example</h4>
<pre><code>[latest_content_by_anything
    num_items="6"
    post_type="product"
    taxonomy="product_cat"
    term="featured"
    thumbnail_size="medium"
    excerpt_length="20"
    display_titles="true"
    layout="horizontal"
    hide_price="false"
]<h3>Additional Resources</h3>
</code></pre>
<p>* <a href="https://themecanvas.co.uk" rel="nofollow ugc">Full Documentation</a> – Detailed guides and examples<br />
* <a href="https://themecanvas.co.uk/feature-requests/" rel="nofollow ugc">Feature Requests</a> – Suggest new features<br />
* <a href="https://themecanvas.co.uk/pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Version</a> – Unlock advanced features</p>


Latest Content by Anything

Display latest posts, products, or any custom post type with powerful filtering by taxonomy. Lightweight, flexible, and WooCommerce compatible.

ulfben

Erick Danzer

LightPress

<p>LightPress Lightbox is a popular, very lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. It is active 40,000 websites. After activation, settings will appear under ‘Lightbox’ on your website’s main admin menu, and images and galleries will open in a nice lightbox.</p>
<p>To make images open in the lightbox, you need to set images to “Link To:” media file. For image blocks, this setting is on the toolbar at the top of the block. For galleries, this setting is on the sidebar by other block options.</p>
<p><strong>LIGHTBOX DEMOS</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Lightbox Demo</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Lightbox Demo – Light Theme</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox-dark/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro Lightbox Demo – Dark Theme</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>FREE LIGHTBOX FEATURES</strong><br />
– Automatic detection of images and galleries<br />
– Customize colors of lightbox and navigation<br />
– Classic and modern navigation styles<br />
– Option to show info bar<br />
– Option to show title or alt text<br />
– Option to show download button<br />
– Slideshow options<br />
– Keyboard navigation<br />
– And more!</p>
<p>Links:<br />
-> <strong><a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Demos</a></strong><br />
-> <strong><a href="https://lightpress.io/free-lightbox-documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">Docs</a></strong><br />
-> <strong><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-jquery-lightbox/" rel="ugc">Free Support</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>PRO LIGHTBOX FEATURES</strong></p>
<p>LightPress Pro is a premium extension for this lightbox plugin that offers:<br />
– Priority support via email directly from devs<br />
– <em>Powerful, Modern Pro Lighbox</em><br />
– Beautiful, modern full-browser and full-screen ligthbox<br />
– Dozens of customizations options<br />
– Thumbnails within the lightbox<br />
– Toolbar with controls for thumbnails, zoom, slideshow, and more<br />
– Open videos (Youtube, Vimeo, self-hosted)<br />
– Opens PDF files<br />
– Opens content from external web pages<br />
– Create easy modals and popup boxes<br />
– Open image maps<br />
– Flawless on mobile devices<br />
– Hyper fast performance</p>
<p>-> <strong><a href="https://lightpress.io/pro-lightbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">VIEW PRO LIGHTBOX DEMOS</a></strong><br />
-> <strong><a href="https://lightpress.io/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">GET PRO SUPPORT</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Background and Thanks</strong></p>
<p>Special thanks to <a href="http://www.ulfbenjaminsson.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Ulf Benjaminsson</a>, who created the original WP JQuery Lightbox plugin and maintained it for many years.</p>
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
<p>Copyright (C) 2010-2023 Ulf Benjaminsson.<br />
Copyright (C) 2023-Present LightPress LLC.</p>
<p>This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify<br />
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by<br />
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or<br />
(at your option) any later version.</p>
<p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,<br />
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of<br />
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the<br />
GNU General Public License for more details.</p>
<p>You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License<br />
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software<br />
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA</p>


LightPress Lightbox

Simple, lightweight lightbox plugin for WordPress. Formerly the WP JQuery Lightbox.

Latest Content by Anything vs LightPress Lightbox