Alex Mansfield

This plugin allows you to display an unordered list of links to a specific author’s latest posts (or a list of multiple authors). It can be called either with a shortcode or from within a theme file.
To call it with a shortcode, use <code>[latestbyauthor author="username" show="3"]</code> where “username” is the login name of the author (or a comma separated list of multiple authors) and “3” is the number of posts to display. If you don’t specify an author or a display number, it will show the latest 5 posts from the author of the current page. If you want it to display the post excerpt as well, you can use the following code: <code>[latestbyauthor author="username" show="3" excerpt="true"]</code> This will only show exerpts that you have entered manually.
To call it from within a theme template, you have to wrap it in this PHP function: <code><?php echo do_shortcode('[latestbyauthor author="username" show="3"]'); ?></code>

Latest Posts by Author

Displays an unordered list of an author's latest posts.

Mostafa Shahiri

The Modern Portfolio is a simple widget that displays posts as portfolios based on different filters. 
It is a very useful and applicable plugin for news website, company websites, shopping websites and other 
websites that work with portfolios or filterable items. The Modern Portfolio enables you to show your posts 
based on different filters and items. You can set the options of this widget to filter posts based on their 
tags, their categories or their authors. It gains AJAX method for loading more posts to improve the performance 
for your website. The Modern Portfolio is very flexible with customizable settings ( See screenshot images ).
Some Features of The Modern Portfolio:
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Displaying posts based on tags, categories and authors
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Gainig AJAX method for loading more posts
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Easy to use
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Customizable settings
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Limiting the number of posts
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Ordering posts and pages based on created date, modified date, comments count and random.
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Limiting the length of posts descriptions
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Custom text for readmore links.
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Using a pretty style for displaying the items.
Settings of the Widget:
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Title: A title for widget.Leave it empty if you don’t like to show the title.
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Source Type: The plugin can filter posts based on tags or categories or authors.
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Tags: Selected tags as the filters.
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Categories: Selected categories as the filters.
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Authors: Selected authors as the filters.
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Count: Number of posts are shown in first review before loading more posts.
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Limit Description Length: Number of words for truncating posts descriptions.
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Order By: Ordering type.
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Order: Determine to order posts ascending or descending.
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Readmore Text: A text for readmore button.
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Other options are used for showing or hiding posts items.
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Modern Portfolio

The Modern Portfolio is a simple widget to show posts as portfolios based on different filters.

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