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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Authors Widget shows the list or cloud of the authors, with the number of posts, link to RSS feed next to their name, avatar. It is useful in a multi-author blog, where you want to have the list in the sidemenu. 
The widget can also display an “Author Cloud” if <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-tag-cloud/" rel="ugc">SEO Tag Cloud plugin</a> is installed.

Authors Widget

Authors Widget shows the list or cloud of the authors in the sidemenu.

Modern Portfolio vs Authors Widget