reneade

This PostLists Extension provides orderby options, conditions and placeholders for the events created with Event Calendar 3 to be used for each post within PostLists lists.
The following placeholders can be used, if this plugin is activated: 
%ec3_shedule% will get replaced to the event calendar start-datetime and the end-datetime of the current post. 
%ec3_shedule_date% will get replaced to the event calendarstart-date and the end-date. 
%ec3_shedule_time% will get replaced to the event calendarstart-time and the end-time. 
%ec3_shedule_start% will get replaced to the event calendarstart-datetime. 
%ec3_shedule_start_date% will get replaced to the event calendarstart-date. 
%ec3_shedule_start_time% will get replaced to the event calendarstart-time. 
%ec3_shedule_end% will get replaced to the event calendarend-datetime. 
%ec3_shedule_end_date% will get replaced to the event calendarend-date. 
%ec3_shedule_end_time% will get replaced to the event calendarend-time. 
Separator in ec3-placeholders for multiple events at one post can be configured per list.
Provided Filters: 
Show only posts with events. 
Show only posts with event start time in the past/future. 
Show only posts with event end time in the past/future.
OrderBy Options: ec3_start, ec3_end.
It is possible to configure a list to show a post multiple times in list per assigned event.
Plugin Website: http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-postlists-extension-ec3.html
<h3>PostLists</h3>
This Plugin “ple-ec3” is a PostLists-Extension: You need the WordPress plugin “PostLists” to use it!
You can download the WordPress Plugin “PostLists” here: 
http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-postlists.html
PostLists is a Plugin for WordPress to add configurable dynamic lists of posts via simple placeholders to a page, post or to your sidebar. PostLists itself can also be extended via other WordPress Plugins (called PostLists Extensions) to add further functionallity to PostLists.
<h3>PostLists Extensions</h3>
You will find a list of all know extensions for the WordPress Plugin PostLists here: 
http://www.rene-ade.de/inhalte/wordpress-plugin-postlists-extensions.html

PostLists-Extension EC3

This PostLists Extension provides orderby options, conditions and placeholders for the events created with Event Calendar 3 to be used for each post w …

Ross Cornell

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very easy to use

Very usefull

Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.

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