Troy Templeman

<p>Posts Block Lite adds a Posts block to the block editor inserter that can be added to display posts in a list, grid or carousel.</p>
<p>Upgrade to Pro at <a href="https://troytempleman.com/wordpress/blocks/posts-block/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://troytempleman.com/wordpress/blocks/posts-block/</a>.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Responsive</li>
<li>Settings
<ul>
<li>Block alignment</li>
<li>Layout</li>
<li>List</li>
<li>Grid</li>
<li>Carousel   </li>
<li>Text alignment</li>
<li>Post type <strong>[Pro]</strong> </li>
<li>Number of posts</li>
<li>Order by</li>
<li>Order</li>
<li>Number of columns</li>
<li>Column gutter width </li>
<li>Display featured image</li>
<li>Display title</li>
<li>Add heading to title</li>
<li>Title heading</li>
<li>Display author</li>
<li>Display date</li>
<li>Display excerpt</li>
<li>Maximum number of words in excerpt</li>
<li>Display content</li>
<li>Display link</li>
<li>Link text</li>
<li>Carousel</li>
<li>Display dots</li>
<li>Display arrows</li>
<li>Infinite</li>
<li>Speed</li>
<li>Slides to show</li>
<li>Slides to scroll</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Styles
<ul>
<li>Color
<ul>
<li>Text</li>
<li>Background</li>
<li>Link</li>
<li>Carousel dots <strong>[Pro]</strong> </li>
<li>Carousel dots hover <strong>[Pro]</strong> </li>
<li>Carousel arrows <strong>[Pro]</strong> </li>
<li>Carousel arrows hover <strong>[Pro]</strong> </li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Typography
<ul>
<li>Font family</li>
<li>Font size</li>
<li>Appearance</li>
<li>Line height</li>
<li>Letter spacing</li>
<li>Text decoration</li>
<li>Letter case</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Dimensions
<ul>
<li>Padding</li>
<li>Margin</li>
<li>List post padding <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>List post margin <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Grid post padding <strong>[Pro]</strong>  </li>
<li>Grid post margin <strong>[Pro]</strong>     </li>
<li>Carousel post padding <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Carousel post margin <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Featured image padding <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Featured image margin <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Title padding <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Title margin <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Meta padding <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Meta margin <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Excerpt padding <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Excerpt margin <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Content padding <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Content margin <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Link padding <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
<li>Link margin <strong>[Pro]</strong></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Variations <strong>[Pro]</strong>
<ul>
<li>List <strong>[Pro]</strong> </li>
<li>Grid <strong>[Pro]</strong> </li>
<li>Carousel <strong>[Pro]</strong> </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Demo</h4>
<p><a href="https://troytempleman.com/wordpress/blocks/posts-block/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://troytempleman.com/wordpress/blocks/posts-block/</a></p>
<h4>HTML</h4>
<p>Posts Block Lite will output a Posts block with the following HTML structure:</p>
<pre><code><ul class="wp-block-tt-posts wp-block-tt-posts-6">
    <li class="wp-block-tt-posts-post">
        <div class="wp-block-tt-posts-post-featured-image”>
            <img class=“wp-block-tt-posts-post-thumbnail” src=“#”>
        </div>
        <h3 class="wp-block-tt-posts-post-title">
            <a href=“#”>Title</a>
        </h3>
        <div class="wp-block-tt-posts-post-meta">
            <span class="wp-block-tt-posts-post-meta-date">Posted <time class="wp-block-tt-posts-post-meta-date-time" datetime="2023-11-01T12:00:00+00:00">November 1, 2023</time></span>
        </div>
        <div class="wp-block-tt-posts-post-excerpt">Excerpt</div>
        <a class="wp-block-tt-posts-post-link" href=“#”>Read more</a>
    </li>
</ul>
</code></pre>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>If you need help with Posts Block Lite, please submit a ticket on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/posts-block-lite" rel="ugc">Support</a> forum.</p>
<h3>Donate</h3>
<p>If you like Posts Block Lite and would like to support it’s future development, how about <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/troytempleman" rel="nofollow ugc">buying me a coffee</a>?</p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>If you would like to contribute to the development of Posts Block Lite, the repository is located on <a href="https://github.com/troytempleman/posts-block-lite" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.</p>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>Posts Block Lite is released under the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html" rel="nofollow ugc">GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2)</a>.</p>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or greater</li>
<li>PHP version 7.4 or greater</li>
<li>MySQL version 5.7 or greater or MariaDB version 10.3 or greater.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/latest-posts" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress/gutenberg/packages/block-library/src/latest-posts on GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://kenwheeler.github.io/slick/" rel="nofollow ugc">Slick</a></li>
</ul>


Posts Block Lite

A block that displays posts in a list, grid or carousel.

rajros

<p>The “Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget” helps users to easily display latest posts in a page or in sidebar by just using simple shortcode [recentposts-sc]<br />
By default it displays “latest posts” or “recent posts” which can be changed to display “random posts”, display by ‘title’ etc using ‘orderby’.</p>
<h4>Options and Features Includes</h4>
<p>All Parameters/Shortcodes can be seen in FAQ:<br />
*  <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-shortcode-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a></p>
<ul>
<li>Featured Image</li>
<li>Auto generates and adds featured image using first image of the post if no featured image is found</li>
<li>Custom excerpt length</li>
<li>Limit number of posts</li>
<li>Posts from specific category</li>
<li>Posts from multiple categories (comma separated)</li>
<li>Posts from specific author</li>
<li>Post type option</li>
<li>Order/Display by date, name etc.</li>
<li>Display post date.</li>
<li>Display specific posts using post IDS (comma separated)</li>
<li>Display/filter posts by tag</li>
<li>Display/filter posts by meta key and meta values</li>
<li>Custom “Read more” label option.</li>
<li>Display default/custom image size instead of featured image (like thumbnail, medium etc)</li>
</ul>
<h4>How to Use</h4>
<ul>
<li>Basic: [recentposts-sc] (by default 3 latest posts)</li>
<li>For sidebar also use [recentposts-sc] in text widgets (refer screenshots as well for further help)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Advanced Parameters:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>numberofposts (Number of posts)</strong><br />
Limit/Specify the number of posts you want to display<br />
Default: 3<br />
Example: [recentposts-sc numberofposts=”6″]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>post_type (Post Type)</strong><br />
Specify which post type you want to use. For example posts or pages<br />
Default type: post<br />
Example: [recentposts-sc post_type=”page”]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>get_cat_name (Category Name)</strong><br />
If you want to display category name in list of posts<br />
Default: False<br />
Example: [recentposts-sc get_cat_name=”true”]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>excerptlength (Custom Excerpt Length)</strong><br />
Define custom excerpt length<br />
Example: [recentposts-sc excerptlength=”30″]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>enable_excerpt (Show/hide Excerpt display)</strong><br />
Sometimes you may not want to display excerpt and only like to keep title and image. To turn off/disable excerpts use enable_excerpt=”false” (default is true)<br />
Example: [recentposts-sc enable_excerpt=”false”]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>image_size (Display default/custom image size instead of featured image)</strong><br />
Select image size like thumbnail, medium etc (by default featured image is displayed)<br />
use image_size (default is false)<br />
Example: [recentposts-sc image_size=”thumbnail”] or [recentposts-sc image_size=”medium”]<br />
You can also use any custom image size if present in your website.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>category (Posts from specific Category/categories)</strong><br />
Filter posts from single category or multiple categories<br />
Example single category: [recentposts-sc category=”lesson”]<br />
Example multiple categories: [recentposts-sc category=”lesson,lesson2,lesson3″]</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>author (Posts from specific author)</strong><br />
Filter posts from specific author<br />
Example: [recentposts-sc author=”admin”]</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>More Parameters/Shortcodes can be seen in FAQ:<br />
*  <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-shortcode-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">FAQ</a>.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/recent-posts-shortcode-widget" rel="ugc">Forum support</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/recent-posts-shortcode-widget" rel="ugc">Rate/Review the plugin</a></li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>Developed by rajros</p>
</blockquote>


Custom features updated

Display list of recent posts and latest posts or random posts using the [recentposts-sc] shortcode in any page or in sidebar widgets.

Posts Block Lite vs Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget