Ross Cornell

<p>This plugin adds a simple widget that allows you to display a number of recent blog posts from a specific category. You have the options to choose a title, category, number of posts and whether or not to show the post date. The posts will be ordered by date just like the default Recent Posts widget included with WordPress.</p>


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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<p>Build a list or grid layout of any post type (products, pages, posts + more).</p>
<p>The visual editing experience makes creating unique designs a breeze.</p>
<ul>
<li>Design post templates (cards) using our drag and drop builder</li>
<li>Built for both Gutenberg users and non Gutenberg users (blocks + shortcodes available)</li>
<li>Query builder – select from multiple post types or restrict by tags, categories, taxonomies, authors and more</li>
<li>Works with any theme</li>
<li>No coding required</li>
<li>Responsive options</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Links</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://customlayouts.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://customlayouts.com/examples/" rel="nofollow ugc">Examples</a></li>
<li><a href="https://customlayouts.com/documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/wpcustomlayouts" rel="nofollow ugc">Follow us</a> for updates and tips</li>
</ul>
<h3>What can you make with this plugin?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Popular posts widget</li>
<li>Recent posts widget</li>
<li>A shop layout for listing products (*when combined WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and other product plugins)</li>
<li>A post grid</li>
<li>A portfolio grid</li>
<li>Masonry layouts</li>
<li>Custom post type layouts<br />
And much more…</li>
</ul>
<h3>Layout Editor</h3>
<p>Build single column or grid based layouts using the visual editor.</p>
<ul>
<li>Supports Masonry out of the box</li>
<li>Tons of design options to build the layout you want</li>
<li>Choose to add numbered Pagination ( ‘Load more’ and ‘Infinite scroll’ options are planned )</li>
<li>Powerful query builder</li>
<li>Responsive columns (choose how many columns to show for each device size – and set your own breakpoints)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Query Builder</h3>
<p>Options include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Multiple post type selection</li>
<li>Tag, category and custom taxonomy restriction</li>
<li>Single author or multiple author restriction</li>
<li>Ordering by – post title, published date (for recent posts), modified date, post ID, comment count (for popular posts), author</li>
<li>Posts per page</li>
<li>Offset</li>
<li>Ignore sticky posts</li>
</ul>
<h3>Template Editor</h3>
<ul>
<li>Design individual templates (cards) using our drag and drop editor – creativity is your only limit</li>
<li>Link them with your layouts to build beautiful designs</li>
<li>Hundreds of design options</li>
<li>Unique blocks for building templates + template editor
<ul>
<li>granular control over the blocks you add to your design – choose from a growing list</li>
<li>to re-arrange blocks, just drag and drop</li>
<li>each block has it’s own sidebar full of options such as spacing, colors (including gradients + alpha transparencies), font settings, borders, and more.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Currently available blocks: <strong>Post Title</strong>, <strong>Post Type</strong>, <strong>Post Excerpt</strong>, <strong>Post Author</strong>, <strong>Published + Modified Date</strong>, <strong>Custom Field</strong>, <strong>Taxonomies</strong>, <strong>Link</strong>, <strong>Basic Text</strong> (with shortcode support).<br />
<a href="https://customlayouts.com/documentation/template-elements/" rel="nofollow ugc">Find out more about our template blocks</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Gutenberg integration</h3>
<ul>
<li>Custom blocks for building layouts</li>
<li>Seamlessly integrates with our Template Editor</li>
<li>UI built using 90% Gutenberg components 👍</li>
<li>Experimental FSE Query block support (drop our Post Template block into the Query block…)</li>
<li>Works with the version of Gutenberg shipped in WP core, and the Gutenberg plugin (using the latest stable build)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Built for speed</h3>
<ul>
<li>At its base – loads only 1 css file and 1 javascript file on the frontend – total bundle size approx 15kb.</li>
<li>CSS file dynamically created, saving resources and requests per page load (+ avoiding inline CSS)</li>
<li>Caches posts + queries for optimum performance</li>
<li>Not jQuery dependant</li>
</ul>
<h3>Includes 7 sample templates</h3>
<p>We’ve included a pack of templates ready for you to customise – check the installation tab for how to import these to your site.</p>
<h3>Multilingual ready</h3>
<p>Custom Layouts should support most multilingual plugins – we use a custom post type to store content that is not stored in the block editor.<br />
* We’ve also added specific support for WPML’s Advanced Translation Editor.</p>
<h3>Known Issues</h3>
<ul>
<li>Admin Template Editor only works on desktop computers (tablets + mobiles not supported)</li>
<li>Admin Template Editor does not work on IE, all other major browsers supported – ** the frontend of this plugin supports IE 11+, no sweat</li>
</ul>
<h3>Roadmap</h3>
<ul>
<li>Improve performance and load speed by providing an option to use CSS Grid for layouts + masonry</li>
<li>Support more CSS unit types in more places</li>
<li>Blocks for WooCommerce</li>
<li>Blocks for ACF</li>
<li>More template blocks (possibly use the block library)</li>
<li>Additional hover options</li>
<li>Additional font options.</li>
<li>Social/sharing blocks</li>
</ul>
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