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This is a widget that displays a post list that belong to it by selecting the category. Thumbnail image can also be displayed.
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You can select category in categories list.
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If you do not specify a title it will be displayed as “recent posts of (the selected category name)”. Please fill in if you want to change the title.
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Select Number of articles you want to display. (Default 5)
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Select ‘target=”_blank”‘ or not. (Default No)
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Choose whether to display the date. You can display the title and date on the same line or specify whether divided into two lines.
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Display the thumbnail image if you want. If there is not exist featured image you can extract the first image from the article text. And you can specify the size.
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<h4>Japanese Information</h4>
選択したカテゴリーに属する投稿の一覧を表示するウィジェットです。アイキャッチも表示できます。
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カテゴリは表示される一覧から選択できます。
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ウィジェットのタイトルを指定しない場合は「（選択したカテゴリ名）の最新記事」と表示されます。タイトルを変更したい場合は指定してください。
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表示する記事の数を選択します。（デフォルト 5）
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リンクを別窓で開くかどうか指定します。 （デフォルト 別窓で開かない）
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日付を表示するか指定でき、タイトルと日付を同じ行に表示するか、2行に分割するかも指定できます。
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アイキャッチも表示できます。アイキャッチが指定されていない場合は、記事本文から最初の画像を抽出することができます。また、表示サイズも指定できます。
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詳細は、<code>http://dwm.me/archives/4747</code>をご覧ください。

polvodigital

Alan Hidalgo Pagoto

A plugin which allows you to put posts of a specific category (you can use even all the categories) in a widget. You can use more that one widget at the same time and configure different time transictions between two posts. You’re able to change the quantity of posts in each widget as well. When there are too many posts to be loaded, the plugin loads the first ten and, when the first transiction is triggered (between the first and the second posts) the 11th is loaded and put in the queue. When the second transiction is triggered, the 12th post is loaded and the plugin keeps doing it until all posts are loaded. When it happens, the plugin stops making ajax requests to the server and the page runs normally.
You can find a demo on http://www.polvo.com.br/plugins/post-content-slider. There are two widgets configured on the right. The first one is set to change the post every 4 seconds and the second one every 10 seconds.
<h3>Files structure</h3>
plugins/
postcontentslider.php => The main file of plugin. It calls some necessary hooks.
plugins/css
main.css => Has only one class, which turns absolute and hidden all the posts before starts to slide them
plugins/includes
pcs_post_templace.php => This plugin works with ajax requests and creates new li elements dinamically. This file is the structure of the posts on the widget.
pcs_widget_showdata.php => This is the widget class, which allows the plugin to show the information.
plugins/js
pcs_general.js => This javascript file changes the posts on the widget and make ajax requests
<h3>How it works</h3>
After installing and activating the plugin, you must use it as a widget. At the widgets area, you may configure:
1) Widget title
The title that appears above the widget content
2) Box height
This is the size of the box which contains the post slider. You can change this value through css as well.
3) Category
You can choose a category to show the posts. For example: on this widget, I want to show a slide of posts about football. Anyway, you can choose “Any” and your widget will show the last posts of all categories.
4) Posts Quantity
You can choose the quantity of posts of your slideshow. You have the option of choosing “All the posts” as well, and the page will show every single post of your blog (or of a chosen category).
4.1) Ajax
If you choose more than 10 posts (or All posts), they will not be loaded when the page is loaded. Only the first 10 posts are loaded. When the first transition is triggered, the 11th post is loaded and added to the list with ajax. When the second transition is triggered, the 12th post is loaded, etc. When all the posts are already loaded and added to the list, the plugin stops making requests to the server through ajax.
5) Exhibition time
You can choose the time (in seconds) between the transitions.
<h3>Information</h3>
Remember that you can use more than one widget with this plugin and change the properties for each one.

Post Content Slider

Post content slider - Rotate your favorite posts in a widget - Developed by Alan Hidalgo Pagoto under Polvo Digital

Recent posts of specific category vs Post Content Slider