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There are plenty of plugins to show lists of posts, but if you only want to display a condensed preview of a post on any wp page, this is the plugin for you! The shortcode accepts the numeric id of any post as an attribute, and will display a preview that links to that post. This preview is generated with easily styled html. To show or hide the featured image for your single post preview, pass the attribute <code>showimage</code> with either <code>hide</code> or <code>show</code>. It’s pretty easy!
For fun, I decided to also build a widget that does the same thing; it’s included and can be used like any other widget. Why not?!

Tekserve Single Post Shortcode

Wordpress plugin to create a shortcode and widget for showing the title, post info, excerpt, and thumbnail for a single post.

OTWthemes

Post Custom Templates are easy to create. No need to deal with code, files, expensive developers any more. Works on Any Theme!
Save time and money do it yourself under 1 minute!
The plugin comes with 2 ready to use templates. You can also create as many custom responsive templates as you like. It is all done in a nice and easy template builder.
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Check on the Post Custom Templates Lite: <a href="http://otwthemes.com/demos/1ts/?item=Post%20Custom%20Templates%20Lite&utm_source=wp.org&utm_medium=page&utm_content=demo&utm_campaign=pct" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo site</a> | <a href="http://otwthemes.com/online-documentation-post-custom-templates-lite/?utm_source=wp.org&utm_medium=page&utm_content=docs&utm_campaign=pct" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation page</a>
How Post Custom Templates works – The workflow
It is pretty easy to create a beautiful custom responsive template for your single posts. It is all done in the plugin interface with zero coding requirement. And it works on any theme.
The short version is:
<ul>
<li>Create a new custom single post template using our Template Builder</li>
<li>Change your theme’s template</li>
</ul>
Bellow we go in a little more details…
Create Custom Single Post Templates
If you want to create a beautiful custom template for your single posts this is the perfect tool for that. No need to deal with code, files, developers any more.
It is all done in a nice and easy template builder. Here is how it works:
<ul>
<li>Create the layout via the Grid Manager interface. All layouts are responsive by default.</li>
<li>Insert post attributes/items in the layout- title, meta, media, description, comments, next/previous navigation, social icons, related posts, author info, facebook comments, breadcrumbs, ads, sidebars, etc.</li>
<li>Re-arrange the post attributes if you need to – drag & drop.</li>
<li>You can change the default settings for some of the post items if you’d like.</li>
<li>Hit Save</li>
</ul>
Create as many templates as you like. Edit the templates and the template’s settings any time.
Change your theme’s template
It takes one click to change the theme’s template with the one you just created. You can change your mind any time and change it with another template. Again, there is no need to deal with code or files.
Post attributes / items that you can insert in your templates
Here are what items you can insert in your templates:
<ul>
<li>Post Title</li>
<li>Post Media</li>
<li>Meta Items</li>
<li>Post Description / Post editor content</li>
<li>Breadcrumbs</li>
<li>Post Social Icons</li>
<li>Post Prev/Next Nav</li>
<li>Related Posts</li>
<li>WordPress Comments</li>
<li>Facebook Comments</li>
<li>Post Author Info</li>
<li>Divider</li>
<li>Ads Shortcode</li>
<li>Sidebars</li>
</ul>
Once any item is inserted you can drag & drop it to another column if you want to change it’s place.
Meta items – drag & drop rearrangement
Post meta items – categories, tags, author, date, comments, post visits can be re-arranged. And whatever is that you do not want to see can be disabled. All drag & drop.
Featured Images
In the template options you can set the media cropping width and height so your images fit your template better. You can also do this for the related posts images.
Social like and share buttons
Increase traffic! Enable Social like and share options. You can choose from variety of like and share buttons or put your custom once.
Facebook comments
Increase traffic! Enable Facebook Comments in your Posts. Set up is easy and takes no time.
Related Posts
Display related posts under each post so you can increase traffic to other posts too. Select Related post criteria: by Category or by Tag.
Translation/Localization
This plugin comes Localization/Internationalization ready. It is following WordPress I18n standards.
Pro version of the plugin
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Upgrade to the Pro version of this plugin including tons of more features, regular updates and premium support:
 <a href="https://1.envato.market/c/1246358/275988/4415?subId1=pct&subId2=2020&subId3=https%3A%2F%2Fcodecanyon.net%2Fitem%2Fpost-custom-templates-pro-wordpress-plugin%2F18029807&u=https%3A%2F%2Fcodecanyon.net%2Fitem%2Fpost-custom-templates-pro-wordpress-plugin%2F18029807" rel="nofollow ugc">Post Custom Templates Pro</a> | 
 <a href="http://otwthemes.com/demos/1ts/redirect.php?item=Post%20Custom%20Templates%20Pro&utm_source=wp.org&utm_medium=page&utm_content=upgrade&utm_campaign=pct" rel="nofollow ugc">Demo site</a>
</blockquote>
Some of the features of the Pro version:
<ul>
<li>18 ready to use templates.</li>
<li>OTW Grid Manager full version – drag & drop enabled to rows and columns too; easier and faster way to insert rows with columns; row settings – full width background color, animation, image, pattern, video, Parallax effects, Background filters and gradients; Full width content and full row height too. </li>
<li>Change template for all post from category.</li>
<li>Change template for individual posts.</li>
<li>Single posts additions – Tabs, Reviews, Handpicked related posts, OTW Fields.</li>
<li>5 Media Types – Image, Slider, Youtube, Vimeo, Soundcloud.</li>
<li>Lightboxes for posts media.</li>
<li>More template options – Horizonta or vertical meta, Meta icons or labels, custom icons and labels, separators on or off, meta styling and positioning.</li>
<li>Auto add alt and title tag on images</li>
<li>More media cropping options</li>
<li>Related post count per slide.</li>
<li>Duplicate option for template.</li>
<li>Translation/Localization .po/.mo files ready to use.</li>
<li>Support and free updates.</li>
</ul>

Post Custom Templates Lite

Responsive Custom Post Templates in under 1 minute, No Code, Template Builder, Works on Any Theme!

Tekserve Single Post Shortcode vs Post Custom Templates Lite