Justin Tadlock

<p>The default WordPress widgets don’t offer much control over how they are output on the screen.  Widgets Reloaded seeks to correct this problem.</p>
<p>This plugin provides alternatives to many of the default widgets with versions that allow much more control.  Widgets come with numerous options to output widget content just like you want.</p>
<h3>Plugin Features</h3>
<p>The plugin creates the following widgets:</p>
<ul>
<li>Reloaded – Archives</li>
<li>Reloaded – Authors</li>
<li>Reloaded – Bookmarks <em>(if link manager is enabled)</em></li>
<li>Reloaded – Calendar</li>
<li>Reloaded – Categories</li>
<li>Reloaded – Menu</li>
<li>Reloaded – Pages</li>
<li>Reloaded – Posts</li>
<li>Reloaded – Tags</li>
</ul>
<h3>Professional Support</h3>
<p>If you need professional plugin support from me, the plugin author, you can join the club at <a href="https://themehybrid.com/club" rel="nofollow ugc">Theme Hybrid</a>, which is a professional WordPress help/support site where I handle support for all my plugins and themes for a community of 75,000+ users (and growing).</p>
<h3>Plugin Development</h3>
<p>If you’re a theme author, plugin author, or just a code hobbyist, you can follow the development of this plugin on it’s <a href="https://github.com/justintadlock/widgets-reloaded" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a>.</p>
<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>Yes, I do accept donations.  If you want to donate, you can do so from my <a href="https://themehybrid.com/donate" rel="nofollow ugc">donations page</a> or grab me something from my <a href="http://a.co/flUb0ns" rel="nofollow ugc">Amazon Wish List</a>.</p>
<p>I appreciate all donations, no matter the size.  Further development of this plugin is not contingent on donations, but they are always a nice incentive.</p>


Widgets Reloaded

More advanced versions of the default WordPress widgets that come with highly customizable control panels.

mrwweb

<p>Feature A Page Widget provides a “just works” solution for showcasing a Page, Post, or custom post type in any widget area (aka sidebar). It leverages core WordPress features, a <em>simple</em> set of options, and a sleek UI for selecting one of three widget layouts.</p>
<h4>How to Use the Widget</h4>
<ol>
<li>Install and activate the plugin.</li>
<li>Edit the page you want to feature.</li>
<li>Fill out the <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/excerpts/#creating-excerpts" rel="nofollow ugc">Excerpt</a> and select a <a href="http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/#setting-a-featured-image" rel="nofollow ugc">Featured Image</a> on that page.</li>
<li>Go to Appearance > Widgets or Customize > Widgets.</li>
<li>Add an instance of the “Feature a Page Widget” to the widget area (Sidebar, Footer, etc.) of your choosing.</li>
<li>Select the page, choose a layout, and optionally give the widget a title.</li>
<li>Save the widget!</li>
<li>Admire your handiwork.</li>
</ol>
<p>This plugin enables Featured Images (aka “Post Thumbnails”) and Excerpts for Pages and Posts (by default) with the ability to support custom post types. If you don’t see one or both of those fields, they may be hidden in the “Screen Options” (top-right corner) while editing a Page or Post.</p>
<h4>Important Note: Image Sizes</h4>
<p>This plugin creates multiple custom image sizes. If you use images that were uploaded to the  media library before you installed this plugin, you may need to use a plugin like <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/" rel="ugc">Regenerate Thumbnails</a> to create the correctly-sized images.</p>
<h4>Customizing the Widget</h4>
<p>There are multiple ways to modify the widget based on your needs:</p>
<ol>
<li>Prewritten CSS selectors in <code>/css/fpw_starter_styles.css</code> to help you get started with custom CSS styles in a child theme or the Custom CSS Customizer field</li>
<li>Three default overridable templates and the ability to create custom templates</li>
<li>Eight filters to modify most parts of the widget output (Title, Read More, Image sizes, etc.)</li>
<li>Interested in commissioning a custom layout just for your site? <a href="https://mrwweb.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">Get in touch.</a></li>
</ol>
<p>See <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/feature-a-page-widget/faq/" rel="ugc">the FAQs</a> for links to code snippets with inline documentation.</p>
<h4>Like the Plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/feature-a-page-widget" rel="ugc">We love 5-star ratings!</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.paypal.me/rootwiley" rel="nofollow ugc">Donations accepted</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Available Languages</h4>
<p>Please <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/feature-a-page-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">help translate Feature A Page Widget</a>. Users have contributed translations in the following languages:</p>
<p>English (default), German (<code>de_DE</code>), Serbian (<code>sr_RS</code>), Polish (<code>pl_PL</code>), Spanish (<code>es_ES</code>), Italian (<code>it_IT</code>), Dutch (<code>nl_NL</code>)</p>
<h4>Other Plugins by @MRWweb</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/mrw-web-design-simple-tinymce/" rel="ugc">MRW Web Design Simple TinyMCE</a> – Get rid of bad and obscure TinyMCE buttons. Move the rest to a single top row. Comes with a bit of help for adding custom CSS classes too.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-status-menu-items/" rel="ugc">Post Status Menu Items</a> – Adds post status links–e.g. “Draft” (7)–to post type admin menus.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-archive-descriptions/" rel="ugc">Post Type Archive Description</a> – Enables an editable description for a post type to display at the top of the post type archive page.</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/hawaiian-characters/" rel="ugc">Hawaiian Characters</a> – Adds the correct characters with diacriticals to the WordPress editor Character Map for Hawaiian</li>
</ul>


Feature A Page Widget

A widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area.

Widgets Reloaded vs Feature A Page Widget