Advanced Posts Widget vs Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager

Build a better post list. The Advanced Posts Widget is an enhanced version of the default WordPress Recent Posts widget. It allows for greater customization and stying of your recent content lists. Make your post lists stand out with this highly customizable recent post widget! Features Build multiple lists! Select which post types to display. (You can choose either all types, or a specific type.) Set the number of posts to show. Choose how to order your posts: publish date, alphabetically, random, etc. Set the order for displaying the posts. Filter by category, tag, or custom taxonomy. Supports post thumbnails. Set and preview custom thumbnail sizes, or choose from your site’s registered image sizes. Show an excerpt of the post. Set and preview the length of the excerpt. Select the list format to match your site’s markup. Choose from: ol, ul, or div. Select the listing format. Choose between html5 or xhtml. Show post date. Set and preview multiple date formats. Choose the default (basic) CSS styling or roll your own. Developer Features This widget was built not only with end-users in mind, but also plugin developers. Almost every aspect of this widget is extensible through filters and action hooks. You can even add your own form fields to the widget form! Need to remove a field from the widget form? Not a problem! Every field is passed through its own filter for easy customization. Need to modify the output of the widget? Easy! The output is passed through numerous filters, allowing you to customize the post list to meet your project’s requirements. For a full list of action hooks and filters, please see the plugin documentation: http://darrinb.com/plugins/advanced-posts-widget For sample functions check out this small testing plugin: https://github.com/dboutote/Advanced-Posts-Widget-Testing

Manage and replace sidebars and other classic widget areas on your site with Custom Sidebars, a flexible widget area manager. Make custom sidebar configurations and be able to choose what classic widgets display on each page or post of your site. Need to make a widget sticky or fixed? Try our free WP Sticky Anything plugin. Custom Sidebars works ONLY with the classic widgets screen that was used in WordPress before version 5.8. If you want to use it with version 5.8 (and above) you have to install the official Classic Widgets plugin, or enable the classic widgets interface yourself. Once the classic widgets screen is activated the plugin will work the same as before. Having problems setting up SSL or generating an SSL certificate? Install the free WP Force SSL plugin. Display Different Sidebars on Pages and Posts Custom Sidebars allows you to dynamically display custom widget configurations on any page, post, category, post type, or archive page. ★★★★★ “Custom Sidebars will go on my “essential plugins” list from now on. I am pleased by how easy it was to figure out and by how many options are available in the free version.” – monkeyhateclean ★★★★★ “This plugin does exactly what it says. It’s light, integrates well into WordPress and gives you tons of possibilities.” – DarkNova Every part of Custom Sidebars integrates seamlessly with the Widgets menu for simplicity and control. No confusing settings pages or added menu items, just simple core integration. A Simple Flexible Sidebar Manager ** Custom Sidebars Includes: ** * Unlimited custom widget configurations * Set custom widgets for individual posts and pages, categories, post types, and archives * Seamless integration with the WordPress Widgets menu * Works with well-coded themes and doesn’t slow down your site * Set individual widget visibility – for guests, by user role, by post type, for special pages or categories * Author specific sidebars – display a custom sidebar for each of your authors * Clone and sync widget settings – quickly edit complex configurations * Import and export custom sidebars – backup and share sidebars Install Custom Sidebars and see for yourself why it’s the most popular widget extension plugin available for WordPress with over 200,000 active installs. Contact and Credits Original development completed by Javier Marquez.