Category Posts in Custom Menu vs Search & Filter

The default custom menu in WordPress only allows adding a link that leads to a list of posts and pages belonging to a taxonomy (category, tag, etc). If you want to list the posts and pages themselves and if you want WordPress to do this automatically for you, then I hope you will find this plugin useful. Also works for custom taxonomies and custom post types NEW: CPCM V3 now provides support for Full Site Editing with the Gutenberg Block Editor WARNING: Coming from version 1.x? There are breaking changes, read the changelog before upgrading. Using it Enable the plugin and go to either Appearance > Menus or Appearance > Customize or Appearance > Editor. Add a category (or other taxonomy like tag or custom) to the menu. Next, you can choose if you would like to replace the category by the posts or pages themselves. For each Category in your menu, you now have the following extra configuration options: Replace by posts in the category y/n; specify the (maximum) number of posts you want to show for this item (max 10); their ordering ascending or descending by Title, Date or Menu Order; specify the title for the menu items. For this you can use %post_title, %post_author and other wildcards, see ‘Other Notes > Wildcards’. Default value: %post_title Wildcards You can control the title of the menu items generated by the plug-in with the following wildcards: %post_title %post_author %post_date for the unformatted post date: 2012-11-10 18:14:23 %post_date() for a formatted post date with the following default formatting: November 10th, 2012 %post_date( ) for custom date formatting. Example: %post_date(l jS \of F Y, h:i:s A). See https://codex.wordpress.org/Formatting_Date_and_Time for formatting options. %post_date_gmt %post_date_gmt() %post_date_gmt( )

Search & Filter is a simple search and filtering plugin for WordPress – it is an advancement of the WordPress search box. You can search by Category, Tag, Custom Taxonomy, Post Type, Post Date or any combination of these easily to really refine your searches – remove the search box and use it as a filtering system for your posts and pages. Fields can be displayed as dropdowns, checkboxes, radio buttons or multi selects. Links: Search & Filter Documentation | Follow us on Twitter Get more features with Search & Filter Pro View live demo >> Search Custom Fields, Post Meta, Authors, Post Types, Post Dates, Taxonomies, Tags, Categories Use AJAX to display results – no more page reloading! Search Post Meta/Custom Fields with checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns, multiselects or comboboxes jQuery range slider, date pickers and auto-complete comboboxes for selects and multiselects Order Results Field – users can order results by meta value, Post ID, author, title, name, date, date modified, parent ID, random, comment count and menu order Drag & Drop editor Use custom templates Create as many fields and different search forms as you like Use for blogs, reviews sites, news sites, property sites and more. Use for your online shop – tested and compatible with WooCommerce, WP eCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads Place anywhere in your themes and posts using shortcodes and widgets Works with WPML Works with Advanced Custom Fields Extremely easy to use admin UI, fully integrated with WP 3.8+ Dedicated Support More info >>