Category Posts Widget vs GenerateBlocks

Category Posts Widget is a light widget designed to do one thing and do it well: display the most recent posts from a certain category. Term and Category based Posts Widget A premium version of that free widget available at tiptoppress.com created for big WordPress sites. Premium features Auto-sizing Grid layout Custom field support in the Template Shortcode support in the Template Image-Slider (or News-Ticker) Asymmetrical list layouts Full background images Masonry responsive grid layout More complex filter (ANY, NOT, AND, …) Custom Post Types, Events, Products support All free features E-Mail support More examples on the demo pages Features Template to arrange the post details. The Template text can be a post details placeholder, plain text, HTML or a font-icons. Font-icon support. ‘Load more’ button / Ajax API Item Title heading level buttons Excerpt length and item title in lines (line-clamp) Shortcode (Easily change all Shortcode options in the customizer). Date range filter New date format: Time since plublished Filter by post status: Published, scheduled, private. Multiple shortcodes at the same site or post. Add option for post offset (use two or more widgets after another). Admin UI: Buttons in the editor toolbar to insert shortcode. Option to touch device friendly “everything is a link”. For editing shortcode adds a Customizer link to the admin-bar (“With one click to the Customizer”). Set thumbnail width & height / image crop with CSS (object-fit). Fluid images (max-width in %). One thumb dimension can be left empty. Option to set mouse hover effects for post thumbnail. Set a default thumbnail. Hide widget text or text, if there is no post. Option to hide posts which have no thumbnail. Option exclude current post. Option show post author, comment’s count, post date. Admin UI: Set / find thumbnail size buttons: +, ¼, ½, 2x, -, ratio and Media sizes Admin UI: Buttons to easy add post details placeholder. Multi sites support. Documentation Full documentation Shortcode: Use [catposts] in the content and edit in the customizer Formatting date and time: See Formatting Date and Time Contribute While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue at Github (If possible with a pull request).

Add incredible versatility to your editor without bloating it with tons of one-dimensional blocks. With GenerateBlocks, you can learn a handful of blocks deeply and use them to build anything. GenerateBlocks works hand-in-hand with GeneratePress, but is built to work with any theme. Looking for more features? Check out GenerateBlocks Pro. Container Organize your content into rows and sections. The Container block is the foundation of your content, allowing you to design unique sections for your content. Grid Create advanced layouts with flexible grids. The Grid block gives you the ability to create any kind of layout you can imagine. Text Craft text-rich content with advanced typography. Everything from headings to paragraphs – take full control of your text. Button Drive conversions with beautiful buttons. Query Build a list of posts from any post type using advanced query parameters. Query post meta and option fields in GenerateBlocks Pro. Image Add images to your content to make a visual statement. Shape Add custom SVG shapes to your pages with ease. Dynamic Tags Use our powerful dynamic tags to display dynamic content inside your blocks. Post title Post excerpt Post permalink Post date Featured image Post meta Author meta Comment count Comments URL Author archives URL Author avatar URL Term list Previous posts URL Next posts URL Media In GenerateBlocks Pro, you get additional dynamic tags: Archive title Archive description Site option Term meta User meta Current year Site title Site tagline Loop index number Loop item Performance We take performance seriously. Minimal CSS is generated only for the blocks you need, and our HTML structure is as simple as possible while allowing for maximum flexibility. Coding standards Built to the highest coding standards for security, stability and future compatibility. Fully responsive Style your blocks for different screen sizes. Desktop: @media (min-width:1025px) Desktop & Tablet: @media (min-width:768px) Tablet: @media (max-width:1024px) and (min-width:768px) Tablet & Mobile: @media (max-width:1024px) Mobile: @media (max-width:767px) In GenerateBlocks Pro, you can create as many custom media queries as you need. Documentation Check out our documentation for more information on the individual blocks and how to use them.