Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) vs Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more

The Content Blocks allows you to display the contents of a specific custom post in a widget on in the content area using a shortcode. Even though you could use the text widget that comes with the default WordPress install, this plugin has some major benefits: The Content Blocks plugin enables users to use the WYSIWYG editor for editing the content and adding images. If you are using the standard WordPress text widgets to display content on various areas of your template, this content can only be edited by users with administrator access. If you would like non-administrator accounts to modify the widget content, you can use this plugin to provide them access to the custom posts that provide the content for the widget areas. You can even use the featured image functionality to display them in a widget. The Content Blocks plugin is compatible with the WPML Multi-Language plugin and automatically shows the correct language in the widget area. The Content Blocks can be included in posts and pages using the built-in shortcode functionality. This plugin creates a ‘content_block’ custom post type. You can choose to either display the title on the page or use it to describe the contents and widget position of the content block. Note that these content blocks can only be displayed in the context of the page. I have added ‘public’ => false to the custom post type which means that it is not accessible outside the page context. To add content to a widget, drag it to the required position in the sidebar and select the title of the custom post in the widget configuration. Includes the following translations: Swedish (sv_SE) by Andreas Larsson Spanish (es_ES) by IBIDEM GROUP Portuguese (pt_BR) by Ronaldo Chevalier Polish (pl_PL) by Kuba Skublicki Dutch (nl_NL) by Johan van der Wijk Czech (cs_CZ) by Martin Kucera More translations are very welcome!

Display Posts allows you easily list content from all across your website. Start by adding this shortcode in the content editor to display a list of your most recent posts: [display-posts] Filter by Category To only show posts within a certain category, use the category parameter: [display-posts category="news"] Display as Post Grid You can create a great looking, column-based grid of posts with a bit of styling. Here’s how! List Popular Posts You can highlight your popular content in multiple ways. If you want to feature the posts with the most comments, use: [display-posts orderby="comment_count"] You can also list most popular posts by social shares. Include thumbnails, excerpts, and more The display parameters let you control what information is displayed for each post. To include an image and summary, use: [display-posts include_excerpt="true" image_size="thumbnail"] You can use any image size added by WordPress (thumbnail, medium, medium_large, large) OR any custom image size added by your theme or other plugins. Sort the list however you like By default the listing will list the newest content first, but you can order by title, menu order, relevance, content type, metadata, and more. List upcoming events You can easily list upcoming events from any event calendar. Each plugin will require slightly different code. Here are tutorials for popular event calendar plugins. If your plugin is not listed here, submit a support request and I’ll add it! Tutorials Our tutorials cover common customization requests, and are updated often. Full Documentation Query parameters for customizing which posts are listed (filter by category, tag, date…) Display parameters determine how the posts appear (title, excerpt, image…) Template parts for Display Posts to perfectly match your theme’s post listings Output filter for complete control over how the listing looks on your site Filters for even more powerful customizations for developers Extensions Display Posts – Pagination – Allow results of Display Posts to be paginated Display Posts – Date View – Lets you break your content down by month or year. Display Posts – Alpha View – Display an alphabetical listing of your content, broken down by letter Display Posts – Transient Cache – Cache the output using transients Co-Authors Plus Addon – multiple authors on posts Columns Extension – display posts in columns DPS Exclude Sticky – exclude sticky posts unless specifically requested DPS Pinch Zoomer – adds support pinch zooming post images on mobile devices and mouse wheel zooming on desktops Display Posts Shortcode Remote – display posts from a remote WordPress site utilizing the WP REST API.