Category Posts Widget

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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: +, , , 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).


Releases (51 )

Version Release Date Change Log
4.9.13 2022-01-24
  • July 22 2021 =
  • Fixed Line number with WordPress 5.8
4.9.12 2021-07-20
  • July 20 2021 =
  • Deprecated jQuery warnings
4.9.11 2021-04-17
  • April 15th 2021 =
  • Wiget title heading level buttons
  • Add sticky posts at start
4.9.10 2020-12-15
  • December 15th 2020 =
  • Fixed Missing load more button
4.9.9 2020-12-11
  • December 9th 2020 =
  • Load more placeholders
4.9.8 2020-11-30
  • November 30th 2020 =
  • Date since published for n-days
4.9.7 2020-11-21
  • November 21th 2020 =
  • Item title in lines (line-clamp)
  • Fixed Column layout
  • Fixed Image Html rendering
4.9.6 2020-11-19
  • November 16th 2020 =
  • Item Title heading level buttons
  • Excerpt-more link placeholder
  • Native WordPress filter CSS classes
  • Rework thumb handling
4.9.5 2020-05-12
  • May 12th 2020 =
  • Fixed Widget_Title filter missing parameters
4.9.4 2020-04-12
  • March 2th 2020 =
  • Fixed Delete global click event
4.9.3 2020-03-18
  • March 18th 2020 =
  • Fixed Mouse hover icon and post format indication
4.9.2 2019-06-01
  • Mai 23th 2019 =
  • Fixed Starts with post
  • Fixed Replace the figure-element
4.9.1 2019-05-17
  • Mai 17th 2019 =
  • 'Load more' button / Ajax API
  • Data range filter
  • Text, if there is no post
  • Excerpt length in lines (line-clamp)
  • Image crop with CSS (object-fit)
  • Fluid images (max-width in %).
  • One thumb dimension can be left empty
  • Admin UI: Button to easy add post details placeholder
  • Admin UI: Set / find thumbnail size buttons: +, , , 2x, -, ratio and Media sizes
4.8.5 2018-04-25
  • April 02nd 2018 =
  • Fixed Tabs not working
4.8.4 2018-04-02
  • April 02nd 2018 =
  • Fixed Make widget SiteOrigin Page Builder Compatible
4.8.3 2018-03-09
  • March 03th 2018 =
  • Fixed Updated widget with zero for the thumb dimensions caused a JavaScript error
4.8.2 2018-02-20
  • January 30th 2018 =
  • Fixed Adding the widget with the customizer only the title is shown
  • Fixed Recognize "Empty lines" > Next line is a paragraph in the Template in widget areas
4.8.1 2018-01-25
  • January 25th 2018 =
  • Fixed Recognize "Empty lines" > Next line is a paragraph in the Templaste
4.8 2018-01-23
  • January 22th 2018 =
  • SVG icon support for post formats
  • Template to arrange the post details
  • Premade Templates
  • Date format: Time since plublished
  • Filter by post status: Published, scheduled, private
  • Hover effect: SVG icon
4.7.4 2017-12-07
  • October 21th 2017 =
  • Bugfix for filter by post status (note private)
4.7.3 2017-10-10
  • October 10th 2017 =
  • Add option to filter by post status
  • Fixed footer section do not change when switching to and from "all posts"
4.7.2 2017-09-15
  • February 25th 2017 =
  • Add option to disable only the font styles
  • Fixed if option 'Everything is a link' no closing anchor tag
  • Fixed if option 'Everyting is a link' wrong layout
  • Fixed when a manual excerpt is provided, use it instead of generating an automatic one
  • Fixed if option 'Disable the built-in CSS' the thumbnail client-side cropping isn't disabled
  • Fixed if option 'Disable the built-in CSS' title class is not rendered
  • Fixed when having multi shortcodes, clicking on a checkbox label marks in any of them selects the one in the "first"
  • Fixed if option 'CSS crop to requested size' for multi shortcodes
  • Fixed for CSS animation
4.7.1 2017-01-31
  • December 20th 2016 =
  • Support multiple shortcodes in content
  • Add option for post offset (use two or more widgets after another)
  • Fluid images for Responsive Layouts
  • Set a thumbnail as default thumbnail
  • Add option to enable excerpt filters from Themes and plugins
  • Add option to disable social buttons, banner, ... in the excerpt
  • Add dropdownbox entry for 'all' categories
  • Add option to disable subcategories
  • Add insert shortcode buttons to the editor toolbar
  • Use WP user profile for settings ('auto close' and if the shortcode button appears in the editor toolbar)
  • Simple API for external use
  • Support localization with translate.wordpress.org: Portuguese (Brazil) thank you Henrique Vianna and German by Daniel Floeter
  • Remove allow_html option (Instead we recommend to use the manual excerpt or we support this option furthermore in the Term Posts Excerpt Extension for the premium version)
4.6.2 2016-11-26
  • August 28th 2016 =
  • Fixed only five widget instances can be costumized with shortcodes.
  • For editing shortcode adds a customizer link to the admin-bar if page/post is in edit mode.
4.6.1 2016-07-07
  • June 5th 2016 =
  • Add shortcode [catposts] edit options only in the customizer
  • Keep panels open after save.
  • Option to hide social buttons on output.
4.1.9 2016-05-17
  • May 5th 2016 =
  • Fixed undefined constant.
4.1.8 2016-05-14
  • May 03th 2016 =
  • Add mouse hover effects: blur
  • Add option to choose allowed HTML in the excerpt
  • Add Jetpack 'Sharing - Show buttons on posts' support
  • Fixed division by zero bug (for small uploaded images)
4.1.7 2016-04-24
  • April 14th 2016 =
  • Fixed division by zero bug.
4.1.6 2016-04-13
  • April 13th 2016 =
  • Add option CSS cropping for thumbnails.
  • Add option to set mouse hover effects for post thumbnail.
  • Add option to change the excerpt more text.
  • Add option to allow links in the excerpt
  • Add filter 'widget_title' for the title
  • Add option to hide post titles.
4.1.5 2016-04-12
  • February 4 2016 =
  • Support for multi sites.
  • Support for localization.
  • Generate thumbs from existing images.
  • Area UI.
  • Meet new plugin author mark-k
4.1.4 2015-12-11
  • Please consider to re-configure the widget as the latest version has numerous changes from previous.
  • Version 4.0 uses CSS file for styling the widget in front end.
  • Version 3.0 or later version uses WordPress 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
4.1.3 2015-10-26
  • Please consider to re-configure the widget as the latest version has numerous changes from previous.
  • Version 4.0 uses CSS file for styling the widget in front end.
  • Version 3.0 or later version uses WordPress 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
4.1.2 2015-09-28
  • Please consider to re-configure the widget as the latest version has numerous changes from previous.
  • Version 4.0 uses CSS file for styling the widget in front end.
  • Version 3.0 or later version uses WordPress 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
4.1.1 2015-09-12
  • Please consider to re-configure the widget as the latest version has numerous changes from previous.
  • Version 4.0 uses CSS file for styling the widget in front end.
  • Version 3.0 or later version uses WordPress 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
4.1.0 2015-08-08
  • Please consider to re-configure the widget as the latest version has numerous changes from previous.
  • Version 4.0 uses CSS file for styling the widget in front end.
  • Version 3.0 or later version uses WordPress 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
4.0 2014-09-06
  • Please consider to re-configure the widget as the latest version has numerous changes from previous.
  • Version 4.0 uses CSS file for styling the widget in front end.
  • Version 3.0 or later version uses WordPress 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
3.3 2011-08-24

Note that version 3.0 drops support for Simple Post Thumbnails plugin in favor of WP 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
3.2 2011-03-24

Note that version 3.0 drops support for Simple Post Thumbnails plugin in favor of WP 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
3.1 2010-01-01

Note that version 3.0 drops support for Simple Post Thumbnails plugin in favor of WP 2.9's built in post thumbnail functionality.
2.3 2009-07-31
2.2 2009-07-29
2.1 2009-07-29
2.0 2009-07-29
1.3.3 2008-11-18
1.3.2 2008-06-07
1.3.1 2008-06-04
1.3 2008-04-19
1.2.1 2008-03-25
1.2 2008-01-17
1.1 2007-10-24
1.0 2007-10-24