Smart Post Lists Widget for WordPress

Description

Create post lists any kind Builds post lists based on options you choose from a form in a widget It works similar to SQL query but no coding knowledge is required Check out the Live preview and the Video Preview above You can drag drop the widget in as many sidebars or custom widget areas as you like and build as many independent lists as you like You can easily build any type of list you d like Key characteristics Unlimited post lists Choose categories tags authors Custom post types and taxonomies support Title excerpt date comments List length and order List delimiter Image size thumbnail medium large custom size Image positioning top right left in or out of excerpt Number of columns 1 2 3 4 Multiple widgets Custom CSS class for every widget s instance Testimonials Change log Support See at the bottom of the page Examples You can create a fully functional website using this widget Check the live preview to get some ideas Sidebar examples right left footer Blog examples Gallery 2 3 4 columns Portfolio 1 2 3 4 columns Products Widgetized page examples and many more We look forward to see what you are able to build using Smart Post Lists Widget Get more from Smart Post Lists Most themes for WordPress will come with default sidebars and a few footer areas where you can drop widgets in If you want to have custom sidebars widget areas for instance in content areas of your pages and post or any other area of your site Create custom sidebars widget areas by using a plugin It s fast and easy Create custom sidebars widget areas by little coding advanced users Use an advanced theme with more widget areas defined Customize front-end outlook By default the widget looks like all other widgets from the same sidebar you drop it in It has its own CSS file that overrides the default styles for your list elements You can use that file to further customize the front-end outlook You can also have a custom CSS class for every widget s instance by entering the class name in the widget s settings Example Lists And many more How it works Go to your widgets section Drag and Drop the widget in the sidebar you want your list to appear Fill in the form and click save Here are the options you can choose from Select post type to list posts from Select multiple taxonomies categories tags authors to list posts from Choose the number of posts to list and where to start listing from Order the list by author date created date modified post title id random Order to display posts ascending descending Select fields you want to show title author date excerpt number of comments Select excerpt length in words Choose to show image on first post only all posts none Select featured image size you d like to use thumbnail medium large Further customize the width or height of your images Choose image float top of text left of text right of text left in text right in text Choose number of columns 1 column 2 columns 3 columns 4 columns Add a custom class for your widget to be able to style it separately By filling a simple form this plugin will build an SQL SELECT query return a result set and build html code based on it The form controls select expression where condition order by expression limit expression No coding is required Testimonials Tuomas Hali Thank you so much for your kind and active help You got my 5 stars for such a brilliant plugin and helpful support markcronin Hi I love the easy set-up of this plug-in Just works out of the box Many thanks Southland This is a very useful plugin It works great Deciso Great plugin Clean and fast code Nice dakodakov Good job with that plugin It gives a lot of flexibility I think I m gonna use it in my next project too Naweed I m using a drag and drop theme which has widgets included and you can practically do anything possible it s amazing And lastly the Smart Post Lists Widget is the best plugin around at the moment Even the most sophisticated WordPress Theme Frameworks don t have all the features this plugin has Like being able to show the title with the thumbnail in different positions Good luck with it Support Got a question or an issue Please email us via our user page contact form here We will get back to you as soon as possible Updates If you have any suggestions on how to improve this plugin please let us know We will seriously consider any suggestion and add it to widget s upgrade list Rating If you like this item please consider rating it as a way of supporting consistent improvements Note If you are rating below 5 stars please contact us We ll try to do our best to assist or fix all your point of criticisms Change log Version 2 17 06 04 2022 Updated Set default version of sanitized requests Version 2 16 17 02 2022 Updated core functions Version 2 15 28 10 2021 Fixed conflict with grafytiforms Fixed php8 conflicts Updated framework update Updated latest facotry Added admin detection Added add initial php load so the widget work with WP blocks Version 2 14 03 05 2021 Updated mutisite deprecated function Updated more post sanitizong Version 2 13 22 03 2021 Updated espace attributes Updated remove not used code Updated strict mode for js Updated file operations Updated escape messages Updated Use on rather than click bind hover submit etc Updated on events in php Updated sanitize post and get Updated add pot file Updated WordPress 5 7 updates Version 2 12 05 10 2018 Updated apply patch for multisite Updated OTW api plugin update and verify Version 2 11 07 12 2017 Updated latest version of otw factory Fixed error mode modification Version 2 9 23 06 2017 Fixed load dinamicly taxonomies when the widget is open from other that widgets php place Updated OTW Core components Updated WordPress 4 8 support Version 2 8 25 10 2015 Updated display deeper structure on categories Version 2 7 07 09 2015 Updated WordPress 4 3 support Version 2 6 20 05 2014 Fixed Button CSS adjustments Version 2 5 13 02 2014 Added Show Author option Fixed Mix empty array Version 2 4 18 05 2013 Added Custom post types with no taxonomies selection Version 2 3 04 01 2013 Added po files the plugin is localization ready Version 2 2 21 09 2012 Addded recursive category listing Version 2 1 05 09 2012 Updated documentation update Updated some functions prefix Version 2 0 25 04 2012 Added Custom Post Types and taxonomies support Added Custom CSS class for every single widget Added Widget class verification Fixed CSS for Top of Excerpt Fixed Delimeter in columns fix Version 1 3 08 01 2012 Added custom css class definition smart-post-list Added widget class for widget container Fixed js image resizing Version 1 2 26 12 2011 Added Number of columns to list in 1 col 2 cols 3cols 4 cols Updated WordPress 3 3 compatibility Fixed JS image fixation Fixed img-container class added in top of excerpt case Updated delimiter is now a separate li tag Updated smart-post-list-separator name to smart-post-list-delimiter Version 1 1 12 12 2011 Added Order to display posts DESC ASC Updated Check if JQuery library is already included