WP Category Post List is a plugin using which you can display category filtered posts via Widgets or Shortcodes. The widget holds more than 30 options to customize and shortcode has 15 attributes to configure. The current version is 2.0.3 which is fully compatible with WordPress version 3+. Below are the documentation and development news.
Version: [plugin_version src=”wp-category-posts-list”] Downloads: [plugin_dl src=”wp-category-posts-list”] Rating: [plugin_rating src=”wp-category-posts-list”]/5 Updated: [plugin_last_updated src=”wp-category-posts-list”] Requires: WordPress [plugin_requires src=”wp-category-posts-list”]
Documentation:
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#1: Installing the Plugin:
Just download the plugin from here. (WordPress plugin directory) and upload it to your plugin directory and activate it. Alternately you can:
- Go to Admin » Plugin » Add New and search for WP Category Post List.
- Install the plugin from there and activate it.
#2: Initial Setup:
- Go to Admin » Settings » Category Posts (WP-CPL) and set your Thumbnail size and theme.
- If you have set a new thumbnail size, then I would recommend you to install the Regenerate Thumbnail plugin and regenerate the thumbnails.
- Now go to the widget are from Admin » Appearance » Widgets.
- You will notice a new widget WP Category Post List. Drag it to one of your widget area and set it up.
That’s it. You are done. For the Advanced Options, just hit the Toggle button.
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#1: Complete Widget Options list:
You can easily find it from the Admin » Settings » Category Posts (WP-CPL)You will see a table there with a complete list of information for every option. In case you are curious, here is a list of it here.
| Option | Description | Parameter | Default | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Parameter | Default | Example | |
| Basic Options | ||||
| Title | The Title of the widget. This will be displayed over the top of each widget | It has the following options paramter. You can insert them on the title and it will get replaced by the corresponding values | ||
- %widget_num% :
The number of posts you want to display - %cat_count% :
The total number of posts the category has - %cat_name% :
The category name
Browse %cat_name%Be creative and form your own
TeaserA one liner shown below the widget, just above the Read More button(if present)Offers Same options as TitleFeaturing Top %widget_num%/%cat_count% of %cat_name%CategoryThe category you want to chose. Select one from the listN/AN/AN/ACSS ThemeNEW in V2… Choose the CSS theme for this widget. Global themes are not applied to any widget anymoreN/AN/AN/AShow LinkIf ticked this will show a Read More link at the end of the widget. This will link to the categoryN/ABy default this is tickedN/ANumber of PostsThe total number of posts that would be shown on the widget. This excludes the number of sticky posts.N/A10What ever you can imagineComment countWhether you want to show comment count beside every posts.N/AUnticked. Not shown by defaultN/AShow dateNEW in V2 If ticked publish date will be placed below the post titleN/AUnticked.N/AShow authorNEW in V2 If ticked author name hyperlinked to author archive will be placed below the post title.N/AUnticked.N/AShow excerptNEW in V2 If ticked post excerpt will be placed below the post title.N/AUnticked.N/AExcerptNEW in V2 The length of characters of the excerptN/A50Numerical valuePost ExcerptNEW in V2Gives preference to manually entered WP excerpts on posts. This will override the excerpt length.N/AUntickedN/AShow FeedIf ticked a link will be placed before the title to the feed of the category.N/ATicked. Attempts to show the feedN/AShow ReadmoreIf ticked this will show a Read More link at the end of the widget. This will link to the categoryN/ABy default this is tickedN/AFeed HTML/TextNEW in V2 This HTML or text will be wrapped inside an anchor text hyperlinked to the category feed.N/AN/AIf you would like to use image then do it like <img src="http://path.to/img.jpg"" /> or simply a Text[Syndicate]Readmore HTML/TextNEW in V2 This HTML or text will be wrapped inside an anchor text hyperlinked to the category link.N/AN/AIf you would like to use image then do it like <img src="http://path.to/img.jpg"" /> or simply a Text[Syndicate]Show Thumbnail & Thumb ClassWhether you want to show thumbnail beside every post, and if showing then the css class applied to the thumbnailThe Structure of the thumbnail is as follows
<span class="wp-thumb-overlay"> <span class="thumb_lay or userclass"> <img class="attachment-wp-cpl-post-thumb wp-post-image" title="Title" src="path/to/img.jpg" alt="alt" width="40" height="40" /> </span> </span>
thumb_layN/ASortingHere you have two options. Sort Order and Sort Using. You can choose from a number of available options for the Sort Using, and make it ascending or descendingSort Using has ID, title, date, comment or random options.Date -> AscendngN/AAdvanced OptionsList StyleHow the HTML list is formed. This is basically the HTML nestingUnordered list is the basic ul li type listing. You can select Custom Style to insert your own HTML tags before/after the list/linksHTML Unordered ListN/AWidget StyleThe CSS class applied to the widgetN/ABefore/After List/LinkThe HTML tag before the whole Widget ListBefore List supports only one parameter.%widget_class% :
Gets replaced by system generated widget class and your own widget classSimilarly Before Link supports one paramter%list_class% :
Gets replaced by system generated list class. This is needed if you are applying alternate list css classes
- Before List :
<ul class="%widget_class%"> - After List :
</ul> - Before Link :
<li class="%list_class%"> - After Link :
</li>
- Before List :
<div class="my_class %widget_class%"> - After List :
</div> - Before Link :
<p class="my_post class %list_class%"> - After Link :
</p>
Exclude PostsComma Seperated values of IDs of posts to excludeThe following ID format will work
12, 34,65 75,12 ,45N/ASticky PostsSame as Exclude Posts. Only the posts will become sticky. This will not verify whether they belong to the selected category or not. They will be placed before the normal list and CSS class wp-cpl-sticky will be applied to themOpen inWhether to open in the current tab or new tabBasically _blank or _selfwill be added to the anchor tagCurrent TabN/AAlternate List CSSApplies Alternate Listing CSS classes to the list HTML tag.wp-cpl-odd or wp-cpl-even CSS classes will be added accordinglyN/A
Quite a long list eh?
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#1: The Shortcode and Basic usage:
The basic shortcode and minimal usage is: (Without the space after [)
[ wp_cpl_sc cat_id=40 list_num=4 css_theme=2 sticky_post="79"]
You just have to change the cat_id, list_num and css_theme parameters and a list of posts will be shown accordingly.
However, there are other parameters using which you can further customize the shortcode. Here is the complete list:
#2: Shortcode parameters:
| Parameter | Description | Default value | Accepted values |
|---|---|---|---|
| cat_id | The id of category from which the posts are to be displayed | 1 | Any numerical category id. You can check the Posts > Category and hover over the category Edit link to check the category |
| css_theme | The id of the predefined or added CSS theme | 0 | Any numerical or string id value of the Themes. Here is the list of predefined CSS Themes:
|
| is_thumb | Whether or not to display thumbnails | “true” | String “true” or “false” |
| read_more | The teaser text for continue reading | “Continue Reading” | String like “Read more”. If empty string provided then it will not display any read more button |
| list_num | Number of posts to display (max). This excludes sticky posts (if any) | 10 | Any numerical value |
| show_comments | Whether or not to display comment counts in post meta box | “true” | String “true” or “false” |
| sort_using | Select the sorting method. A corresponding ID should be passed. Check the accepted values. | 1 | Following are the accepted IDs. Note that you need to pass it like sort_using=2
|
| sort_order | Select the sorting order ascending or descending | “asc” | The accepted values are:
|
| exclude_post | Comma Seperated values of IDs of posts to exclude | ” | The following ID format will work ‘ 12, 34,65 75,12 ,45‘ |
| sticky_post | Same as Exclude Posts. Only the posts will become sticky. This will not verify whether they belong to the selected category or not. They will be placed before the normal list and CSS class wp-cpl-sc-sticky will be applied to them | ||
| show_date | Whether or not show date in post meta | “true” | “true” to display and “false” to hide |
| show_author | Whether or not show author link in post meta | “true” | “true” to display and “false” to hide |
| show_excerpt | Whether or not show excerpt in post meta | “true” | “true” to display and “false” to hide |
| excerpt_length | The length of the excerpt (character count) | 150 | Any numerical value |
| optional_excerpt | Gives preference to manually entered WP excerpts on posts. This will override the excerpt length | “false” | “true” to activate “false” to deactivate. |
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This plugin comes with a settings page where you can set the thumbnail and enable/disable pre-installed CSS themes. Below is a preview of the page (Settings > Category Posts (WP-CPL))
- Use default CSS: Uncheck to completely disable loading the default CSS for the widget and shortcode.
- Thumbnail dimension: Set the widget and shortcode thumnail dimension. After you update, make sure to run Regenerate Thumbnail plugin to update the thumbs.
- CSS Theme: Select the theme which are to be loaded in the frontend and to be displayed under the Widget option. Make sure, you select one of the active themes while doing it with shortcode.
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New in V2 is the filter API using which you can add your own CSS Themes. You need to add a filter to wp_cpl_css_filter and pass in the id, name and css_url of your theme. Rest will be taken care of, i.e, the plugin will automatically display the CSS Theme under the widget and settings page and also will enqueue it to the frontend. Here is how you do it.
#1: Writing your own plugin with the filter:
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Filter API TEST
Plugin URI: http://www.intechgrity.com/wp-plugins/wp-category-post-list-wordpress-plugin/
Description: Use the WP CPL Filter API to add our custom CSS
Version: 1.0.0
Author: Swashata
Author URI: http://www.swashata.com/
License: GPL2
*/
function my_awesome_wpcpl_css($css_list) {
$css_list['my_awesome_css'] = array(
'name' =--> 'My Awesome CSS',
'css_url' => plugins_url('/css/awesome.css', __FILE__)
);
$css_list['my_aawesome_css2'] = array(
'name' => 'My Awesome CSS2',
'css_url' => plugins_url('/css/awesome2.css', __FILE__)
);
return $css_list;
}
add_filter('wp_cpl_css_filter', 'my_awesome_wpcpl_css', 1);
and that will be all. Make sure you activate (check) the newly added theme from the WP CPL settings page before you start using it. Also you can add the same code inside your theme’s function.php file.
#2: The CSS template:
As of V2, there is a change in the CSS template. The shortcode and widget CSS are merged in the same file. Below is the template
/*************************
* THE WIDGET SECTION
************************/
/** The li background */
.wp-cpl-theme-theme_id li {
}
/** The thumbnail */
.wp-cpl-theme-theme_id li span.wp-thumb-overlay {
}
.wp-cpl-theme-theme_id li.wp-cpl-sticky span.wp-thumb-overlay {
}
/** The even and odd */
.wp-cpl-theme-theme_id li.wp-cpl-even {
}
.wp-cpl-theme-theme_id li.wp-cpl-odd {
}
/** The sticky post */
.wp-cpl-theme-theme_id li.wp-cpl-sticky {
}
.wp-cpl-theme-theme_id li.wp-cpl-sticky a {
}
/*************************
* THE SHORTCODE SECTION
************************/
/** Main wrap */
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id {
}
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id a {
}
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-sticky a {
}
/** Entry wrap */
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-post {
}
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-sticky {
}
/** Thumb anchor */
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-post .wp-cpl-sc-thumba {
}
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-sticky .wp-cpl-sc-thumba {
}
/** Post h2 */
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-post h2 a {
}
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-sticky h2 a {
}
/** Post meta box */
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-post .wp-cpl-sc-meta {
}
.wp-cpl-sc-theme-theme_id .wp-cpl-sc-sticky .wp-cpl-sc-meta {
}
If you have any problem, ask in the post or in WP community.
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#0: Is it possible to use different CSS for different widget?
- Technically & simply Yes. Now you can simply choose the css theme from the dropdown (widgets) or mention the id in shortcode.
#1: To style widgets differently:
- Now this can be done using our CSS Theme filter API. Check the corresponding section.
#2: Changing the post thumbnail size:
- Install and run Regenerate Thumbnails plugin by viper007.
- Use it just after setting your thumbnail size and after changing the size to a new value.
#3: My Thumbnails are not showing up exactly as the size I have selected
- WP CPL uses the default Thumbnail or Featured Image Feature of WP 2.9+. So, the thumbs are created when you upload the picture.
- For older pictures, it is not generated automatically. In such case just install and run this Regenerate Thumbnail Plugin.
- After installing it first time or whenever you change the Thumb size, it is recommended that you run this plugin once
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The detailed change log can be found below:
Version 2.0.3
- Bug fix: On wp_cpl_output_gen.php file
- Added: Current Post category is now current post/archive page category. So a category archive page will populate the widget.
- Added: read_more attribute for shortcode using which you can change the continue reading text.
Version 2.0.2
- Bugfix to the occasion when no theme is selected
- Added a Master reset button to reset all the options
Version 2.0.1
- Immediate bugfix to WP auto upgrade conflict
Version 2.0.0
- Ability to select the category of the current post (Auto category detection)
- Shortcode support
- Post excerpt and other options like html enabled Readmore and subscription.
- Different height and width for widget and shortcode thumbnail
- Display author, date and other post meta.
- Added filter API to use your own CSS Theme with the plugin (both for widget and shortcode)
Version 1.1.0
- Not released in the WILD
- Ability to select the category of the current post
- Shortcode support (proposed)
- Minor bug fixes
- Options to show post date, author and excerpt
- New interface for read more and feed link
Version 1.0.0
- Public Release
- Several bugs fixed
- Fixed the Read More permalink bug
- Added 2 more themes
- Added Teaser Option
Version 0.9.0 RC
- Themeing Support
- Complete Widget Interface
- Stand alone support for WordPress post thumbnail activation. Even if your theme does not support.
- All Documentation can be found in the Plugins Settings page
Version 0.0.9 alpha
- Added basic widget querying posts
- Added thumbnail support etc.
- Still under development. Please dont install
Version 0.0.8 alpha
- Initial Upload to WP SVN
- Under development. Please dont’t install
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The only issue I know is it does not show post counts to the parent category from the child category. I am working on a solution for this. If you know a method please let me know.
The above issue has been solved. The solution is given here. Right now no issues have been encountered. However if you find one, please give a feedback here.
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Hello,
The plugin is working fine and it really does what I need. Compliments for the work!
The questions I have are more related to styling & functionality:
– Could you tell me if this plugin can work for pages too? If yes, could you help with what I have to include within the shortcode please? I need to set a page where to list some other pages already published.
– The title of the post in the list has a different font than the theme I use and is quite big in size. Is here a way to change the font and to decrease a bit the size?
– The “subtitle” – the line where the author, date, no. of comments appear is too small. Could you help me please, with guidance to make it bigger?
Many thank you for answer!
Alina
Hi,
Is it possible to exclude current post from showing when using a widget? I know that i can type posts ID’s which i don’t want to show but i ‘just’ don’t want to show a current one.
Regards
D
That’s in the long todo list 🙂
Hi,
Thanks for this great plugin !
I am trying to translate the date that is displayed on the widget, I have been looking everywhere but does not see where I can find this. Sorry to bother you, do you know how I could do this?
Would only need the Apr 14th to be 14 Avr
Many thanks
I will put a filter in the future release so that you can update the date.
I was able to do this by editing
includes\wp_cpl_output_gen.php. Search fordate('d/m/Y'and replace for the date format you want.Look up online for PHP date formats.
Hello Swashata, your plugin is the best in the category. I am missing one utility – .pot (at least .po) file for translation purposes. Is there any possibility to translate it without these file/s?
Thank you very much in advance.
PS: than, I could send you Slovak and Czech translation if you want.
Hello,
Thanks for it. The standard way of translation is obviously using .po and .mo files. But the current translation of this plugin is kinda broken. I will fix it in the next release.
Please send me the translation, it would be great (I will add you as contributor). Please check your email.
I too am translating the to pt_BR and couldn’t quite figure out the po/mo thing.. so now I’m changing the file
wp_cpl_output_gen.php.In the next version, can you add instructions on how it can be translated? I would send you the poedit files for them to be available to others.
Thanks!
I’m using your plugin to feature a single post on a page but for the life of me can not figure out how to style it the way I want it to appear.
This is the shortcode I’m currently using:
[catlist ID=1259 orderby=date order=DESC numberposts=1 content=yes]
On the page below
http://www.207rewind.com/horoscopes/
I would like the Title of the post to be h1 styled and remove the bullet is this possible?
Layout wanted:
Post Title: h1 and Black
Post content
For reference I am using the plugin on other pages as well but styled differently using shortcode.
Hello,
That is not this plugin. That is rather some other plugin you are using 🙂
How is it not your plugin? Is this not the plugin “WP Category Post List Widget 2.0.3” that is the plugin I have installed and use on my site and I used your shortcode to make it appear on my page?
Yes, but as you can see [catlist] is not the shortcode given by this plugin. The shortcode is [wp_cpl_sc cat_id=1259 list_num=1 css_theme=2 sort_using=1 sort_order="desc"] … Replace your shortcode with this one.
Thanks for the plug In, it’s great!
I am using the widget to display posts in the right sidebar area on the front page. Problem is, the widget thumbnail size images are missing in Internet Explorer; however Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox shows all of them perfectly.
I set the size to 50×90 pixels and run Regenerate Thumbnail and the problem persisted.
Can you show me your site? It is strange that in IE it is not showing up. Also, try clearing the browser cache from IE. It might help
Hi! Thank you for your great job.
I have one little question about “list_num” parameter. What if I want to display all posts from the category? I understand that I can write something like “list_num = 999”, but is there a better way? May be “list_num = -1” ?
Thank you.
Currently there isn’t any. But in the next release you might have. Basically I have plan to make pagination.
are installed pagination?
I´ve installed qTranslate on a website for English / Spanish translation. I’m using your plugin to list posts sorted by TITLE on a page, but it only shows one language sorted, the other gets translated but not resorted by TITLE for the other language so “Alimentos Congelados” is listed first for Spanish and English translation “Frozen Foods” too. What can I do to fix this?
By the way… the widget shows both titles together “Alimentos CogeladosFrozen Foods” when qTranslate is active. Thanks!
I will what I can do to sort this out. I’ve seen similar problem with the widget before!
Thanks Swashata! Hope you can sort those qTranslate problems…
How to remove date : (Posted on Jul 18th, 2012 – By admin – 0 Comments) on [wp_cpl_sc cat_id=40 list_num=4 css_theme=2 sticky_post="79"]
Just add show_comments=”false” show_date=false show_author=false
Thanks 😀
Just installed your plugin – can’t get to the settings page – to set the thumbnail size
Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class pagination in /wp-content/plugins/wp-category-posts-list/classes/pagination.class.php on line 3
It seems one of the plugin is causing trouble with this plugin. Edit the /classes/admin-class.php file and remove the line (from the bottom) which says something like
or something similar. That should solve your problem…
Using the shortcode, is there any way to exclude posts from a certain author, rather than just excluding individual posts?
No, there is not!
Hi Swashata!
Did you have the chance to check out the qTranslate problems?
Hi Swashata!
Really excellent plugins. Many thanks.
I found little problem and maybe this will help somebody. (Sorry for English)
I use plugin Map Categories to Pages (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/map-categories-to-pages/), so I have pages and posts in the category together. I used widget of this plugin and I noticed that on first level there was only posts, but when I click on any link, there was list of pages and posts (the list was different).
I changed: wp_cpl_output_gen.php (added line ‘post_type’ => any, ) and it worked.
$arg = array(
‘cat’ => $cat_id,
‘numberposts’ => $op[‘list_num’],
‘orderby’ => $wp_cpl_sort_array[$op[‘sort_using’]],
‘order’ => ((true == $op[‘sort_order’])? ‘ASC’ : ‘DESC’),
‘post_type’ => any,
‘post__not_in’ => $op[‘exclude’]
);
It’s true that I changed the same in Map Categories to Pages plugin, but it didn’t work.
Hi there,
Really good job, this is a good widget w/ all the custom needed for good integration in WordPress project.
I drop you a line about a little bug I found : when updating a widget configuration, choose the “No CSS Theme” and save my widget config, it works fine. But when I come back to update my config, the “Light Theme” is alway pre-selected.
Moreover, it would be good to display the date as configure in WordPress main configuration or to let us the choice of the date format. (fyi I run Version 2.0.3)
One more time : great job, this bugs are not really important to my mind.
Hello,
This is a great plugin but it seems that something is not working correctly.
I have the next shortcode:
[wp_cpl_sc sticky_post="1,2,3,4,5,6,7" cat_id=1]
But the “sticky_post” is only showing 5 of the posts in this order: 7,6,5,4,3
Post 1,2 and 3
Post 1,2 and 3 are missing…
I tried to change the order of the post and I get always 5 sticky post shown.
for example “98,87,11,5,2,8,6,45,8,1” will show 1,8,45,6,8
Your plug-in works great, except for a minor detail. The date does not – like other plug-ins – change to required (non-English) language. I´ve tried Localization and qTranslator w/o success. Any fix to this problem?
Many thanks in advance!
Great plug in. I have one question. Is there a way to show the entire post instead of excerpts? I tried lengthening the excerpts but it did not include embedded video. Thanks.
Sorry there isn’t any!
Try to use some excerpt editor plugin, maybe it will be…
Thank you for this plugin. I was hoping you could add to the list of features the ability to adhere to custom post types. Specifically, I am using this to display a tweets category, which uses the custom post type “Aside” to not publish the titles. I would love it if this widget would also not display the titles if the post type is Aside. Thanks again!
Hello, sorry for the delay I am on my vacation. Support for custom post type is long due in my todo list 🙂
I’m trying to show only a list of Categories… no posts
[ wp_cpl_sc cat_id=1410,1565,43 list_num=0 css_theme=0]
[ wp_cpl_sc cat_id=1410, 1565,43 list_num= css_theme=0]
Suggestions…
Just remove the space from the opening bracket:
[wp_cpl_sc cat_id=1410,1565,43 list_num=0 css_theme=0]I’m using the plugin at my site and i’d like show how to use at my blog. so i tried to translate the English to Korean, but i couldn’t name the po file properly. Would you tell me how to name the po file?
The translation thing is kind of messed up. Please wait until I fix it in the next release 🙂
Thanks. This is one of the best wp plugins I ever used. I’writing a book about wp and will introduce your plugin how to use. anyway it’s ok in English. I can show people how to edit the English text in the plugin.
Great plugin! There is a mode of paginate ?
Is it possible to exclude the current post? My widget shows all posts in the current category, so the post they are currently reading is in the list.
The same problem. How to exclude current post? On single page there is no need to have it additionaly on the list.
Hi, I’m using your plugin on my site http://www.inspirationboost.com
The plugin is awesome.
However, I face some problems as I’m not really good with codes.
Problems:
1) Currently I have 7 posts under the category “articles”, yet the widget only show 6 on the sidebar. How can I display all the post under that particular category?
I’m using this shortcode [wp_cpl_sc cat_id=6 list_num=10 css_theme=2 sticky_post="" show_comments=”false”]
2) How can I make the post shown in a descending way, where the latest post is listed at the top, not bottom?
3) How can I set the sticky post without changing the background color? I want the sticky post to have the same colour as the normal post.
The plugin looks great on my site, and it’s sad if I can’t use properly.
Please help me with this, will you? =)
Thanks in advance
1. Try using the widget instead of the shortcode in the sidebar.
2. Please check the faq. If you insist using shortcode, then it is under the shortcode tab of this documentation. If you use the widget, then there will be an option using which you can customize the sorting.
3. There is no direct way. Please check the CSS guide to understand which .selector you need to modify.
Hi, I am using the plugin and trying to show 3 posts but it always shows 6. I have put the code in but it doesnt work. Everything else works lovely but not list number of posts??
Please be descriptive. What code are you using? Note that the number is exclusive of sticky posts.
Hi, [wp_cpl_sc cat_id=44 list_num=4 css_theme=0 show_comments=false sort_using=5 show_date=false show_author=false]
None of my posts are stick Swashata
Hi Swashata, thanks for this plugin it’s exactly what I needed. However, can you tell me how to remove the 3 dots that appear at the end of the title?
would love to change the exerpt text color. It is using the main site css font color
Check the CSS documentation. You have to add your style to your theme style.css
Thanks for the plug-in…is there any way to change the title of the post to something smaller than H1? Also, my excerpts don’t show paragraphs is that normal?
Hi. I am loving the plug-in. Thanks so much for that! One thing I am having trouble with is trying to pull more than one category onto a page via shortcode. When I look at the examples above, it looks like I can just write:
[wp_cpl_sc cat_id=50,51 list_num=10 css_theme=1 show_comments=false sort_using=5 show_date=false show_author=false]
In this case, it will show category 50, but not 51. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Is there a way to specify a category (maybe in a custom field) on a PAGE and use the widget to display related category posts in the sidebar?