Category Posts Widget: Pricing, Reviews and More

Explore the features and benefits of the Category Posts Widget, a versatile tool for enhancing your website's content display. Perfect for bloggers and webmasters!

4.5

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Category Posts Widget: Pricing, Reviews and More

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

Auto-sizing Grid layout

Custom field support

Image-Slider or News-Ticker

Masonry responsive grid

Complex filter options

About this plugin

Author: Mark-k

Categories: Widgets and Sidebars

Version: 4.9.18

Last updated: 12-10-2024

WordPress version: 2.8

Tested up to: 6.6.2

PHP version required: 5.3

Languages: Deutsch, Español [+8]

Tags:

Posts Categories Block Category Recent posts

Learning resources: View resources

Overview

The Category Posts Widget is a versatile WordPress plugin designed to showcase the most recent posts from specific categories on your site. Ideal for larger WordPress setups, its premium version offers enhanced features such as auto-sizing grid layouts, custom field support, and shortcodes within templates. Users can also integrate image sliders, asymmetrical list layouts, and full background images for richer visual presentation. Additional functionalities include advanced filtering options, support for custom post types, products, and events, and a responsive masonry grid layout. The plugin provides extensive customization options through templates, Ajax API, date filters, and admin UI enhancements, making it a powerful tool for displaying tailored content. Comprehensive documentation and email support are also available to assist with setup and customization.

Auto-sizing Grid layout

Automatically adjusts the grid layout based on the content.
Ensures a visually appealing and organized display of posts.

Custom Post Types, Events, Products support

Supports various custom post types including events and products.
Allows for a more versatile and comprehensive display of content.

Masonry responsive grid layout

Provides a masonry layout that is responsive to different screen sizes.
Creates a dynamic and engaging visual presentation of posts.

Image-Slider (or News-Ticker)

Includes an image slider or news ticker for dynamic content display.
Enhances user engagement with interactive and visually appealing elements.

Features list

Feature

Free version

Premium version

Auto-sizing Grid layout

Automatically adjusts grid size based on content.

Custom field support in the Template

Allows inclusion of custom fields in templates.

Shortcode support in the Template

Enables the use of shortcodes within templates.

Template

Arrange all with placeholders, HTML, plain text or font-icons.

Image-Slider

Displays images in a sliding carousel format.

Asymmetrical list layouts

Creates alternating grid layouts for lists.

Full background image

Supports full-page background images.

Excerpt number of lines

Controls the number of lines in excerpts responsively.

Grid and Column full-page layouts

Offers full-page layouts with grid and column options.

Masonry responsive grid layout

Provides a masonry-style responsive grid layout.

Custom Post Types, Events, Products

Supports custom post types like events and products.

More complex filter

Allows complex filtering with ANY, NOT, AND conditions.

On mouse hover effects

Adds interactive effects when hovering over elements.

Thumbnail dimensions

Customizes the dimensions of thumbnails.

E-Mail support

Provides support via email.

Pricing

Free

$0 / one-time

Plan includes

Auto-sizing Grid layout

Custom field support in the Template

Shortcode support in the Template

Template

Image-Slider

Asymmetrical list layouts

Full background image

Excerpt number of lines

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Up to 10 Sites

$45 / one-time

Plan includes

Auto-sizing Grid layout

Custom field support in the Template

Shortcode support in the Template

Template

Image-Slider

Asymmetrical list layouts

Full background image

Excerpt number of lines

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Rating and reviews

4.5

Rating summary

Reviews

50K

Active installations

User sentiment analysis

Users appreciate the WordPress plugin for its simplicity, ease of use, and effectiveness in displaying posts based on category preferences. Many find it quick to set up and customizable, with excellent support from the developers, often emphasizing prompt and helpful responses. The plugin proves particularly useful as a widget for displaying posts in sidebars or specific pages, meeting a variety of user needs without requiring extensive documentation or technical skills. However, some drawbacks include limitations on using the plugin beyond the WP-Template level, difficulties in filtering with large numbers of categories, and issues with updates breaking functionality or compatibility with themes like Genesis. The free version offers solid basic functionality, but some users expressed dissatisfaction with the paid version and refund policies.

danielepais

12 Mar, 2024

Good plugin to display your latest posts on a widget and filter them according to your preferences.

rob21403

20 Jan, 2024

This plugin is exactly what they say it is: Simple Thorough Does it well It solved all of my issues within minutes. I had spent hours over a couple weeks using various workarounds and plugins trying to do what this plugin did in about 30 minutes. I didn’t even have to read the documentation. I can’t say enough good things about this plugin!

yodastudio

27 Apr, 2023

Useful and easy to use. No support needed.

weblink

08 Mar, 2023

Very useful plugin, love it!

theofontane

04 Feb, 2023

I just wanted to have a plugin that allows me to show all posts of a certain category. This plugin works only on WP-Template level, so it is not possible to use it on different pages or posts. Additionally the categories are not sorted in the “filter” dialogue. I have over 100 categories – this is not user friendly.

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Category Posts Widget: Pricing, Reviews and More

Overview

Compatibility

Installation instructions

Customer support & learning resources

Changelog

Main benefits

About this plugin

Overview

Auto-sizing Grid layout

Custom Post Types, Events, Products support

Masonry responsive grid layout

Image-Slider (or News-Ticker)

Features list

Pricing

Plan includes

Plan includes

Rating and reviews

User sentiment analysis

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