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 …
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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 includedBuy and Download
