Description

Plugin to display posts from specific category. It comes with multiple layout option to display post list. Option to select category or exclude post is available wgich provide advance filter to your requirement. You can enable or disable posted date, thumbnail, read more button and more easily from widget.

Following features are offered by plugin:

Multiple layout options to list posts
Title field for your listing
Select category from dropdown
Order posts by author, title, id, date, number of comments, menu order or random
Order posts in Ascending or Descending order
Select number of posts to display
Exclude posts from listing
Change word length of excerpt
Enable/Disable featured image
Select size of featured image
Enable/Disable publish date
Enable/Disable read more button and its text

Usage of Shortcode:

You can use shortcode to display your posts in the content area of your website. It is supported by Gutenberg Block, Page Builders like Elementor and more.

[pfc layout="layout-one" cat="0" order_by="date" order="DESC" post_number="5" length="10" readmore="Read More" show_date="true" show_image="true" image_size="full"]

Parameters supported by this plugin are explained below:

layout: Supports 2 layouts (layout-one and layout-two)
cat: Category ID
order_by: Order your posts by author, title, ID, date, menu_order, comment_count, rand
order: DESC or ASC
post_number: Number of posts to show
length: Length of excerpt. Set 0 to hide excerpt
readmore: Read More text
show_date: true or false
show_image: true or false
image_size: Supports thumbnail, medium, large, full or any size defined by the theme

Elementor

If you are Elementor user and want to display posts in a grid you can use this plugin, Post Grid Elementor Addon

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Installation

Download the plugin from plugin directory
Extract the file contents
Upload the directory to your WordPress plugins’ directory ( /wp-content/plugins/ )
Activate the plugin from the WordPress Dashboard
Go to Widgets, add ‘Post From Category’ widget to your desire sidebar
Fill in the desired fields and we’re good to go

FAQ

Does this plugin provide shortcode ?: Yes, you can find PFC shortcode icon at the top bar of WP Editor. Click on it to insert shortcode.
Can I use this plugin using Gutenberg block or Elementor widget ?: Yes, you can use the shortcode block of Gutenberg (and shortcode in Elementor widget) to show your posts.
Where can I find setting for plugin?: This plugin do not have separate setting page. You can provide necessary details in widgets.

Reviews

tedins May 3, 2023

Super

jfillian April 26, 2023

Does exactly what I needed. Thanks

gary2013 April 16, 2023

Better than the other one I just tried. Only one suggestion - can we have control of the font size of the display? 5 STARS.

edgarfigaro April 12, 2023

Does what it says on the tin.

crzyhrse March 28, 2023

Does a great job and is much appreciated...

kiwitek March 25, 2023

Easy to use and plenty of options to make it versatile and really useful.

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Contributors & Developers

“Posts From Category” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Manesh Timilsina

“Posts From Category” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

Translate “Posts From Category” into your language.

Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

6.0.2

Update packages

6.0.1

Fix admin notice

6.0.0

WP 6.2 compatibility
Code refinement

5.0.2

Prefix added to tinyMCE_object
Recommended themes added

5.0.1

Admin page added

5.0.0

Tested with latest version (5.9) of WordPress
Shortcode information added

4.0.2

Tested with latest version (5.4) of WordPress

4.0.1

Escape issue fixed
Layout option added
Basic style added for post list
Option to select thumbnail of theme added

3.1.2

Tested upto WordPress 4.4

3.1.1

Romanian language added

3.0.1

Widget updated.
Tested upto WordPress 4.3

2.0.1

Plugin translated in German language.
Solved the issue with the number of posts control.

1.0.2

Author details changed.
Donation link changed.

1.0.1

Excerpt length bug fixed.
Dynamic thumbnail sizes added.

1.0.0

First publicly distributable version