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WP Category Posts List is a wordpress widget plugin to show your posts filtered by category.

Built on the latest WP widget class, it has multiple widget instance support. Also you can modify the HTML structure of the widget in what ever manner you want.

Every thing is made simple from the widget options. It supports post thumbnails which would fetch thumbnails you have added from the wp editor. You can also set the CSS class, alternate list css style and much more. Also, you have complete control over the sorting method of the plugin.

Documentation

Check the Installation and FAQ page. For detailed documentation check HERE at out blog

Feature List

• A total of 21 options to choose from. (For this version! It will increase over time).
• We have kept the basic and advanced sets of options seperately to not to overwhelm you with options. And hey, if you are an advanced user, just click the Toggle switch.
• Ability to write custom tags on the widget title. Such as %widget_num% will get replaced by the number of posts on the category list.
• Ability to show the original category as Read more button below the widget
• Giving an option to subscribe to the category feed via text or image.
• Of course the ability to specify the number of posts for each widget.
• Turn on/off post thumbnail.
• Add custom CSS class to the post thumbnail.
• Ability to specify sort using date, id, title, comment or random
• Set the sorting order ascending or descending.
• Selecting the default HTML underordered list or set up your very own custom HTML structure
• Specify custom HTML tag before/after the list and each link. In shorty design your own HTML nest.
• Exclude post by ID, or even make some particular posts sticky
• Decide whether the links would be opened on a new tab or on the present tab.
• Apply alternate CSS classes to the link list, so you can design easily.
• Also, include/exclude the plugin's default CSS from the plugins Settings page.

And many more features... Check the Plugins Setting page for FAQs.

Version 1.0.0 Released. This is the first public release

Author: swashata