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News & Blog Layout Builder displays WordPress posts in six layout types: Grid, Slider, Carousel, List, Masonry, and Gridbox. Each layout has two designs. You can output layouts with a shortcode, a saved custom layout, or a sidebar widget.<\/p>\n\n
[nwblb_posts layout_id=\"123\"]<\/code>.<\/li>\n- Use Style Manager<\/strong> for global card style, spacing, colors, and image defaults. Use Settings<\/strong> for featured image fallbacks and related options.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n
Layouts<\/h4>\n\n\n- Grid<\/strong> \u2013 Multi-column post cards (Design 1 and Design 2)<\/li>\n
- Slider<\/strong> \u2013 One post per slide with autoplay, arrows, and dots (Design 1 and Design 2)<\/li>\n
- Carousel<\/strong> \u2013 Multiple slides visible at once (Design 1 and Design 2)<\/li>\n
- List<\/strong> \u2013 Vertical list of posts (Design 1 and Design 2)<\/li>\n
- Masonry<\/strong> \u2013 Variable-height masonry arrangement (Design 1 and Design 2)<\/li>\n
- Gridbox<\/strong> \u2013 Featured post with supporting posts beside it (Design 1 and Design 2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Admin screens<\/h4>\n\n\n- Dashboard<\/strong> \u2013 Overview and shortcuts to the main tools<\/li>\n
- Shortcode Generator<\/strong> \u2013 Build a layout with live preview and copy the shortcode<\/li>\n
- Layout Builder (All Layouts)<\/strong> \u2013 Create and edit saved layouts<\/li>\n
- Style Manager<\/strong> \u2013 Set global defaults for card style, gap, radius, accent colors, and images<\/li>\n
- Settings<\/strong> \u2013 Featured image fallbacks and plugin options<\/li>\n
- How to Use<\/strong> \u2013 In-admin examples and guidance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Widget<\/h4>\n\n
Add the News & Blog Posts<\/strong> widget under Appearance \u2192 Widgets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n- Design 1: image, date, and title<\/li>\n
- Design 2: image, category, title, and date<\/li>\n
- Optional category filter and post count<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Shortcode<\/h4>\n\n
Default shortcode (uses Style Manager defaults where applicable):<\/p>\n\n
[nwblb_posts]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nSaved layout:<\/p>\n\n
[nwblb_posts layout_id=\"123\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nCustom example:<\/p>\n\n
[nwblb_posts layout=\"grid\" design=\"1\" category=\"news\" limit=\"6\" columns=\"3\" pagination=\"yes\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\nCommon shortcode parameters<\/h4>\n\n\nLayout<\/strong>\nlayout=\"grid\" (Values: grid, slider, carousel, list, masonry, gridbox)<\/p><\/li>\nDesign<\/strong>\ndesign=\"1\" (Values: 1 or 2)<\/p><\/li>\nSaved layout<\/strong>\nlayout_id=\"123\" (Use a layout created under Layout Builder \u2192 All Layouts)<\/p><\/li>\nPost limit<\/strong>\nlimit=\"6\" (Number of posts. Use -1 to show all posts within the max limit)<\/p><\/li>\nOffset<\/strong>\noffset=\"0\" (Number of posts to skip from the start of the query)<\/p><\/li>\nCategory<\/strong>\ncategory=\"news\" OR category=\"news,sports\" (Filter by category slug or comma-separated slugs)<\/p><\/li>\nColumns (Grid & Masonry)<\/strong>\ncolumns=\"3\" (Values: 1 to 12)<\/p><\/li>\nOrder<\/strong>\norder=\"DESC\" (Values: DESC or ASC)<\/p><\/li>\nOrder by<\/strong>\norderby=\"date\" (Values: date, title, comment_count, rand, modified)<\/p><\/li>\nPagination<\/strong>\npagination=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no. Not used for Slider and Carousel layouts)<\/p><\/li>\nShow featured image<\/strong>\nshow_image=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nShow date<\/strong>\nshow_date=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nShow author<\/strong>\nshow_author=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nShow category<\/strong>\nshow_category=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nShow excerpt<\/strong>\nshow_excerpt=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nExcerpt length<\/strong>\nexcerpt_length=\"20\" (Number of words)<\/p><\/li>\nShow read more<\/strong>\nshow_read_more=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nRead more text<\/strong>\nread_more_text=\"Read More\" (Custom button label)<\/p><\/li>\nShow icons<\/strong>\nshow_icons=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no. Uses WordPress Dashicons)<\/p><\/li>\nLink category<\/strong>\nlink_category=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nLink author<\/strong>\nlink_author=\"no\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nLink date<\/strong>\nlink_date=\"no\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nCard style<\/strong>\ncard_style=\"bordered\" (Values: bordered, shadow, flat)<\/p><\/li>\nGap<\/strong>\ngap=\"24\" (Spacing between cards in pixels)<\/p><\/li>\nBorder radius<\/strong>\nborder_radius=\"4\" (Corner radius in pixels)<\/p><\/li>\nAccent color<\/strong>\naccent_color=\"#c62828\" (Hex color for links and accents)<\/p><\/li>\nAccent hover color<\/strong>\naccent_hover_color=\"#9a1e1e\" (Hex hover color)<\/p><\/li>\nImage mode<\/strong>\nimage_mode=\"ratio\" (Values: ratio or size)<\/p><\/li>\nImage ratio<\/strong>\nimage_ratio=\"auto\" (Values: auto, 16-9, 4-3, 1-1. Used when image_mode is ratio)<\/p><\/li>\nImage size<\/strong>\nimage_size=\"medium\" (WordPress image size slug. Used when image_mode is size)<\/p><\/li>\nCustom CSS class<\/strong>\nclass=\"my-custom-class\" (Additional CSS classes on the layout wrapper)<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nSlider shortcode parameters<\/h4>\n\n[nwblb_posts layout=\"slider\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\nAutoplay<\/strong>\nautoplay=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nAutoplay interval<\/strong>\nautoplay_interval=\"5000\" (Milliseconds between slides)<\/p><\/li>\nShow arrows<\/strong>\nshow_arrows=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nShow dots<\/strong>\nshow_dots=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nCarousel shortcode parameters<\/h4>\n\n[nwblb_posts layout=\"carousel\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\nSlides to show<\/strong>\nslides_to_show=\"3\" (Values: 1 to 6)<\/p><\/li>\nSlides to scroll<\/strong>\nslides_to_scroll=\"1\" (Values: 1 to 6)<\/p><\/li>\nAutoplay<\/strong>\nautoplay=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nAutoplay interval<\/strong>\nautoplay_interval=\"5000\" (Milliseconds between slides)<\/p><\/li>\nShow arrows<\/strong>\nshow_arrows=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\nShow dots<\/strong>\nshow_dots=\"yes\" (Values: yes or no)<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nPagination<\/h4>\n\n
Numeric pagination is available for Grid, List, Masonry, and Gridbox. It uses WordPress paginate_links()<\/code> and works with \/page\/2\/<\/code> permalinks (or ?paged=2<\/code> when pretty permalinks are off).<\/p>\n\nSlider and Carousel do not use pagination.<\/p>\n\n
Featured image fallbacks<\/h4>\n\n
If a post has no featured image, you can enable these options under Layout Builder \u2192 Settings<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n- Use the first image from the post content<\/li>\n
- Use a default image from the media library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
Developer hooks<\/h4>\n\n\nnwblb_query_args<\/code> \u2013 Filter the main post query arguments<\/li>\nnwblb_public_post_types<\/code> \u2013 Add post types to admin selectors<\/li>\nnwblb_template_path<\/code> \u2013 Override layout template file paths<\/li>\nnwblb_paginate_links_args<\/code> \u2013 Customize pagination output<\/p>\n\ncustom_param_1 and custom_param_2<\/code> can pass URL query values into custom filtering through the nwblb_query_args<\/code> hook.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nThird-party libraries<\/h4>\n\n