DaveE
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Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Ignore sticky not workingHello,
Sticky posts only apply on the blog homepage. See the WordPress documentation on Sticky Posts:
If checked, the post will be placed at the top of the front page of posts
I took at look at the link you provided, and see that this is a category archive. It is showing the 20 most recent posts from your blog. The FPW instance on the right titled “Gli Artisti :” is also showing a number of posts from the same category. I do not see any posts that are set to Sticky. As such, I’m not sure what your question or trouble is.
Could you provide a little more info on what the problem is? Thanks!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Removing orderbyHi Raymond,
Thanks for using the plugin. All WordPress queries require some orderby setting this is a built-in aspect of writing SQL statements to the database.
That being said, you’re looking for a way to customize the orderby parameter of FPW to match the customized orderby of your other plugin. FPW has hooks available that allow you to filter the query before it is sent to the database to get any posts. You’d need to figure out how your other plugin is customizing the orderby and apply the same customizations to a filter for FPW to get this to work correctly.
I hope that points you in the right direction. Thanks again!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Featured Image as link to post?Howdy,
There isn’t a setting for this, no. However, it would be easy to do with a custom HTML template.
Thanks for using the plugin!
Cheers!
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In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Targeting by tagsHi Jared,
Sorry to hear you’re having trouble. I took a look and noticed that all the posts shown on that widget are indeed tagged with the term “Ram”. SO, the widget is properly getting posts with this tag. You’ll need to adjust how your posts are tagged to fix this.
Here’s a link to the archive of all posts tagged “Ram”: http://www.forestlakechrysler.com/tag/ram/. You’ll see that the posts here are the same as those that appear in the FPW.
Thanks for using the plugin!
Hi Kokers,
This is true. FPW doesn’t query non-public post types. This is intentional. If a post type is registered as non-public, that should be queried on the front-end. See the register_post_type reference.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Change link from individual post to category / tagHello,
Thanks for using the plugin! FPW is intentionally built to allow developers to customize the output using their own templates. I’d suggest looking at the documentation to get yourself started.
Keep in mind, you should never edit the plugin files directly. Any time the plugin updates, your changes very well could be overwritten.
Thanks again!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Working with Page Builder by SiteOriginHi Adam,
That is odd indeed. I haven’t worked with Page Builder, but I do know that most “page building” plugins have a hard time with widgets like FPW since they don’t take advantage of the complete sidebar/widget “stack” the same way that the main widgets admin area does.
Having FPW default to your theme’s version of default.php does make sense as this is the default functionality of the plugin. It will always use your theme’s version of a template over the built in version.
I’ll have to spin up a site with PageBuilder and see what I can deduce. I’ll keep you posted with what I find. Sorry for the trouble.
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Flexible widget overriding default sidebar formatHi dailysamsara,
It looks like you were able to get the styling fixed.
For reference, FPW doesn’t add any styling, so the theme itself would need to be adjusted to make the styling work. You could also use a custom HTML template to create the same HTML your other widgets use to also make the styling match.
Hit me back here if you’re still having trouble and thanks for using the plugin!
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In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Exclude certain pages?Great!
Glad you were able to get it working. One thing I noticed in your example is that you’re using
add_action, but it should beadd_filter.Cheers!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Can't save any option.Hi Aryayy,
Since I haven’t heard from you, I’m going to mark this topic as resolved. Please feel free to post back if you continue to struggle. Thanks!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Exclude certain pages?Hi Matt,
Thanks for using the plugin! Unfortunately, there isn’t a way to exclude items this way. There are some hooks to allow you to code up your exclusion, if you are so inclined. Sorry!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Can't save any option.Hi Aryayy,
Thanks for using the plugin.
It’s impossible for me to diagnose the possible issues without more information. Can you setup a WordPress admin user for me on your site so I can take a look? You can use the email address: help [at] flexiblepostswidget [dot] com to create the account.
Sorry for the trouble,
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Random display not working with cacheHi & Thanks for using the plugin!
The path to exclude would be the path (address/URL) of the page that displays your randomized FPW widget. Keep in mind that you’ll also have to enable random queries from the database. This is set on the WP Engine page of your site’s wp-admin area under the Advanced Configuration section (at the bottom of the page).
Unfortunately, if you’re using the widget in many places on your site, random is just not a good idea. To work properly, you would basically need to disable page caching for the whole site. For randomized queries/results like this, just because you can, doesn’t mean you necessarily should.
Cheers!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Custom template overwritten (not a big problem)Hi Steven,
Sorry for the trouble. However, the FPW documentation clearly states that you shouldn’t put your customizations inside the plugin folder. The correct way to use custom templates is to create a folder inside your current theme’s folder and put your customizations there.
Customizations inside the plugin folder will always be overwritten by the WordPress plugin updater. It’s how the ecosystem works.
Thanks for using the plugin!
Forum: Plugins
In reply to: [Flexible Posts Widget] Problem wIth WPML since last update 3.5.0Glad to hear it’s working. Thanks for using the plugin!