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WordPress.org rating4.5 / 5 from 79 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org
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WP PlugIndex currently records Category Posts Block version 5.1.2 as active, updated 14d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
Category Posts Block is a light block designed to do one thing and do it well: display the most recent posts from a certain category.
Category Posts Block
Use the “Category Posts” block in the Gutenberg editor to place the post list anywhere in your content. All options are available in the block sidebar panels: Title, Filter, Details, Thumbnail, Excerpt, Footer, Load more and General. Several blocks can be used on the same page, each with its own settings.
Term and Category based Posts Block
com created for big WordPress sites.
Premium features
Auto-sizing Grid layout
Custom field support in the Template
Shortcode support in the Template
Image-Slider (or News-Ticker)
Asymmetrical list layouts
Full background images
Masonry responsive grid layout
More complex filter (ANY, NOT, AND, …)
Custom Post Types, Events, Products support
All free features
E-Mail support
More examples on the demo pages
Features
Block for the block editor and Site Editor.
Template to arrange the post details.
The Template text can be a post details placeholder, plain text, HTML or a font-icons.
Font-icon support
‘Load more’ button / Ajax API
Item Title heading level buttons
Excerpt length and item title in lines (line-clamp)
Date range filter
New date format: Time since plublished
Filter by post status: Published, scheduled, private
Add option for post offset (use two or more blocks after another)
Admin UI: Buttons in the editor toolbar to insert shortcode
Option to touch device friendly “everything is a link”
Set thumbnail width & height / image crop with CSS (object-fit)
Fluid images (max-width in %)
One thumb dimension can be left empty
Option to set mouse hover effects for post thumbnail
Set a default thumbnail
Hide the block text, if there is no post
Option to hide posts which have no thumbnail
Option exclude current post
Option show post author, comment’s count, post date
Documentation
Full documentation
Formatting date and time: See Formatting Date and Time
Contribute
While using this plugin if you find any bug or any conflict, please submit an issue at
Github (If possible with a pull request).
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
latest posts
load more
post list
post thumbnails
recent posts
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.6 · PHP 7.2
Update activity19 Oct 202614d ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
Version5.1.1→5.1.2
WordPress compatibility7.1.1→7.1.3
Version5.1.0→5.1.1
WordPress compatibility7.1→7.1.1
WordPress requirement2.8→6.6
PHP requirement5.3→7.2
Version5.0.0→5.1.0
Tracking & source
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