Getting Started
WP Blog and Widgets add a Menu tab in WP Admin side with the name “Blog” where you can add a new Blog post, edit and delete. You can also add categories for the blog.
The Below screen shows how to add a blog post. You just click on “Add Blog” and an insert blog title and content as you add for WordPress post.
How to Display and Shortcodes
Display a Blog page is very simple. Just go to Pages-> add New and add page title.
ie Blog and shortcode.
WP Blog and Widgets contains two shortcode:
[blog]
[recent_blog_post]
Wp Blog and Widget shortcode Parameters
[blog]
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LIMIT:
[blog limit="10"]
Display latest 10 blog post and then pagination. Display all post to set limit=”-1″. -
PAGINATION TYPE:
[blog pagination_type="numeric"]
select the pagination type for blog. i.e. “numeric” OR “next-prev”. -
CATEGORY:
[blog category="5,10,15"]
Display Blog post categories wise. You can pass multiple ids by comma separated. -
GRID:
[blog grid="2"]
Display blog in Grid formats. -
SHOW DATE:
[blog show_date="false"]
Display Blog date OR not. By default value is “True”. Options are “true OR false”. -
SHOW AUTHOR:
[blog show_author="false"]
Display Blog author OR not. By default value is “True”. Options are “true OR false”. -
SHOW CONTENT:
[blog show_content="true" ]
Display blog post Short content OR not. By default value is “True”. Options are “true OR false”. -
SHOW FULL CONTENT:
[blog show_full_content="true"]
Display Full Blog post content on main page if you do not want word limit. By default value is “false”. -
SHOW CATEGORY NAME:
[blog show_category_name="true" ]
Display blog post category name OR not. By default value is “True”. Options are “true OR false”. -
CONTENT WORDS LIMIT:
[blog content_words_limit="30" ]
Control blog post short content Words limit. By default limit is 20 words. -
ORDER:
[blog order=”DESC”]
Set Blog post order. Values are “ASC” OR “DESC”. -
ORDER BY:
[blog orderby=”date”]
Set orderby for blog. You can set “date” (Blog Published Date), “Modified” (Blog updated date), “Title” (blog title), “Rand” (Random), “Menu_order” (Sort Order), “ID” (Blog Post ID). -
EXTRA CLASS:
[blog extra_class=""]
You can add extra class here.
Note: Extra class added as parent so using extra class you customize your design.
Latest Blog Shortcode Parameters
[recent_blog_post]
-
LIMIT:
[recent_blog_post limit="10"]
Display latest 10 blog post and then pagination. Display all post to set limit=”-1″. -
CATEGORY:
[recent_blog_post category="5,10,15"]
Display Blog post categories wise. You can pass multiple ids by comma separated. -
GRID:
[recent_blog_post grid="2"]
Display blog in Grid formats. -
SHOW DATE:
[recent_blog_post show_date="false"]
Display Blog date OR not. By default value is “True”. Options are “true OR false”. -
SHOW AUTHOR:
[recent_blog_post show_author="false"]
Display Blog author OR not. By default value is “True”. Options are “true OR false”. -
SHOW CONTENT:
[recent_blog_post show_content="true" ]
Display blog post Short content OR not. By default value is “True”. Options are “true OR false”. -
SHOW FULL CONTENT:
[recent_blog_post show_full_content="true"]
Display Full Blog post content on main page if you do not want word limit. By default value is “false”. -
SHOW CATEGORY NAME:
[recent_blog_post show_category_name="true" ]
Display blog post category name OR not. By default value is “True”. Options are “true OR false”. -
CONTENT WORDS LIMIT:
[recent_blog_post content_words_limit="30" ]
Control blog post short content Words limit. By default limit is 20 words. -
ORDER:
[recent_blog_post order=”DESC”]
Set Blog post order. Values are “ASC” OR “DESC”. -
ORDER BY:
[recent_blog_post orderby=”date”]
Set orderby for blog. You can set “date” (Blog Published Date), “Modified” (Blog updated date), “Title” (blog title), “Rand” (Random), “Menu_order” (Sort Order), “ID” (Blog Post ID). -
EXTRA CLASS:
[recent_blog_post extra_class=""]
You can add extra class here.
Note: Extra class added as parent so using extra class you customize your design.
Blog Widgets
Right now this plugin contains only one Widget. Widget Options are added like Show Blog date, Show Blog Categories, Select Blog Categories. Just got to Appearance -> Widget and select “Latest Blog Widget”
