Simple setup responsive slider of recent posts selected by category or post type using FlexSlider by WooThemes.
| Author: | David Wolfpaw (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.1 |
| WordPress version tested: | 5.8.0 |
| Plugin version: | 2.4.1 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 01-04-2013 |
| Last updated: | 11-07-2021
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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| Rating, %: | 92 |
| Rated by: | 18 |
| Plugin URI: | https://davidwolfpaw.com/plugins/ |
| Total downloads: | 70 999 |
| Active installs: | 1 000+ |
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This slider uses the FlexSlider framework by WooThemes. Recent posts are displayed as a responsive slider. Posts can be selected by category or by post type if your theme uses custom post types.
The slider exists only as a widget, no settings page required. Visit Appearance > Widgets in your site dashboard, and place the Recent Posts Flexslider widget in your sidebar of choice.
Options that can be set:
- Title
- Category
- Post Type
- Image Size
- Slide Pause
- Slider Height
- Slide Duration
- Number of Slides
- Slider Animation Style
- Show or Hide Post Link
- Show or Hide Post Title
- Show or Hide Slide Controls
- Show or Hide Navigation Arrows
- Show or Hide Post Excerpt & Length
- Only Show Posts With Featured Image
Tested on the most popular WordPress themes for compatibility, including:
- Astra
- Escapade
- Genesis
- Hestia
- OceanWP
- Primer
- Total
- Zerif
- Twenty Ten
- Twenty Eleven
- Twenty Twelve
- Twenty Thirteen
- Twenty Fourteen
- Twenty Fifteen
- Twenty Sixteen
- Twenty Seventeen
- Twenty Nineteen
- Twenty Twenty
FAQ
Can I use both categories and post type to select posts?
No. If a custom post type is used, categories must be set to “All Categories”.
Can I use custom taxonomies?
Currently the plugin allows the selection of a category of posts or a custom post type only.
ChangeLog
2.4.1 – 11 July 2021
- fixes widget setting styling for new widget block editor in WP v5.8.0
2.4.0 – 6 December 2020
- Updates to Flexslider v2.7.2
- Updates Flexslider default styling
2.3.0 – 16 August 2020
- Adds option to specify post content, post excerpt, or none. Props @kaquna
2.2.0 – 25 January 2020
- Adds only featured image selection, props @mociofiletto
2.1.3 – 19 January 2020
- Updates compatibility to WordPress v5.3.2
- Fixes image size selection issue, props @mociofiletto
2.1.2 – 21 February 2019
- Updates compatibility to WordPress v5.1.0
- Fixes stylesheet enqueue, props @butleraj
2.1.1 – 14 February 2019
- Updates styles to remove unused code, style fixes after testing in multiple top download WordPress themes, and organizes+minifies styles
- Adds version to stylesheet to fix cache issues
- Updates POT translation file
2.1.0 – 26 January 2019
- Tested up to WordPress v5.0.3
- Updates layout of widget options
- Displays post type label instead of name
- Validates options on save and load
- Adds option to show or hide slide navigation
- Adds option to show or hide slide controls
- Style fixes to slider
2.0.0 – 19 August 2018
- Tested up to WordPress v4.9.8
- Updates to Flexslider v2.7.1
- Removes create_function for PHP v7.0+ compatibility
- Updates layout of widget options
- Style of slider is imporved for image positioning and caption heights
- Updates translation file
1.6.3 – 10 March 2017
- Tested up to WordPress v4.7.3
- Fixed widget title to use
widget_title filter
1.6.2 – 13 December 2016
- Tested up to WordPress v4.7
- Updated default animation time
- Cleaned display of code
1.6.1 – 13 January 2015
- Fixed bug on slide height when using fade animation
1.6 – 5 January 2015
- Added ability to select image display size
- Updated caption CSS
1.5 – 13 January 2014
- Updated to Flexslider v2.2.2
- Fixed image positioning
- Added ability to toggle post links on/off
- Added functionality to allow multiple sliders on one page
- Changed from get_the_excerpt() to get_the_content and stripped tags to allow longer excerpt captions than set by theme
1.4 – 2 October 2013
- Added Slider Animation Style
- Updated dropdowns to select() function
1.3
- Updated WP_Query
- Sticky Posts now ignored in slider
- Sizing bug for single slide fixed
- Margin removed for single slide
- Image vertically aligned in slide
1.2
1.1
- CSS Optimization
- Dynamically load scripts and stylesheet only on views that include widget
- Load scripts in footer
1.0
