Alkivia SidePosts

Simple widget to move posts from a category to the sidebar. Posts in this category do not show on index, archives or feeds.

Author:Jordi Canals (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:2.9
WordPress version tested:2.9.2
Plugin version:3.0.2
Added to WordPress repository:16-06-2008
Last updated:15-02-2010
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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Plugin URI:http://alkivia.org/wordpress/sideposts
Total downloads:50 922
Active installs:800+
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With this widget you select the category you want, and all entries with this category, will be shown on the sidebar instead the main blog. You will have then a small blog on the sidebar for those special entries. For each entry, you have the link to the post page. You can select the number of posts to show and if you want to show only the post excerpt or the full post content (Also excerpt with thumbnails can be shown or your out output template can be created).

Another option is to set a widget to show only private posts. In this case, private posts are hidden only in the home page and nowhere else. When set to private posts, widget only shows to users with read_private_posts capability (By default Administrators and Editors). Each widget has foot links to the category archive and feed (except por private posts).. With this simple functions, you will have a small blog on the sidebar.

Features:

  • Have a mini-blog or foto-blog on the sidebar.
  • Choose to show the full post, the post excerpt or excerpts with thumbnails.
  • Create your own template to show anything else than provided templates.
  • Setup a widget to show latest private posts at the sidebar.
  • Entries at the aside category, are not shown from main pages.
  • Widget will show a link to archives page (Option on file to remove).
  • Widget has a link to the selected category feeds.
  • Set category, number of posts and title on the widget settings.
  • Widget allows for multiple instances.
  • Some filters can be used by developers.

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