A prettier, filterable and more functional recent posts widget that allows you to choose a custom post type or specific taxonomy.
| Author: | Mat Gargano, StatenWeb (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 3.6 |
| WordPress version tested: | 5.3.3 |
| Plugin version: | 0.3.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 23-01-2014 |
| Last updated: | 21-01-2020
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, %: | 100 |
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| Total downloads: | 4 659 |
| Active installs: | 60+ |
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Drag and drop the widget and fill out the appropriate fields. Some notes:
To display posts from a specific post type leave Taxonomy as “– No Specific Taxonomy –“
If you leave order by and/or order as “– Choose order parameter –” and/or “– Choose orderby parameter –” it will go with WordPress’ default(s), see here for more information.
The following filters are available:
- srpw_get_args to override arguments of main query for the widget.
- srpw_template to override the output template for the widget, see below for more information.
- srpw_WIDGET_NAME_template to override the output template for the widget on a widget by widget basis, the WIDGET_NAME appears on the back-end in the widgets window see below for more information.
- widget_title this is a WordPress core filter see here for more information.
- srpw_post_types to override the post types available for this widget.
- srpw_taxonomies to override the taxonomies available for this widget.
Usage of srpw_template filter
Add a “views” directory and file named “custom-srpw.php” to your template directory. The “custom-srpw.php” file will be your custom template for this example.
Example of using a custom template from within your theme pre-PHP 5.3
<?php
function customize_srpw_template_filter( $template ){
$template_dir = get_template_directory();
return $template_dir . '/views/custom-srpw.php';
}
add_filter( 'srpw_template', 'customize_srpw_template_filter' );
?>
Example of using a custom template from within your theme PHP 5.3+ which allows anonymous functions
<?php
add_filter( 'srpw_template', function ( $template ){
$template_dir = get_template_directory();
return $template_dir . '/views/custom-srpw.php';
} );
?>
Grunt
This plugin takes advantage of Grunt for validating JavaScript, SASS compilation and minification. To take advantage of Grunt you have to have both npm and Grunt installed. Visit the respective sites for the applications and make sure they are installed. Once installed, if you want to edit/fork this plugin, it will be helpful to be familiar with these two tools.
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