The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options.
Try it out on your free dummy site: Click here => https://tastewp.com/plugins/ultimate-posts-widget.
(this trick works for all plugins in the WP repo – just replace “wordpress” with “tastewp” in the URL)
UPDATE: Plugin ownership changed for this plugin. We are currently evaluating possible enhancements for it. Stay tuned! If you have any suggestions yourself, please let us know in the Support Forum.
Note: This is a classic widget type, in order for it to work on the latest version of WordPress you will need Classic Widgets plugin installed on your site.
The ultimate widget for displaying posts, custom post types or sticky posts with an array of options to customize the display.
Designed for both the average user and developer, Ultimate Posts Widgets aims to provide flexibility and ease of use for displaying any kinds of posts within your widget areas. An array of widget options are available as well as hooks, filters and custom templates for more advanced customization.
See the FAQ tab for documentation on custom templates, hooks, common issues, and more.
For help please ask in the Support Forum
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ultimate-posts-widget
folder to /wp-content/plugins/
upw_enqueue_styles(boolean)
Allows changing whether to load the template CSS file(s).
upw_wp_query_args(array)
Allows changing the WP_Query arguments for the widget.
upw_custom_template_path(string)
Allows changing the default custom template path.
legacy
As of version 2.0.0 we changed the widget HTML markup. For installs prior to 2.0.0 you can use the legacy template to retain the old HTML markup and compatibility.
standard
The new standard template as of version 2.0.0. It features better HTML5 markup, improved styling on various themes without the need for custom CSS, and hfeed microformat.
custom
As of version 2.0.0 you can now provide your own custom template files. To do this, create a directory named upw
in your theme and copy a template from the plugin’s templates
directory. Edit as needed.
Then, in the widget settings under the Display tab, choose Custom from the Template drop down. In the Custom Template Name field that appears and enter the file name of your template (excluding .php). For example, if your template is named custom.php
then enter custom
in the Custom Template Name field.
As of version 2.0.0, the plugin no longer supports setting custom image sizes from the widget options panel.
To change image sizes you can either edit the built-in sizes (thumbnail, medium, and large) or define a custom image size in your theme functions.php
.
Edit built-in image sizes: Go to Settings > Media and change the image sizes as desired. Once image sizes are changed you will need to regenerate thumbnails to update any existing images. This can be done with AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild or Regenerate Thumbnails plugins. Note that this will affect image sizes for the entire site.
Define a custom image size: Edit your functions.php
file and add a new image size with the add_image_size
function. See the WordPress codex for documentation. Once the function is added, your custom size will be available to select from the widget options. Like editing a built-in size, you will need to regenerate thumbnails for existing images.
Example:
<?php add_image_size( 'my-custom-size', 800, 600, false ); ?>
As of version 2.0.0 timthumb is no longer used.
This plugin uses the timthumb library to resize post thumbnails. Please review these requirements and troubleshooting tips if you are having problems displaying thumbnails.
wp-content/plugins/ultimate-posts-widget/cache
should be set to 777 or if that doesn’t work, you may find 755 is ok.thumb.php
to support larger image sizes.Still stuck? See additional troubleshooting tips from the timthumb author.
widget_title
filterUpgrading from an earlier version?