Custom loop of any posts type

Currently this functionality is only available with a widget, I’m planning to add shortcode and php code too.

This is the most powerfull widget for creating any kind of custom loop, the limit is your immagination 🙂

Some basic example:

Those above are only a few example of what you can do with this widget.

See below all available options.

Options available:

• Posts container Class

  Attribute: container_class
  Default: empty
  This is the container of the list of posts (the section HTML tag), you can add any CSS class for styling it.

• Post Class

  Attribute: post_class
  Default: empty
  Enter the post class name.

• Image Class

  Attribute: image_class
  Default: empty
  Enter the image class name.

• HTML tag for post title

  Attribute: entry_title
  Default: h4
  Enter the heading tag for title (default is h4).

• Custom CSS

  Attribute: custom_css
  Default: empty
  Enter your custom CSS.

• Template

  Attribute: template
  Default: default
  Select the template to display posts.

• Template custom name

  Attribute: template_custom
  Default: empty
  Insert your template custom name, separate directory name and file nema by "/", you have to insert your custom file in your theme in the "templates" directory. If the directory doesn't exist you have to create it. If no file is found it will be loaded the default query file. Example: post/my-custom-loop-file

• Number of posts

  Attribute: posts_number
  Default: 5
  Insert the number of posts to display. Be carefully, if is sett to 0 will be displayed all post_type. (Default: 5).

• Add Permalink wrapper

  Attribute: add_permalink_wrapper
  Default: 1
  This adds the post_type permalink to the title and the image if they are displayed.

• Show the title

  Attribute: show_title
  Default: 1
  Check if you want to show the title.

• Show the date

  Attribute: show_date
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to show the date.

• Date format

  Attribute: date_format
  Default: F j, Y g:i a
  Check if you want to show the date.

• Show post author

  Attribute: show_author
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to show post's author.

• Show comments number

  Attribute: show_comments_number
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to Show comments number.

• Show excerpt

  Attribute: show_excerpt
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to show excerpt.

• Excerpt length

  Attribute: excerpt_length
  Default: 10
  Insert the numbers of words to display.

• Show content

  Attribute: show_content
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to show content.

• Show readmore

  Attribute: show_readmore
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to show readmore tag.

• Use global readmore

  Attribute: use_global_read_more
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to use the plugin setting for readmore tag configuration. If in global settings Read More is not active it will be used the below value.

• Excerpt read more label

  Attribute: excerpt_readmore
  Default: Read more →
  Insert a custom "read more" label. If "Use global readmore" is selected the global label will be used.

• Excerpt read more CSS class

  Attribute: read_more_class
  Default: more-link
  Insert a custom CSS class for the read more link. Default read-more. Ex: btn btn-primary.

• Show thumbnail

  Attribute: show_thumbnail
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to show thumbnail.

• Thumbnail size

  Attribute: thumb_size
  Default: thumbnail
  Select the thumbnail size to display in posts list.

• Show the first thumbnail bigger

  Attribute: show_first_thumbnail_bigger
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to show the firt thumbnail bigger.

• The first thumbnail size

  Attribute: first_thumb_size
  Default: medium
  Select the thumbnail size to display in posts list.

• Enter ID of a fall-back thumbnail (optional)

  Attribute: thumb_id
  Default: empty
  Add a fall-back thumbnail in case no one is found.

• Show post categories

  Attribute: show_cats
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to Show post by categories.

• Show post tags

  Attribute: show_tags
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to show post by tags.

• Show custom fields

  Attribute: custom_fields
  Default: empty
  Insert here the custom fields (comma separated).

• Select Categories

  Attribute: cats
  Default: empty
  Select the categories. (Use ctrl for multiple select).

• Select Tags

  Attribute: tags
  Default: empty
  Select the Tags. (Use ctrl for multiple select).

• Show related posts by tags

  Attribute: related_by_tags
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to Show related posts by tags.

• Show related posts by cats

  Attribute: related_by_cats
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to Show related posts by cats.

• Discard posts

  Attribute: offset
  Default: empty
  Number of post to displace or pass over. Warning: Setting the offset parameter overrides/ignores the paged parameter and breaks pagination (Click here for a workaround). The "offset" parameter is ignored when "posts_per_page"=>-1 (show all posts) is used.

• Esclude current post from loop

  Attribute: exclude_current_post
  Default: empty
  Check if you want to Esclude the current post from loop.

• Show posts only from current user

  Attribute: from_current_user
  Default: empty
  Insert the user ID you want to display posts.

• Post type

  Attribute: post_types
  Default: post
  Select the post type to show.

• Most viewed posts

  Attribute: most_viewed
  Default: empty
  Visualize the most viewed posts. This works only if you have Jetpack stats installed and actived.

• Post/Page ID

  Attribute: post_id
  Default: empty
  Insert posts ID separated by comma. Example: 1,2,3

• Sticky post

  Attribute: sticky_post
  Default: show
  Select if you want to show sticky posts or not.

• Context

  Attribute: context
  Default: empty
  This is the context in wich this instance is used, by default it is set to "posts" (the name of the class lowercase), if you are not a developer do not worry about it, if you are a developer you can filter the query_args by the context.

• Order by

  Attribute: orderby
  Default: date
  How posts have to be ordered.

• Order by meta key (custom fields)

  Attribute: meta_key
  Default: empty
  Inser the custom field separated by comma and select "Order by Value..." above.

• Order

  Attribute: order
  Default: DESC
  How posts have to be ordered.

• P2P connection type

  Attribute: connected_type
  Default: empty
  Select the connection type for displaying this loop.