The best multi-post display plugin. Excellent CPT Support, Many Styling

  • saksaksak

    (@saksaksak)


    3 weeks ago

    I have tested about 5 plugins for multiple post display in Grid layout. The most popular plugin did not support Custom Post Types in the starter (free) version thus, it was a non-starter for me. For me, it is an important missing functionality to continue testing. I’d rather test the most important functionality for a plugin and if it is good, I shall definitely pay for the extra options. There were other plugins which supported CPT but they were so primitive in styling options.

    Advanced Post Block is by far the best. Excellent CPT support right from beginning and lots of control for the styling. I am now building my site and I shall definitely buy the pro when I decide to go operational with my site.

    I have been testing only the starter (free) version. But the good thing about this plugin is, it has all the functionality displayed in the starter version and the paid ones are just not activated. Thus you can see what you will get with the paid version and there are definitely functionalities you will want to have for an operational site.

    One important advantage of this plugin is that, it is only for Gutenberg. Thus, it feels native in Gutenberg block editor unlike some other plugins which make you define your grid block etc via their menu item. And I also assume, because of this, it has lighter, cleaner code and optimized for Gutenberg, as the developer does not need to have considerations and the extra code for other stuff like for elementor, bricks etc that I do not need and I do not want to carry unnecessarıly on my sıte.

    Just to add, maybe the following could be considered as added functionality for the paid version:

    1- Having an option to display the ‘Read More’ button at a fixed place, rather than “just after the last info piece” (I think excerpt) which gives an uneven look.

    2- A variation of “Overlay Content Hover” subtype which displays also title.

    3- Possibility to include excerpts from one or two Custom Fields on the display. It is great that the paid version already supplies taxonomy display and Custom Field display would add value.

    4- Possibility to change Layout mode from device to device. Say; specify Grid layout display for the desktop but slider for the phone.

    5- Option to specify a “sticker” on the post display with a text, and choices of style and location on the form.

    6- Option to display posts in the order based on the value of a numeric custom field or a taxonomy

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  • Plugin Author Charles Cormier

    (@charlescormier)

    3 weeks ago

    Hi,

    Thank you for your valuable feedback!


    1- You can set the ‘Read More’ button at the bottom by setting the position to bottom from the Elements>Read More panel. (Pro feature)

    6- You can set your custom queries for the posts using abp_query. Using this filter, you can set a custom query for the Advanced Posts blocks. (Pro feature) ex:

    add_filter( 'apb_query', function( $query ){
        return array_merge(
            $query,
            [
                'orderby' => 'post__in',
    	    'post__in' => [ 607, 609, 617, 1353, 621, 1351, 1347, 623 ]
            ]
        );
    } );


    For the other features you mentioned, some features may or may not be added in a future version. Could you please share some resources about the 2- and 5- features?

    Thank you!

    Thread Starter saksaksak

    (@saksaksak)

    2 weeks, 6 days ago

    Thank you very much for your kind reply. I really appreciate the abp_query example.

    As for (2); “Overlay Content Hover” subtype currently displays an image without any text on it. What I mean by a “variation” is; Like the “Default” subtype displaying the information and when you hover over it, it displays a (possibly another set of) information. Even better similar to a “flipping card”.

    As for (5) I mean those small pieces of images (like those post-it papers) “stuck” somewhere on the grid box (on the main image or in the corner of the box etc). They are often used to emphasize campaigns, price drops etc.

    regards.

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