Easy Curated Lists

Description

Easy Curated Lists plugin lets you easily display a hand-selected list of posts, pages, products or any post type using a shortcode.

To create a curated list, simply grab the ID’s of the posts, pages or products and then use the shortcode [easycuratedlists] in the following format.

[easycuratedlists id='1,12,25']

You can also optionally specify h2 or h3 title for your list by adding it to the shortcode.

[easycuratedlists id='1,12,25' h2='My Curated List']

Use cases for Easy Curated Lists

• Create a list of posts, pages or products.
• Add related posts in between articles.
• Create a knowledge base / documentation.
• Create an article series that is meant to be read in order.
• Create a getting started page with links to popular articles for new readers of your website.
• Create a list of articles to display in a widget on the sidebar or footer.

Easy Curated Lists Features

• Effortless to use with zero configuration. Just provide the list of ID’s and optional heading.
• Minimal overhead for your server.
• Does not write to the database. Clean install and uninstall.
• Should be compatible with most page builders and themes.
• Mix and match posts, pages, products or any other post type in a single list.

I am excited to know how you are using Easy Curated Lists. Please let me know through the forums.

Dev Notes

• The generated list is an unordered HTML list bounded by ul tag.
• A class easycuratedlists is added to the list. You can use this to style your curated lists.
• GitHub repository: arunbasillal/easy-curated-lists

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Installation

To install this plugin:

1. Install the plugin through the WordPress admin interface, or upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ using ftp.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress. On a Multisite you can either network activate it or let users activate it individually.
3. Add the shortcode in the format [easycuratedlists id='1,12,25'] to a post, page or a text widget.

FAQ

How to find ID of a post, page or product?

You can find post, page and product ID from within WordPress admin. Please refer this article for screenshots and more info: Easily Find ID of Post, Page or Product In WordPress

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Changelog

1.0

• Date: 15.June.2021
• First release of the plugin.