Not Fancy, But Highly Functional

I’ve used a number of these query posts plugins over the years, and I like this one the best. Written with developers in mind, it foregoes front-end styling (read: clutter) in favor of fine-tuned customization. The plugin controls the data, and I control the appearance… exactly what I want.

The widget itself is intuitive, but it’s even more impressive behind the scenes. The plugin has clean code that follows best-practices, and I was pleasantly surprised to find a number of filters that I could use to tailor my setup to my needs.

I suppose this plugin could provide fields for a few more wp_query arguments, but for now, I can overcome those limitations with the templating system or the dpe_fpw_args filter (which alters the query).