Plugin for latest posts, categories and random posts

  • Hello,

    I’m looking for a plugin that covers categories, random posts, and the latest posts at the same time. Right now I’m using wordpress and some different plugins to make it happen and they all have a different format (see the bar to the right in the link: ). It’s a huge eyesore, especially as Random posts and Recent posts look as if they’re one long sentence instead of 3 separate items.

    Does anyone know what plugin I could use?

    Thank you!

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    You’re possibly better off with a bit of custom CSS if you’re happy with the functionality and only dislike the appearance. For example, to space out sidebar elements a bit, add this to the Additional CSS customizer section:

    div.elementor-widget-container ul li {
    margin-bottom: 0.7em;
}

    This may apply spacing to more than you intend. It’s more of an example of how you can affect element appearance without changing plugins.

    Thread Starter tezartdesign

    (@tezartdesign)

    Thanks bcworkz, and I’m sorry for my late reply, I didn’t get a notification. I never learned coding so I’m a bit hesitant to start doing so. Is it safe to do or can I mess everything up?

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    I encourage everyone to try their hand at a little custom coding. It’s very empowering. If you know how to move files via FTP and keep good backups, you’d always be able to recover from any bad coding blunders. In this case, even these basic precautions are unnecessary.

    Custom CSS is very safe to experiment with. If you create erroneous code, it may corrupt subsequent CSS, but earlier CSS will remain effective. Since the Additional CSS customizer section where you’d add your code typically occurs last, there’s very little you could mess up. Furthermore, the textbox where you enter code has a syntax “linter” that’ll flag common syntax errors and warn you with an “Are you sure?” message if you try to save erroneous code.

    You’ll want to learn to use your browser’s element inspector tool. Not only will it tell you what CSS is currently applied to various elements, you can experimentally edit, delete, and add other CSS to immediately see what effect it has on the current page. No changes in the tool are persistent. You can revert all changes by reloading the page. You’d copy whatever CSS you decide you want to Additional CSS where it will persist until removed or overridden.

    The inspector tool will even often suggest reasonable values as you type in code, and sometimes it’ll even warn you about why the code you entered won’t work. A good CSS reference is
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference

    But it can be a little intimidating. A lot of beginners like
    https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/default.asp

    They also have a number of useful tutorials. One nice feature is they have this “Try it Now” feature where you can experiment with their code examples in a virtual environment. These can help you gain a better understanding of the concepts presented.

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