WP Post & Comment Widget: Full List AND Dropdown

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    (@nextstep99)


    3 years, 7 months ago

    This is a general question not specifically a ‘support’ question. If I have put it in the wrong place please move it and my apologies.

    Many of the WP default widgets, such as comments or posts, allow for displaying a number of items, or in the case of categories, all of them or as a dropdown menu.

    Displaying all the categories alongside a post on a websites allows the user to scroll down the page reading the post with all the categories along side. Or if it’s a busy sidebar the categories can be displayed as a dropdown menu

    If they are all displayed, then it can be a long way to the bottom of the page if 20 or thirty categories, or 40 months of posts are displayed.

    Is there a plugin that allows me to allocate, for example to combine the feature and change display depending upon the device. eg

    [ ] display all categories on PC / Laptop
    [ ] display drop down menu on hand held

    Feature Request? If there isn’t a plugin, (and I’ve looked but nothing is jumping out) in this day might this be able to be included in the default wordpress plugins depending upon the device: different displays of all ready current feature?

    Many thanks, and any helpful suggestions will be appreciated.

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  • [ ] display drop down menu on hand held

    On a mobile device’s tiny screen, you probably don’t want multiple columns: you want to either hide the sidebar completely… or let the sidebar drop to the bottom, with the content column on top. A good response design takes care of this.

    And once the sidebar (and all widgets) are in the same single column below the content, I don’t see how your proposal would be useful.

    Or am I missing something in your post?

    Thread Starter nextstep

    (@nextstep99)

    Hi George, thanks for your reply..

    On a mobile device’s tiny screen, you probably don’t want multiple columns: you want to either hide the sidebar completely… or let the sidebar drop to the bottom, with the content column on top. A good response design takes care of this.

    Correct. The theme is Astra. No. I do not want to hide the sidebar. As well as the categpories and posts I will be putting small ads on them

    And once the sidebar (and all widgets) are in the same single column below the content,

    Then I have 24 categories and the last 10 posts to scroll to the bottom of the page. People will only do that once,

    I don’t see how your proposal would be useful.

    A drop down menu would display the Categories and Posts in what would be effectively 2 lines, immediately followed by the ads. The visitor could use the drop menu to reveal 24 categories, or last 10 posts, if required. no scrolling scrolling scrolling…

    Or am I missing something in your post?

    Apologies if I did not make myself abundantly clear.

    Thanks again for your comment

    If there isn’t a plugin, (and I’ve looked but nothing is jumping out)

    Perhaps you’re being too specific with your search.

    There are several general-purpose plugins that can serve content based on any number of criteria, including device type. These are often used for things like advertising and may be named as such, but can conditionally serve whatever content you throw at it, including widgets. eg: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/ad-inserter/

    There are also several plugins specifically made for conditionally displaying widgets based on any number of criteria, including the type of device. Eg https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/widget-options/

    Either category of plugins mentioned above can easily do the sort of conditional display of the category widget as you described above.

    Thread Starter nextstep

    (@nextstep99)

    Thanks George, I have Ad Inserter installed already.

    The WP Widget control looks very useful.

    I’ll try it out. (It is SiteOrigin compatible as well, which is what I am also using on this site.) Maybe I find a way to extend its use beyond what I want to do.

    Thank you!

    Thread Starter nextstep

    (@nextstep99)

    Ok… update and resolved.

    I have installed the WP Widget Control as suggested. It is quite a useful plugin.

    It doesn’t have the simple check the box, it is a lot more sophisticated, but it gives me the option to chose which widget displays on which devices.

    Therefore I have put the widgets on the side bar twice.

    When a visitor is on PC, one set displays 24 categories and 20 posts on the PC alongside the post.

    And when the visitor is on a mobile device, the sidebar moves underneath the body of the main body (post) and now displays just the drop down menu for categories and the 3 most recent posts.

    It works quite nicely. Thanks George!

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