Post Snippet
A colourful display of your posts as a widget, with many options for content and colours change.
The facts
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 9 Jan 2016
- Added
- Dec 2015
- Requires WP
- 4.1
- Tested up to
- WP 4.4.34
- Downloads
- 2,396
Our analysis
AI-assistedPost Snippet is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display your posts in a colourful widget format. You can place this widget in the sidebar or content area, and it offers various options for customisation, including content selection and styling.
The plugin includes features such as two widget templates, options for overriding titles and excerpts, and settings to control where the widget appears on your site. It also provides the ability to display content as an accordion or link to the post directly.
Best for: This plugin suits users looking to enhance their site with custom post displays in widget form.
What it does well
- ✓Offers a colourful display of posts as a widget
- ✓Allows customisation of content and styling options
- ✓Includes two widget templates
- ✓Provides specific settings for where to display the widget
- ✓Supports both sidebar and content area placement
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in January 2016, may not be compatible with newer WordPress versions
- •Directory score of 38/100 indicates potential issues
- •Limited support information provided
Verdict
Post Snippet offers a range of customisation options for displaying posts, but its age and low directory score may raise concerns for some users.
From the developer
weiluri's own description of Post Snippet, lightly tidied.
A colourful display of your posts as a widget, with many options for content and colors change.
The widget will display your post as a snippet on the sidebar or on the content area.
The widget on-click behavior can be link to the post or as a vertical accordion which folds and shows the post content.
You can control almost any aspect of display including two different templates for the widget.
Something is wrong with this plugin on your site? Please create a ticket at WordPress forum,
Or email me to weiluri@gmail.com and I’ll fix it.
You are welcome to suggest and request features to be added to the next versions. I’ll be glad to hear.
The widget also registers 2 widget areas in addition to those you have on your theme.
one will locate the widgets after the post/page content, and one before the content.
You will see them as Before Content Area and After Content Area on the widgets page.
The widget settings has content definitions, where-to-display logic and styling options.
Content Settings
- List of all site Posts/Pages to choose where to take the content from.
- Options for overriding the post/page title and excerpt with other text.
- Option for limiting the excerpt length to a specific length.
- Option to choose not to display any element of the widget. meaning: title, excerpt and featured image.
Where-To-Display Settings
- Choose specific page/s to display the widget
- Choose specific post-type/s to display the widget
- Choose specific categorie/s to display the widget
- Choose whether to display widget when it is on the page that it displays its content or linked to.
Styling Settings
- Choose colors for the title, excerpt and background of the widget.
- Choose widget template.
- Define height of the widget.
- Choose whether it will act as accordion or as a link to post/page, on clicking the widget.
- Some settings to choose for tuning the display on small displays if you need to.
*Credit to Organic Themes with the theme profile. Content on the screenshots is from the demo content of their theme.
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I’m doing my best to maintain and improve this plugin. if you feel like donating a small amount, of your choice, through the donation link on the plugin page, I will be very glad 🙂
Enjoy…