Installation
What should I do with the ZIP file?
The free widget and the pro are two separate widgets. The pro widget is not an update from the free widget.
Pro widget installation:
Upload the ZIP file with WordPress (Dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins > “Add New” button > “Upload Plugin” button >) or copy it to your plugin folder ([your-wp-installation]/wp-content/plugins/term-and-category-based-posts-widget) to your WordPress installation.
How to activate the widget
Installation
Upload the ZIP file with WordPress (Dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins > “Add New” button > “Upload Plugin” button >) or copy it to your plugin folder ([your-wp-installation]/wp-content/plugins/term-and-category-based-posts-widget) to your wordpress installation.
How to activate the widget
In the admin panel Plugins > Installed Plugins > Term and Category Based Posts Widget is an action link License below the widget name. Click this and you come to the Licens activation admin panel.


In the License activation panel you have to enter your license key and Save Changes button. Up to now your widget is activated and is visible placeble to your widget areas or as shortcode to the content.


If you want to deactivate the license, for example in order to move it to another site, submit an empty value as the license key.
License transfer between sites
Sometimes when going from development to production the domain of the site changes and if you’re not going to keep a live development server, it doesn’t make any sense for both the user or us to make the user buy two licenses just for that.
With Term and Category based Posts Widget v4.7 and heigher you’ll be able to just deactivate the license on your development site and activate it on production.
Use the widget
Front-end hacks
Little CSS dips to get huge effects for your front-end, which can be added with the Customizer.
Allow HTML or Shortcodes in the excerpt
We build an Excerpt Extension plugin to show also HTML and Shortcodes, et cetera which is added to your post content text.
That Excerpt Extension plugin works only with our pro version.
Inherit Theme’s styles
We add common WordPress CSS classes which are often used by Themes to add own CSS selectors. Check the option “Disable Theme’s styles” and that classes wouldn’t be added by default.


Adding or disabling common WordPress CSS classes:
%date% | post-date |
%post_tag% | post-tags widget_tag_cloud tagcloud |
%category% | post-categories entry-categories |
%author% | post-author |
%more-link% | more-link |
Insert a comma or other separator between Tags and Categories


To insert a comma or other separator between Tags or Categories in the Template (%post_tag% or %category%) use the :after
CSS pseudo class and add this selector to your Customizer.
CSS to add a comma between Tags:
.cat-post-tax-post_tag a:not(:last-child):after
{
content:",";
}
CSS to add a comma between Categories:
.cat-post-tax-category a:not(:last-child):after
{
content:",";
}
Slideshow should show different sizes
You create a Slideshow and filter only for Post Types: Media. The Media images can be uploaded in different sizes with different widths. But the option setting for dimension width is only for all images. To get rid of disturbing space for smaller images than others, add this CSS to your Customizer:
.cat-post-item {
max-width: min-content !important;
width: initial !important;
}
License
Activation time is unlimited
After one year a renewal license is needed to get further brand new updates. The widget is still active – for unlimited time.
Free trail on localhost
With Term and Category based Posts Widget v4.7 and higher we will let people to download a version which don’t requires a license as long Term and Category based Posts Widget is used on a localhost development server (or the site domain resolves to the local host IP: 127.0.0.1). This hopefully will let users check the relevant features before buying.
You can find the download link here: Free trail on localhost
License transfer between sites
Sometimes when going from development to production the domain of the site changes and if you’re not going to keep alive development server, it doesn’t make any sense for both the user or us to make the user buy two licenses just for that.
With Term and Category based Posts Widget v4.7 and higher you’ll be able to just deactivate the license on your development site and activate it on production.
To deactivate the license, submit an empty value as the license key and press save.
You can manage your Site Licenses also by using the Dashboard.
Page Bilder plugins
How to use Page Bilder plugins like Divi, SiteOrigin Page Builder or Elementor
Excerpt text isn’t showing
We build an Excerpt Extension plugin to show also post content wrapped with Shortcodes, et cetera which are made with page builders.
That Excerpt Extension plugin works only with our pro version.
How our widgets works with SiteOrigin Page Builder
Please add the widget with shorcode inside a editor widget which is placed to a SigeOrigin Page Builder row.
We also create a YouTube video: http://tiptoppress.com/how-category-posts-widget-work-with-siteorigin-page-builder/
How our widgets work with Divi Builder
You can create a new Divi widget area and put our widgets into a Divi Sidebar Module.
How our widgets works with other page builder plugins like Elementor, Thrive Architect etc.
We recommend for all other page builder plugins like Elementor or Thrive Architect to use the WP Custom Widget Area plugin in additional.
Use the WP Custom Widget Area plugin and create a new custom area with this plugin and place the shortcode (from the new created widget area) to a post or page. Then add our widget to the new created custom widget area at the widgets admin site (Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > … ).
Issues
Problems with other widgets that can be bypassed.
Dequeue Select2
If you use an other widget which also use Select2 as ours, but had a different version installed there can be a problem.
Therefor you can download and install our Add-on Dequeue Select2 Add-on to dequeue our Select2 and use the version from the other widget.
We can describe that issue with the Fusion Builder, SiteOrigin Page Builder and Yoast plugin.
For more questions write us a message.