The WordPress Loop Widget

By Ptah Dunbar on January 24th, 2010 | 43 Comments

WordPress has definitely beefed up support for widgets making it easier than ever to instantiate multiple widgets without too much hassle. I’ve been meaning to build a plethora of features based off the new system. The first on my list was to wigitize the WordPress loop. So here we go…

With the WordPress Loop widget, you’ll be able to create custom loops for your content, and display them exactly how you like—all without touching any code! It’s got all the bells and whistles you’d might expect:

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Of course if you know your way around PHP, then there’s 4 well-placed action hooks you can hook into.

Download it now.

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  1. Trace's Avatar Trace
    January 24th, 2010 at 11:57 am | Permalink

    Wow! Great job, this seems like something with a lot of potential that might make sense to be part of the core some day. Awesome.

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  2. Aktsiya's Avatar Aktsiya
    January 24th, 2010 at 12:14 pm | Permalink

    Useful plugin for me… Thanx author!

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  3. Ryan's Avatar Ryan
    January 25th, 2010 at 12:38 am | Permalink

    Awesome! That’s a great idea for a widget.

    Nice to see you back in the world of WordPress :)

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  4. Oscar Gonzalez's Avatar Oscar Gonzalez
    January 25th, 2010 at 2:52 pm | Permalink

    Very cool. I like the idea of this plugin, I will have to test it out soon. Any chance you’ll add support for custom fields within the loop? Using shortcodes as well?

    Thanks!

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    • Ptah Dunbar's Avatar Ptah Dunbar
      January 25th, 2010 at 2:59 pm | Permalink

      Custom fields is possible using the meta_key and meta_value and optionally meta_compare settings.

      Also, what do you mean by using shortcodes? The before_content and after_content settings are shortcode ready.

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      • Oscar Gonzalez's Avatar Oscar Gonzalez
        January 25th, 2010 at 3:34 pm | Permalink

        Thanks Ptah, I overlooked the custom fields stuff, as well as the hooks to use them. Thanks a lot!

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  5. Marcelo da Silva's Avatar Marcelo da Silva
    January 25th, 2010 at 8:00 pm | Permalink

    Hello, thank a lot! great plugin. Useful………
    but when i set ‘Enable post thumbnails’ a nd ‘hard crop’, doesnt work for me.
    The thumb set width, not height. Not resize.

    I just add in functions.php ‘add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );’ and choose ‘post thumbnail’ in the post.

    thanks……..

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    • Ptah Dunbar's Avatar Ptah Dunbar
      January 25th, 2010 at 8:08 pm | Permalink

      You don’t need to add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );, it’s already called by the widget. Try uploading a new image and use that as the thumbnail. The post thumbnails feature doesn’t work with images already uploaded.

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      • Marcelo da Silva's Avatar Marcelo da Silva
        January 25th, 2010 at 8:41 pm | Permalink

        ok, i deleted the code in functions, created a new post, uploaded a new image, but i found the same results. Not crop the image.

        i use the berita theme ‘http://bizzartic.com/bizzthemes/berita/’

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      • Marcelo da Silva's Avatar Marcelo da Silva
        January 25th, 2010 at 8:47 pm | Permalink

        the site is underconstruction!
        http://www.sigto.com.br/prensa/

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        • Ptah Dunbar's Avatar Ptah Dunbar
          January 25th, 2010 at 9:02 pm | Permalink

          In an attempt to organize these support requests, can you re-post your questions at http://wordpress.org/tags/wordpress-loop. Thanks!

          P.S. Also please tell me what thumbnail sizes your using (the ones in the thumbnail_size_w/h boxes).

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          • Marcelo da Silva's Avatar Marcelo da Silva
            January 25th, 2010 at 9:29 pm | Permalink

            ok! thanks………

  6. Arthur's Avatar Arthur
    February 7th, 2010 at 4:01 am | Permalink

    WordPress s’impose aujourd’hui comme un CMS fiable et de qualité !
    Vivement le showcase !!

    This comment was originally posted on WordPress Francophone

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