About this plugin
Category Wise Post Listing provides a native dynamic block and the backward-compatible [cat_listing] shortcode.
Features:
- Native Gutenberg block with live server preview.
- List, grid, card, and compact layouts.
- Taxonomy filters and post search without page reloads.
- Numbered pagination, load more, and infinite scrolling.
- Multiple taxonomy terms and advanced sorting.
- Date, post ID, sticky post, and custom-field queries.
- Featured images, custom excerpt lengths, dates, authors, and comment links.
- WooCommerce prices, ratings, stock-aware add-to-cart buttons.
- Versioned transient caching with automatic invalidation.
- Block theme colors, typography, alignment, and spacing controls.
- Accessible live status, semantic navigation, keyboard controls, and reduced motion.
- Editor variations and bundled block patterns.
- Visual shortcode builder under Tools > Category Listing Builder.
- Theme template overrides and developer filters.
- Block Bindings source for a post’s primary taxonomy term.
Basic shortcode:
[cat_listing slug="music"]
Interactive grid:
[cat_listing slug="music,news" layout="grid" columns="3" posts_per_page="6" show_thumbnail="yes" show_filters="yes" show_search="yes" pagination="load_more"]
WooCommerce products:
[cat_listing post_type="product" taxonomy="product_cat" slug="featured" layout="cards" columns="4" show_thumbnail="yes"]
php to:
php
Shortcode attributes
Content: post_type, taxonomy, slug, posts_per_page, include, exclude, offset.
Sorting: orderby, order, sticky.
Taxonomy: include_children, tax_relation.
Advanced: date_after, date_before, meta_key, meta_value, meta_compare, cache_minutes.
Display: layout, columns, heading, heading_text, show_thumbnail, thumbnail_size, show_excerpt, excerpt_length, show_date, show_author, show_comments, class, no_posts_text.
Interactive: show_filters, show_search, pagination ( none, numbers, load_more, or infinite ).
WooCommerce: product_price, product_rating, product_cart.
Boolean values accept yes, no, true, false, 1, or 0.
Developer filters
- cwpls_normalized_attributes
- cwpls_query_args
- cwpls_post_template
- cwpls_shortcode_output