Showcase Creator

Description

Easily display multiple posts and other content types on a single page in a customized way with Showcase Creator.
The plugin provides three main tools:
* Showcase Block: A Gutenberg block to filter posts and display them. Post filtering options are quite flexible.
* Layout Builder: Your workshop for creating custom layouts used to render post showcases.
* Ordered Lists: Prepare manually ordered lists of posts.

Features

A Gutenberg block for displaying posts

• With the Showcase block, you can add a post showcase anywhere in the block editor – in a page, post, sidebar, or widget.
• Advanced block controls to filter posts by post type, taxonomies, date, authors and more.
• You can sort posts by date, title, comments, meta key, author, random, etc. or by manually ordered lists.
• Include / exclude posts by title or author name. And more…

Layout Builder to create custom layouts

• Many available elements: Title, Date, Author, Excerpt, Images, Tags, Categories etc.
• Special layouts like Slider or Masonry.
• CSS code editor for full control over layout style.
• A Layout Library with ready-made layouts.
• Import and export layouts.

Create lists of custom ordered posts

• An unlimited number of Ordered Lists to sort your posts as you wish.
• Easily find posts to add to the list using post filters.
• Associate the list with a category or author to automatically add new posts to that list.
• Display the Ordered Lists using the Showcase block.

Integrate a layout to replace the search query, category view, or author page.

• User’s manual

External services

This plugin connects to an API in order to:
1. Obtain Layouts listed in the Layouts Library admin menu.
1. Allow users to submit their own layouts to the Layouts Library.
When a user contributes to the Layout Library by submitting their own layout, the data that the user has filled in the submission form will be used by the service.
This service is provided by the plugin author (videlinify.com):
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Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

• Showcase Displays posts with a custom layout using a custom post query that allows custom post ordering.

Installation

Installation from within WordPress

• Go to Plugins > Add New Plugin.
• Search for Showcase Creator.
• Install and activate the Showcase Creator plugin.

Manual installation

• Download the Showcase Creator plugin.
• Unzip and upload the entire showcase-creator folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
• Go to Plugins and activate the Showcase Creator plugin.

FAQ

• Check the Documentation for more details on how to use the plugin.

How to create a post showcase?

1. Create or edit a page.
2. In the editor, insert a Showcase block.
3. Choose a layout.
4. Use the block controls to filter the posts you want to display.
5. Save the page and preview it in your browser.

How to create my own layout?

• Go to Showcase Creator admin menu > Layouts.
• You can duplicate or edit an existing layout, or you can start from scratch by clicking on Add new.
• In the Constructor, structure your layout by adding / moving / nesting / removing elements. Set their parameters. Each element is like an HTML tag, but has dynamic content based on the current post.
• The elements you want to style must have a class that you will be using in the Style editor.
• The Style editor is where you make your layout look the way you want. You need to be familiar with CSS to use it, but if not, you should still be able to change some stuff.
• You can always preview your changes by clicking the Preview tab. This will open the preview window. You can resize it to test you layout on different screen sizes.
• In the Style editor you can also add media queries to implement a responsive design.
• There is a button to style the common elements like Pagination or Slider’s counter.

Are there other pre-made layouts?

Showcase Creator comes with some basic layouts. But yes, more layouts can be found in the Layout Library, accessible from the Showcase Creator menu.

How to display custom ordered posts?

1. Click on Ordered Lists in the Showcase Creator admin menu.
2. Create a list.
3. Find posts and add them to the list.
4. Save your list.
5. Edit or create a page and insert a Showcase block.
6. In the block controls set the Order-by option to Ordered List and select the list you created.

Is it possible to display the search results using one of the layouts?

1. Yes. One way to do this is through the Integration section of the plugin Settings.
2. Simply select the layout for a search query.
3. Update the settings.
4. Now try searching your website. Results should be displayed using the selected layout.
   Another more adaptive way to do this if you’re using a block theme is to create a pattern of the Showcase block and configure it to use the default query (More tab in block controls). Then use the template in the search query template.

Can I export/import plugin data?

• Layouts can be exported or imported from the Layout list (Showcase Creator > Layouts).
• To export a layout, hover over it and click Export. You can also select multiple layouts and apply the bulk export action.
• Layouts are imported by clicking the Import button located next to the Add New button.
• To export all your Layouts or Ordered Lists, use the corresponding buttons in the Settings menu.

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Changelog

1.0.5

• Bug fixed: Galleries are not working properly.

1.0.4

• Added proper donation link

1.0.3

• Minor fixes not worth mentioning

1.0.2

• Bug fixed: Initial layouts are not loaded on activation.

1.0.1

• Change: Some labels for Layout Builder’s element types and their options have been replaced with more understandable ones.
• Bug fixed: For Layout Builder elements: options with more than one unlock condition do not function properly.
• Bug fixed: Incorrect display of element option labels in Layout Builder (e.g. ' instead of ‘).
• Bug fixed: Media embedding element not working correctly.