How to easily add custom, repeating section in page and post content – plugin?

  • Hello, I am creating a website which has several games on it. People can play the full version of these games at other websites which i want to reference in a content block on my individual game posts and pages I am creating on my website.

    For example: A nice looking block of the website(s) where people can go to play the full game, with website logos next to it, a button, etc.

    If there’s a plugin that does this, that would be great. For instance, a GUI to create multiple blocks, which I can then call into the post or page content by, for example, shortcodes.

    My posts and pages do not use a site builder, so a standalone plugin which only does what i described would be my best option. Hopefully someone has a suggestion, thanks!

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Everything else WordPress topic
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  • Moderator bcworkz

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    An archive page is essentially a repeating section page. Each individual post is a “section”. If need be, a custom post type can be used for this if you’re using posts for other purposes. There are plugins that help you make custom post types.

    That gives you the sections, but the content within is free form still. You can cause it to have a more structured format by using custom fields. There are custom field plugins to help you with this as well. Depending on the plugin, there may be shortcodes you can place to display each field when the page is viewed. If not, you may need to create a custom template to output the fields. You can start with a copy of your theme’s template, adding functions to fetch and output each field. This is feasible even if you are not a coder, though having coder aptitude would make things easier.

    This will get content on the page, but it may not be laid out in a pleasing manner. For that you will rely on your theme for some of it, but some added CSS code will likely be needed to really have a nice layout.

    A page builder plugin can give you something similar, but you’d be manually creating each section. I think using post types and custom fields will semi-automate the process. It’s more work up front but future additions will be easier.

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