madison4wpe

Hey @mindyjoy

how to add a list of blog posts to the Post Grid block?

^ This i would accomplish by adding a unique category to that specific list of posts to more easily display them together with the Post/Page Grid Block.

I have specific posts/pages I would like to add to the grid instead of having it pull from a Category

I am not sure if you are wanting to load both post and pages in the same block, which will not be possible. If that is not the goal, then i would just make specific categories for grouping the pages or posts you are trying to group together.

(i hope this makes sense, sorry if it is confusing)

It looks like the images aren’t showing due to Mixed content notices. Here is an example of the errors I see in the browser when checking out your homepage:

Mixed Content: The page at https://likelovedo.com/ was loaded over HTTPS, but requested an insecure image https://likelovedo.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/spain1.jpg. This request has been blocked; the content must be served over HTTPS.

This occurs when the site is being forced to https:// via your SSL but there are image calls still being made over https://. Generally this can be fixed with a search and replace on the database using a plugin like Better Search Replace and then running search and replace swapping all https://likelovedo.com calls and replacing them with https://likelovedo.com. Once this is done it should fix those image calls.

Here is an article that goes over this issue and will help explain it better than I https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-fix-the-mixed-content-error-in-wordpress-step-by-step/

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by madison4wpe.

Ah wonderful, no waste of time at all. Glad you were able to work it out!

Hey Melissa,

I tried to replicate the issue using the Atomic Blocks theme and Plugin. I made a video demonstrating the application of the <!--Read More--> block along with modifying the Excerpt Length, using the slider tool built into the Block’s Post and Grid Content accordion in the Block options within the Editor.

The Excerpt length will work in conjunction with the two tools, being the Excerpt Length slider and, while also respecting the presence of a <!--Read More--> block when applied within the default excerpt length boundaries defined in WP of 55.

Demonstration video here: https://www.loom.com/share/ce71fc3a72384c4984f8710c83747da2

Let me know if this is beneficial in your troubleshooting.