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Category is an important feature of WordPress. By categorizing your posts, you can provide a properly organized site to your visitors. Unfortunately, WordPress does not provide lots of options when it comes to displaying category or related posts. In this regard, the only option you have is the Recent Posts widget.
Where do I find the number of posts in a category?
Posts – The number of posts which are members of the Category. Click on the number in the Posts column to be directed to the All Posts Screen to manage the Posts in that Category. The Screen Options allow you to choose which columns are displayed, or not displayed, in the underlying Table.
Where do I find all my categories in WordPress?
First, WordPress lists these Category as links in your sidebar. Second, WordPress shows all the Categories to which a given post belongs under that post. When someone viewing your blog clicks on one of these Category links, an archive page with all the posts belonging to that Category will be displayed.
How do you assign a post to a category?
If you assign a post to a sub-Category (e.g. “Oregon Coast”), you can choose to assign that post to the sub-Category’s parent (“Photos”) or not. Either way, all “Oregon Coast” posts will show up in the “Photos” Category page. The only difference is that the list of Categories of which a particular post is actually a member.
How to display posts from a specific category in WordPress?
The code I have written only fetches limited posts from the category. Although you can get any number of posts by passing a number to ‘posts_per_page’, we usually display limited posts per page and then use pagination to get the next and previous set of posts.
How can I display recent posts on my website?
While the plugin will install a custom widget, you can also display recent posts by using shortcodes. After installing and activating the plugin, you will find a new widget titled ‘Recent Posts Extended’ in your widgets page. To display the widget in your website, drag it to your desired location.
The plugin has also a shortcode, that you can use in your posts/pages to list your posts. You can find more information in the Wiki page on GitHub. Once installed, Posts in Sidebar creates a new widget for your sidebar. Add it to your sidebar, select the options to retrieve the posts you want, and save the widget: you’re done!
Where are the settings on the sidebar?
Within the sidebar, the left tab features the settings for the entire Page or Post you’re working on. The right tab is focused on the individual Block selected. Themes and plugins may alter which settings appear in your sidebar. Screenshot of the Status and Visibility Section.