The Ultimate Gutenberg Block to Display Posts, Pages, and Custom Content Beautifully
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Advanced Post Block is a flexible plugin for displaying WordPress posts, pages, or custom post types using the Gutenberg editor. It offers multiple layouts and filtering options, making it useful for content creators who want greater control over how content appears on the front end.
This plugin is suitable for anyone who wants to present content in a structured, responsive format using native WordPress blocks. It allows fine control over content queries, metadata visibility, featured image handling, and more, without the need for coding.
Layout Options
Choose from various display styles:
- Grid: Arrange posts in a column-based format.
- Masonry: Automatically position posts in a staggered, flowing layout.
- Slider: Create carousel-style post sections.
- Ticker: Show content as a scrolling headline list.
Each layout includes sub-layouts such as Title Meta, Left or Right Image, and Overlay Content.
Filtering and Query Controls
- Easily select and organize the content you want to display:
- Display standard posts, pages, or custom post types.
- Filter by categories, tags, or authors.
- Control post order and offset.
Design Customization
Fine-tune the look and feel of your content listings:
- Show or hide featured images, and choose whether they link to the post.
- Customize post titles, excerpts, and read more links.
- Display post metadata such as date, author, and categories, with control over visibility and styling.
Responsive and Performance-Focused
All layouts are optimized for mobile and desktop devices. The plugin is built to load efficiently and minimize impact on performance.
Key Features – Free Version
Everything you need to build a professional and modern content display:
- Core Layouts: Choose from professional Grid, Masonry, Slider, and Ticker views.
- Flexible Sub-layouts: Optimize displays with Left/Right Image, Overlay Box, Title-Meta layouts, and more.
- Dynamic Post Query: Advanced filtering by post type, posts per page, categories, authors, and custom sorting.
- Element Visibility: Full control to show or hide thumbnails, titles, metadata, excerpts, and read more buttons.
- Featured Image Settings: Toggle links and adjust image fitting (Cover/Contain) for a polished look.
- Title Control: Customize post title layout, enable link, and set precise typography.
- Metadata Flexibility: Show or hide post date, author, categories, and comment counts.
- Meta Info Customization: Personalize metadata with custom icons, colors, links, and more.
- Custom Read More: Define labels, colors, and hover effects for your "Read More" or "Continue" buttons.
- Shortcode Support: Seamlessly display post blocks anywhere on your site using shortcodes.
- Responsive Ready: Fully optimized for a perfect experience on mobile, tablet, and desktop devices.
- High Performance: Lightweight design with optimized queries for lightning-fast load times.
- Developer Friendly: Built with clean code following the best WordPress developmental standards.
Pro Version – Unlock Premium Power
Advanced Post Block Pro adds precision filtering, layout enhancements, and deeper content control for high-performing websites.
What’s Included in Pro:
- Exclusive Layouts: Unlock the Grid 1 layout and cinematic sub-layouts like Overlay Half Content.
- News Ticker Options: Fine-tune direction, speed, and display intervals for news tickers.
- Display Pages: Showcase standard WordPress pages alongside your posts.
- Query Presets: Instant configurations for Popular, Random, Sticky, and Related Posts.
- Deeper Filtering: Advanced filtering by Tags, Custom Taxonomies, Search Queries, and more.
- Post Precision: Use Offset to skip the first "N" posts or manually Include/Exclude content by ID.
- Exclude Current Post: Prevent duplicates by excluding the current post in single templates.
- Sticky Management: Easy toggle to include or completely Exclude Sticky Posts.
- Load More / AJAX Loading: Modern Pagination, Navigation, Infinite Scroll, and AJAX Load More buttons.
- Sortable Elements: Intuitive drag-and-drop interface to rearrange Post Title and Metadata.
- Feature Image Customization: Define exact image dimensions and custom sizes per block.
- Meta Icon Customization: Upload Custom Icons for author, date, category, reading time, and comment counts.
- Meta Author Link: Choose whether author names link to their archive pages.
- Meta Date Format: Full support for custom PHP Date formats.
- Taxonomies in Metadata: Display categories, tags, and custom taxonomies within post meta.
- Reading Time Indicator: Boost engagement with estimated reading time (minutes/seconds).
- Excerpt from Main Content: Automatically pull excerpts directly from the post body content.
- Read More Placement: Precisely place the "Read More" button where it fits your design best.
- Custom Query Hook: Leverage the
apb_query filter for deep developer-level control.
How to Use – Step-by-Step Setup
Getting started is fast and beginner-friendly.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=milYZrqLJsE
You can set up your first post grid in just a few clicks.
Step-by-Step Setup:
- Install and activate the Advanced Post Block plugin.
- Open a post or page in the Gutenberg editor.
- Click the + icon.
- Find the block called Advanced Post Block under the "Advanced Post Block" category.
- Choose your layout style, post type, and configure display settings.
- Save and publish.
- That’s it!
Gutenberg Block Support
Using the Block Editor? You’re covered.
- Easily find the Advanced Post Block in the Gutenberg block library.
- Drag and drop to add dynamic post lists to any page or post.
- Customize layout and design using the right-hand block settings panel.
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User Feedback
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Excellent Plugin
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Amazing plugin, with now option to showcase pages instead of posts as well. Just perfect!❜❜
-sophibee
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It does what I need it to do very well
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This plugin works good, has many options and sounds like more to come. What I like best is the support. Nothing better then a quick reply and they were able help out too! Looking forward to much more style control maybe in a future update.❜❜
-eMBurr
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Great Job!
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I love the layout! Makes things fast and easy.❜❜
-Tori Chambers
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Wonderful plugin, exceptional support
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I’ll be completely honest, the level of support offered by the plugin creator is exceptional! This is the best plugin for your blog posts arrangement, it makes your blog look wonderful and well-organized.❜❜
-husainghasra
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