WPYog News

WPYog News is a modern WordPress news and announcement plugin designed to help businesses, schools, organizations, startups, agencies, and publishers create clean and professional news sections directly inside WordPress. Built from real-world business workflows, the plugin provides a lightweight and flexible way to manage company updates, announcements, featured articles, press releases, and curated external news without relying on bloated magazine themes or complicated page-builder setups. Whether you are publishing company announcements, school notices, cybersecurity updates, healthcare news, product launches, industry articles, curated external news, or digital transformation insights — WPYog News helps you create organized and engaging news sections that are simple to manage and beautiful to browse. Live Demo View Live Demo Key Features

• Modern List, Card, and Carousel layouts
• Mix multiple post types (News, Posts, Products, custom CPTs) into a single layout
• Repeatable curated Collections — tag posts from any post type, pull them all in with one attribute
• News Ticker with Scroll, Fade, and Flap (push-up) animations
• Built-in Shortcode Generator — no coding needed
• Category and tag support
• Featured images with hover zoom
• Source attribution and external article linking
• Pagination and Load More support
• Elementor Theme Builder support
• Native Gutenberg block
• Mobile responsive layouts
• Lightweight and fast

Modern News Layouts List Layout — Perfect for company updates, announcements, editorial/news websites, blogs, and industry news feeds. Card Layout — Ideal for featured news sections, homepage highlights, magazine-style displays, and modern content showcases. Carousel Layout — A sliding row of news cards with autoplay, arrows, dot navigation, and a true infinite loop (the last slide slides out and the first slides back in from the right — no reverse jump). Great for homepage highlights, sidebars, and any spot where a full grid would take up too much room. Mix WPYog News with Posts, Products, or any custom post type, or pull in a curated Collection — all in the same sliding carousel. [wpyog_news layout="carousel" slides_to_show="3" autoplay="true" autoplay_speed="4000" infinite="true" arrows="true" dots="true" transition="slide"] [wpyog_news layout="carousel" post_type="post,wpyog_document,wpyog_news" collection="homepage-picks" slides_to_show="3"] News Ticker Display scrolling news headlines at the top of any page with the [wpyog_ticker] shortcode. Three animation styles are included:

• Scroll — Continuous horizontal ticker tape. Classic and eye-catching.
• Fade — Headlines cross-fade one at a time. Clean and subtle.
• Flap — Push-up slide animation — current headline slides out upward while the next slides in from below, like an airport departure board.

The ticker supports a custom label chip with configurable background colour and text colour, pause-on-hover, a post counter badge (e.g. 3 / 10), date display, category filtering, and full accessibility support including prefers-reduced-motion. [wpyog_ticker animation="scroll" label="Breaking News" speed="medium" limit="10"] [wpyog_ticker animation="flap" show_count="true" show_date="true" label="Top News" label_bg="#1a1a2e"] Smart Shortcode Generator Generate custom shortcodes directly from the admin panel without coding. The Shortcode Generator has two tabs — one for News List/Card and one for the News Ticker — with a live preview that updates as you change settings. [wpyog_news layout="card" columns="3" limit="9"] External News & Source Attribution WPYog News supports curated external news workflows with external article URLs, source name display, source website links, favicon/logo support, and proper source attribution. Perfect for curated industry news, cybersecurity updates, compliance news, digital transformation articles, and technology feeds. [wpyog_news] — Shortcode Attributes layout — Display style. Options: list or card. Default: list limit — Number of news items to display. Default: 10 category — Filter by category ID. Use comma-separated IDs for multiple categories. Default: all categories show_date — Show or hide the publication date. Options: true or false. Default: true show_excerpt — Show or hide the excerpt. Options: true or false. Default: true excerpt_length — Excerpt length in words. Default: 20 show_source — Show or hide source attribution. Options: true or false. Default: true order — Sort direction. Options: DESC (newest first) or ASC (oldest first). Default: DESC orderby — Sort field. Options: date, title, or rand. Default: date columns — Grid columns (card layout only). Options: 2, 3, or 4. Default: 3 pagination_type — Pagination style (list layout only). Options: numeric or prev-next. Default: numeric extra_class — Add a custom CSS class to the wrapper. Default: none post_type — Mix WPYog News with other post types in the same layout. Comma-separated CPT slugs, e.g. post_type="wpyog_news,post,product". Only shared fields (title, excerpt, featured image, date) are used for mixed items — anything WPYog-News-specific (External URL, Source Details) is simply skipped for items that don't have it. Default: wpyog_news taxonomy — Taxonomy the category attribute filters against. Default: wpyog_news_cat. Only change this if the other post types you're mixing in share a different taxonomy (e.g. category) — WPYog News's own category taxonomy only applies to wpyog_news items. show_type — Show a small badge with each item's post type label (e.g. "News", "Post") — handy for telling sources apart when mixing post types. Options: true or false. Default: false ids — Hand-pick exact posts to display, across any mix of post types — no shared category needed. Comma-separated post IDs, e.g. ids="12,45,78". Overrides limit, category, and pagination; posts appear in the order listed unless orderby is set to something else. Find a post's ID from the URL when editing it (post.php?post=123). collection — Show a repeatable curated group of posts spanning any mix of post types, without editing the shortcode as the group grows. Tick the checkbox for a "Collection" on any post from its normal edit screen (or click "+ Add New Collection" to create one — no shortcode needed), then pull them all in with collection="homepage-picks" (comma-separated slugs for more than one). Combines with category (both must match) but is ignored when ids is set. [wpyog_ticker] — Shortcode Attributes animation — Animation style. Options: scroll, fade, or flap. Default: scroll speed — Animation speed. Options: slow, medium, fast, or any integer (px/s). Default: medium limit — Number of news items to show. Default: 10 category — Filter by category ID, comma-separated. Default: all categories order — Sort direction: DESC or ASC. Default: DESC orderby — Sort field: date, title, or rand. Default: date show_label — Show or hide the label chip. Options: true or false. Default: true label — Label text. Default: Breaking News label_bg — Label background colour (hex). Default: #e74c3c label_color — Label text colour (hex). Default: #ffffff show_date — Show publication date next to each headline. Options: true or false. Default: true show_count — Show a post counter (e.g. 2 / 10). Options: true or false. Applies to fade and flap only. Default: false pause_on_hover — Pause ticker on mouse hover. Options: true or false. Default: true direction — Scroll direction (scroll mode only). Options: left or right. Default: left separator — Character between items (scroll mode only). Default: • extra_class — Add a custom CSS class to the wrapper. Default: none Also registered as [wpyog_news_ticker] — both shortcode names work identically. Use Cases

• Company News & Announcements — business updates, product launches, press releases
• School & Educational Notices — school updates, event notices, circulars
• Cybersecurity & Technology News — curated industry news feeds with external article support
• Healthcare & Medical Updates — healthcare notices, awareness articles, medical industry updates
• Corporate Blogs & Editorial Sections — lightweight editorial sections without magazine theme complexity
• Curated Industry News Portals — aggregate external news while properly crediting sources
• Breaking News Tickers — add a scrolling or animated news bar to any page or header

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• WPYog Team — Team showcase plugin
• WPYog Docs — Document management plugin

Built by Poppins Digital.

1.4.2

• Fixed: Carousel infinite loop now wraps correctly — after the last slide, the first slide slides in from the right and continues in the same direction, instead of reversing back to slide 1.

1.4.1

• Changed: Collections now use the same checkbox-list meta box as Categories (with a "+ Add New Collection" toggle to create one inline), instead of the type-to-search tag-style box. Tick a box on any post to add it to a collection — no searching for the existing collection name required.

1.4.0

• Added: Collections — a new wpyog_collection taxonomy shared across every public post type, used to build a repeatable curated group of posts spanning any mix of post types. Tag posts from their normal edit screen (like adding a tag) and pull them all into a layout with the new collection attribute — no editing the shortcode as the collection grows.
• Added: Collection dropdown in the Shortcode Generator (with a helpful empty state until the first collection is created) and a Collection control in the Gutenberg block's Query panel.
• Added: "Build a Repeatable Curated Collection" step and a Manage Collections link on the Getting Started admin page.
• Changed: Post type list logic for the checklist/dropdowns is now shared via one helper function, so the mixable and taggable post type lists always stay in sync.

1.3.1

• Added: ids attribute — hand-pick exact posts to display, across any mix of post types, without needing a shared category/taxonomy. Comma-separated post IDs, e.g. ids="12,45,78"; overrides limit, category, and pagination, and preserves the listed order. Available in the shortcode, the Shortcode Generator (Specific Post IDs field), and the Gutenberg block (Advanced panel).

1.3.0

• Added: Mix multiple post types into one [wpyog_news] layout via the new post_type attribute (comma-separated CPT slugs) — e.g. combine WPYog News with Posts, WooCommerce Products, or any custom post type in the same List, Card, or Carousel display. Only shared fields (title, excerpt, featured image, date) are used for mixed items; WPYog-News-specific fields (External URL, Source Details) are skipped gracefully for other post types.
• Added: taxonomy attribute — lets the category filter target a different taxonomy when mixing post types that share one (e.g. category).
• Added: show_type attribute — shows a small badge with each item's post type label, useful for telling sources apart in a mixed feed.
• Added: Post Types checklist in the Shortcode Generator admin page and the Gutenberg block Inspector controls.
• Added: Load More (card layout) now correctly carries the selected post types, taxonomy, and badge setting across AJAX pages.

1.2.4

• Fixed: Carousel's last card still clipped on the right when gap was greater than 0 (confirmed via live testing — cutting disappeared at gap="0"). Real root cause: carousel items use flex-shrink: 0 (they're meant to stay a fixed size), so they never shrink to make room for the track's gap — a plain percentage flex-basis (e.g. 3 items at 33.3333%) already fills the row, and the gap on top of that always overflows by exactly (number of gaps × gap width), which is what was being clipped. Fixed by computing each slide's width with calc((100% - (n-1) × gap) / n) instead of a flat percentage, so the gap is subtracted before dividing. Gap now works at any value without cutting off the last slide.

1.2.3

• Fixed: Carousel's last visible card was being clipped on the right (confirmed on the live demo at slides_to_show="3"). Root cause: the 1.2.2 card margin (20px 6px) added horizontal margin on top of flex-basis percentages that already summed to 100% of the row — the extra margin pushed the row wider than the viewport, and the viewport's overflow:hidden sliced off the overflow. Fixed by making the card margin vertical-only (20px 0); horizontal spacing between slides is handled by the track's gap instead, which browsers correctly account for when sizing flex-basis so it can't overflow.

1.2.2

• Fixed: Card grid's rightmost column could get clipped/overflow in narrower theme layouts (e.g. with a sidebar) when a title or image forced a column past its share of the row — grid/flex items now correctly allow shrinking (min-width: 0), and long titles/excerpts wrap instead of forcing overflow.
• Changed: Card and Carousel layouts now go straight to a single column/slide at tablet width (≤900px / ≤768px) instead of an intermediate 2-column step, so mobile visitors see one full-width card at a time.

1.2.1

• Fixed: Carousel prev/next arrows and dots no longer inherit theme button styling — colours, borders, and shape are now pinned by the plugin so dots render fully circular on every theme.
• Added: arrows_on_hover carousel attribute — arrows stay hidden until the carousel is hovered (desktop only; always visible on touch devices).
• Changed: Removed the card hover-lift (translateY) effect specifically for Carousel items — it looked glitchy next to neighbouring slides in a moving track. Card grid layout keeps the lift.
• Changed: Carousel cards now get their own 20px 6px margin for breathing room between and around slides.
• Fixed: .wpyog-card-no-thumb height now matches the real thumbnail height (210px, was 160px), so cards with and without a featured image line up evenly — affects Card grid and Carousel.
• Improved: Carousel slide-position math now measures real rendered spacing between slides instead of parsing CSS gap, so it stays accurate with the new card margins and any future spacing tweaks.

1.2.0

• Added: New Carousel layout for [wpyog_news] — layout="carousel". A sliding row of news cards with autoplay, prev/next arrows, dot navigation, infinite loop, slide or fade transition, touch swipe support, and responsive slides-to-show.
• Added: Carousel attributes — slides_to_show, autoplay, autoplay_speed, infinite, arrows, dots, pause_on_hover, transition, gap.
• Added: Carousel option to the Shortcode Generator admin page with live-updating preview.
• Added: Carousel support in the native Gutenberg block, including Inspector controls for all carousel options.
• Added: Lightweight vanilla-JS carousel engine (no external slider library, no jQuery dependency) respecting prefers-reduced-motion.

1.1.5

• Screenshots and banner updated

1.1.4

• Improved: Replaced the experimental split-flap animation with a reliable push-up slide for the flap animation mode — current headline slides out upward while the next headline slides in from below, clipped cleanly by the ticker viewport. Works consistently across all browsers.
• Fixed: Admin shortcode generator attribute table header text colour now displays correctly in all WordPress admin themes.
• Updated: .wpyog-card-cats a category pill padding updated.

1.1.3

• Added: show_label attribute — set show_label="false" to hide the label chip entirely.
• Added: show_count attribute — set show_count="true" to display a post counter (e.g. 3 / 10) on the right side of the ticker. Applies to fade and flap animation modes.
• Added: [wpyog_news_ticker] shortcode alias — both [wpyog_ticker] and [wpyog_news_ticker] work identically.
• Added: News Ticker tab to the Shortcode Generator admin page with live preview, colour pickers for label background and text, and controls for all ticker options.
• Improved: Ticker responsive styles — label shrinks gracefully on mobile, date hides on very small screens.
• Changed: show_date now defaults to true.

1.1.2

• Added: News Ticker — use [wpyog_ticker] to display animated news headlines anywhere on your site. Three animation styles: scroll (continuous horizontal ticker tape), fade (cross-fade), and flap (animated slide).
• Added: Ticker label chip with custom background and text colour.
• Added: Pause-on-hover for all ticker animation modes.
• Added: prefers-reduced-motion accessibility support — ticker pauses automatically for users who prefer reduced motion.
• Added: External URL support in the ticker — items with an external link open in a new tab.

1.1.1

• Fixed: Elementor Pro Theme Builder templates now correctly override single News post pages. Fix: when Elementor Pro is active the plugin's single_template filter is removed, allowing Elementor Pro's template_include hook to take over cleanly.

1.1.0

• Added: WPYog News post type is now automatically added to Elementor Pro's supported post types — no manual configuration needed in Elementor → Settings → Integrations.
• Fixed: Post type label corrected from "News Item" to "WPYog News" — fixes the section header in Elementor Theme Builder's condition picker.

1.0.9

• Fixed: Elementor integration timing bug — hooks now register correctly when Elementor loads before WPYog News.

1.0.8

• Fixed: Critical PHP error introduced in 1.0.7 — unsafe Elementor Pro class call replaced with a safe implementation.

1.0.7

• Added: Full Elementor Theme Builder support — News posts and News Category archives appear as selectable conditions in Theme Builder.
• Added: Elementor integration class for registering the News post type and taxonomy with Elementor's internal helpers.

1.0.6

• Fixed: Single news post template now has a max-width of 900px and a centred featured image.

1.0.5

• Updated: Category pill padding and admin table header styles.

1.0.4

• Fixed: Contributor username, pagination escaping, and admin nonce handling.

1.0.3

• Fixed: i18n translators comments, deprecated function calls, and missing wp_unslash() calls.
• Updated: Tested up to WordPress 6.9. Added translation template (.pot file).

1.0.2

• Fixed: Previous/Next navigation on single news pages when posts have no category assigned.
• Improved: CSS updates for title, excerpt, and pagination styles.

1.0.1

• Fixed: Admin sidebar icon, Load More AJAX, and post/category slugs.
• Added: Previous/Next navigation on single news detail pages.
• Improved: Modern card and list CSS — hover effects, image zoom, category pills, indigo Read More button.

1.0.0

• Initial release.