=== Plugin Name === Contributors: cais Donate link: http://buynowshop.com Tags: posts, tags, featured, multi-widget, user-options Requires at least: 2.8 Tested up to: 2.8.4 Stable tag: 1.5 Displays most recent posts from a specific featured tag or tags. == Description == Plugin with multi-widget functionality that displays most recent posts from specific tag or tags (set with user options). Also includes user options to display: Author and meta details; comment totals; post categories; post tags; and either full post, excerpt, or your choice of the amount of words (or any combination). == Installation == This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working. 1. Upload `bns-featured-tag.php` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate through the 'Plugins' menu. 3. Place the BNS Featured Tag widget appropriately in the Appearance | Widgets section of the dashboard. 4. Set options to personal preferences: * Widget Title * Tag Names - separated by commas * Show Author and date/time details of post (checkbox) * Show all categories attached to post (checkbox) * Show all tags attached to post (checkbox) * Show post in full or use default of post excerpt (checkbox) -- or - 1. Go to 'Plugins' menu under your Dashboard 2. Click on the 'Add New' link 3. Search for bns-featured-tag 4. Install. 5. Activate through the 'Plugins' menu. 6. Place the BNS Featured Tag widget appropriately in the Appearance | Widgets section of the dashboard. 7. Set options to personal preferences: * Widget Title * Tag Names - separated by commas * Show Author and date/time details of post (checkbox) * Show all categories attached to post (checkbox) * Show all tags attached to post (checkbox) * Show post in full or use default of post excerpt (checkbox) == Frequently Asked Questions == = Can I use this in more than one widget area? = Yes, this plugin has been made for multi-widget compatibility. Each instance of the widget will display, if wanted, differently than every other instance of the widget. = How can I style the plugin output? = The plugin uses several "common" WordPress functions that create standard class and id elements that can be styled in the style.css file * the classes generated by the post_class() function; and, the id generated by "post-" apended to the_ID() function wrap the general post output * the plugin class `post-details` wraps the general meta details of the post, such as the Author, Categories, Tags, etc. * the overall plugin may also be wrapped in a widget "container" class, or id, specific to the theme itself such as (but not limited to): widget, sidebar, left, right, etc. = Can I increase the maximum posts to display? = The maximum posts displayed by the widget is controlled by the "posts per page" setting as set under Settings | Reading. If you wish to increase the total posts displayed by the widget you can increase this number but it will also increase the number of posts displayed by the Loop routine(s). == Screenshots == 1. The options panel. == Changelog == = 1.5 = * added option to set the quantity of the first words of the post to display instead of the default excerpt. * modified description to reflect new functionality * slightly increased the size of option panel to better display controls = 1.4 = * added version control compared against $wp_version * added horizontal rule to option panel for clarity = 1.3 = * code cleanup and error trapping * added dynamic reference of maximum posts based on blog Settings | Reading "posts per page" = 1.2 = * code clean up * changed the_content(__('Read more ...')) to the_content() as a more "default" version = 1.1 = * added option for Post Titles only * added
wrapper to allow for images wider than the widget area = 1.0 = * Initial Release.