WP Plugin: Query Posts WordPress Widget

Justin Tadlock has recently released on cool little WordPress plugin that works miracles for those with little PHP knowledge. As the name says, the plugin is a visual reconstruction of the query_posts WordPress template tag.

So, what does the plugin do? It basically allows you to setup an infinite number of widgets in you widget-ready theme, widgets that will display posts from your blog, defined in the widget option area. You can display posts with a certain tag, posts from a certain category or published in a chosen month. You can display them in full, excerpt or under the form of a list, and many other really cool options.

Adam Warner has also released a video overview of this nifty plugin that you can view here or on WordPress.tv.

More info on this plugin you can find on Justin’s blog.

And you can download the plugin from WordPress.org.

Note: While PHP knowledge is not required in order to manipulate this plugin, a basic understanding of how the query_posts template tag works would turn out to help.

This article has 6 comments

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  Adam W. Warner

  March 19th, 2009

  Thanks for helping to spread the word about Justin’s plugin. I am planning on creating more in depth videos on with more examples on this plugin’s usage.
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  Alex, Blogsessive

  March 19th, 2009

  My pleasure Adam, the plugin is indeed a cool tool.
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  Stuart Conover

  March 20th, 2009

  OK I honestly can’t explain how lazy in a few areas this plugin is going to make me. Thanks for the heads up! Absolutely fantastic!
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  Shirley

  March 24th, 2009

  Super useful plugin. I just tried it out on a project… I too will become a bit lazier.
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  WPDONE

  March 25th, 2009

  Great Plugin and useful for most of us.
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  Ricardo @ NurtureYourWealth

  March 29th, 2009

  It’s actually serves a great purpose, just started searching for something similar to this recently

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