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Content Blocks - Displaying Post & Custom Post in a News & Magazine Style

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Content Blocks Layout For WPBakery Page Builder is a WordPress plugin for showing posts and custom post types in news and magazine style blocks. It adds more than 25 layouts to WPBakery Page Builder, with filtering, popups, lightboxes and styling controls for building content pages without code.

Version: 1.6.0
Released: May 2, 2023
Type: WordPress plugin
Licence: GPL
Included in: Every plan, or $3.99 on its own

What’s new in Content Blocks - Displaying Post & Custom Post in a News & Magazine Style 1.6.0

Version 1.6.0 · May 2, 2023 Latest

What it does

Blogs, online magazines and content-heavy business sites often need more than a plain list of posts. This plugin gives WPBakery Page Builder users a library of over 25 layouts for arranging posts, portfolios and custom content. It works with custom post types and custom taxonomies, so you can pull content from several sources and organize it with smart tabs, hashtag filters or multi-taxonomy filtering. Layouts are responsive and retina ready, and you can choose multiple column setups or define custom columns.

Visitors can interact with the content in several ways. Inline popups let them read a post without leaving the page, and video lightboxes play clips from YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Twitch and Facebook. Image galleries open in a lightbox, and AJAX and JSON loading lets filtering and navigation happen without a page reload. On the styling side you get unlimited color overlays with opacity control, access to more than 700 Google Fonts, social share icons on each post, lazy loading for images and translation readiness.

Best for

Online magazines and news sites built with WPBakery Page Builder
Blogs that want filterable, grid style post listings
Agencies building content sites with custom post types

Features

More than 25 layouts

Pick from a library of over 25 news and magazine style layouts for displaying posts, portfolios and custom content blocks inside WPBakery Page Builder.

Custom post type support

Display content from multiple custom post types and custom taxonomies, so the blocks can cover more than standard blog posts.

Tabs and hashtag filters

Smart tabs, hashtag filters and multi-taxonomy filtering help visitors narrow down the content shown in a block to the topics they want.

Inline post popups

Readers can open and read a post in a popup directly on the current page instead of navigating away to the single post view.

Video and gallery lightboxes

Play videos from YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Twitch and Facebook in lightbox overlays, and open image galleries in a lightbox format.

AJAX loading and lazy load

Content loads and filters through AJAX and JSON without page reloads, and lazy loading brings in images as they enter the viewport.

Overlays and Google Fonts

Set unlimited color overlays with opacity control for hover effects and backgrounds, and choose typography from more than 700 Google Fonts.

Share icons and translation

Each post can show social share icons, and the plugin is translate ready for sites that publish in more than one language.

Questions about Content Blocks - Displaying Post & Custom Post in a News & Magazine Style

Does this plugin work with Elementor or only WPBakery?

It is built specifically for WPBakery Page Builder. The layouts are added as content blocks inside that builder, so you need a site that uses WPBakery Page Builder to place and configure them on your pages.

Can it display custom post types, or just regular posts?

It supports custom post types and custom taxonomies. You can pull content from several post types and filter it by taxonomy, which makes it useful for portfolios, directories or other custom content alongside standard blog posts.

Can visitors watch videos without leaving the page?

Yes. The plugin includes video lightboxes that play videos from YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, Twitch and Facebook in an overlay. Inline popups also let readers open a full post on the same page.

How much control do I have over the look of the blocks?

You can choose from over 25 layouts, set multiple or custom column counts, apply unlimited color overlays with opacity control and pick from more than 700 Google Fonts. Layouts are responsive and retina ready.

Is Content Blocks - Displaying Post & Custom Post in a News & Magazine Style free?

The code of Content Blocks - Displaying Post & Custom Post in a News & Magazine Style is licensed under the GPL, so anyone may use, change and share it. GPL Feast is a paid service: a plan or a single purchase gives you the download and automatic updates. The developer's own support, licence key and online services are not included.

Which version of Content Blocks - Displaying Post & Custom Post in a News & Magazine Style is this?

Version 1.6.0, released May 2, 2023. New versions appear here when the developer publishes them, and members get them as automatic updates.

How do I update Content Blocks - Displaying Post & Custom Post in a News & Magazine Style?

Install the free GPL Feast Updater on your site and connect it with your API key. It installs new versions of Content Blocks - Displaying Post & Custom Post in a News & Magazine Style automatically and keeps a backup, so you can roll back.