Category Wise Post Listing

Category Wise Post Listing provides a native dynamic block and the backward-compatible [cat_listing] shortcode.

Features:

• Native Gutenberg block with live server preview.
• List, grid, card, and compact layouts.
• Taxonomy filters and post search without page reloads.
• Numbered pagination, load more, and infinite scrolling.
• Multiple taxonomy terms and advanced sorting.
• Date, post ID, sticky post, and custom-field queries.
• Featured images, custom excerpt lengths, dates, authors, and comment links.
• WooCommerce prices, ratings, stock-aware add-to-cart buttons.
• Versioned transient caching with automatic invalidation.
• Block theme colors, typography, alignment, and spacing controls.
• Accessible live status, semantic navigation, keyboard controls, and reduced motion.
• Editor variations and bundled block patterns.
• Visual shortcode builder under Tools > Category Listing Builder.
• Theme template overrides and developer filters.
• Block Bindings source for a post’s primary taxonomy term.

Basic shortcode:

[cat_listing slug="music"]

Interactive grid:

[cat_listing slug="music,news" layout="grid" columns="3" posts_per_page="6" show_thumbnail="yes" show_filters="yes" show_search="yes" pagination="load_more"]

WooCommerce products:

[cat_listing post_type="product" taxonomy="product_cat" slug="featured" layout="cards" columns="4" show_thumbnail="yes"]

To customize a post, copy template/category_listing.php to:

your-theme/category-wise-post-listing/content-post.php

Shortcode attributes

Content: post_type, taxonomy, slug, posts_per_page, include, exclude, offset.

Sorting: orderby, order, sticky.

Taxonomy: include_children, tax_relation.

Advanced: date_after, date_before, meta_key, meta_value, meta_compare, cache_minutes.

Display: layout, columns, heading, heading_text, show_thumbnail, thumbnail_size, show_excerpt, excerpt_length, show_date, show_author, show_comments, class, no_posts_text.

Interactive: show_filters, show_search, pagination (none, numbers, load_more, or infinite).

WooCommerce: product_price, product_rating, product_cart.

Boolean values accept yes, no, true, false, 1, or 0.

Developer filters

• cwpls_normalized_attributes
• cwpls_query_args
• cwpls_post_template
• cwpls_shortcode_output