Priskribo
Show Post In lightbox lists posts from a category on any page, post or sidebar. Visitors click a title and the post opens in a lightbox, without leaving the page.
[ostlist]shortcode for posts and pages. Use it as many times as you like.- “Show Posts By Category” widget for sidebars.
- Optional post date and featured image thumbnail.
- Accessible lightbox: keyboard friendly, closes with Esc, returns focus to the link.
- Only published, public, non-password-protected posts are ever shown.
- Without JavaScript the links open the normal post page.
Shortcode
[ostlist catid="3" limit="5" orderby="title" order="ASC" showdate="Y" showthumbnail="thumbnail"]
catid– category ID, or several IDs separated by commas. Default: all categories.limit– number of posts, 1 to 100. Default: 10.orderby–date,title,author,rand,modified,IDormenu_order. Default:date.order–ASCorDESC. Default:DESC.catnotin– category IDs to exclude, separated by commas.postnotin– post IDs to exclude, separated by commas.showdate–Yto show the post date. Default:N.showthumbnail– an image size (thumbnail,medium,large,full) or a width and height such as50,50. Leave empty for no image.
Instalo
- In your WordPress admin go to Plugins > Add New, search for “Show Post In lightbox”, then install and activate it.
- Add the
[ostlist]shortcode to a post or page, or add the “Show Posts By Category” widget under Appearance > Widgets.
OD
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Can private or draft posts appear in the lightbox?
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No. The lightbox only loads posts that anyone can already read on your site. Drafts, private, scheduled and password-protected posts are refused.
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Do my existing shortcodes and widgets still work after updating to 2.0.0?
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Yes. The shortcode name, its attributes and the widget settings are unchanged.
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The lightbox looks different from version 1.0
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Version 2.0.0 uses a new, lighter lightbox. If your theme styled the old
.confirmon-boxclasses, update your CSS to target.spbc-lightbox.
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Ŝanĝprotokolo
2.0.0
- Security: the lightbox could display any post, including drafts, private and password-protected posts. It now only shows public posts.
- Security: all output is escaped and all shortcode and widget settings are validated.
- Fixed fatal errors on PHP 8 (removed
create_functionand the PHP 4 widget constructor). - New accessible lightbox using the native dialog element; no jQuery needed.
- Posts load through a read-only REST API route; old
?popup=Ylinks now redirect to the post. - Scripts and styles load only on pages that show a list.
- Widget settings now remember the selected order, order by and thumbnail size.
- Category lists include posts in child categories, as before.
- Now requires WordPress 6.0 and PHP 7.4 or later. Tested up to WordPress 7.1.
- License changed to GPLv2 or later.
1.0
- Initial release.