Blogrolls

Function: Pulls blog posts from other places on your site and displays them so users can browse multiple at the same time.

Number of options: 2

Note: This is an automated feature that will update whenever you make a new post that fits the criteria that you specify in the shortcode.

Step 1: Browse option and copy and paste shortcode

The following are examples of blogrolls. Copy and paste the shortcode below them into the WordPress Editor where you wish it to appear.

*Remember the blogroll will pull posts from other places on your site. It will pull from your existing posts unless otherwise specified.

*Copy all of the code, including the [ ] on either end.

Option 1: Excerpt/Trim Mode

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  Naruto

  October 25, 2022

  Shelby Schumacher

  

  Naruto is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. It tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, a young ninja who seeks recognition from his peers and dreams of becoming the Hokage, the leader of his village. The story is told in two parts – the first set in Naruto's pre-teen years, and the second in his teens. The series…

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  Avatar: The Last Airbender

  October 25, 2022

  Shelby Schumacher

  

  Avatar: The Last Airbender (abbreviated as ATLA), also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in some regions or simply Avatar, is an American anime-influenced animated television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios. It was co-created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, with Aaron Ehasz serving as head writer. It aired on Nickelodeon for three seasons, from February 2005 to July 2008. Avatar is set in an Asiatic-inspired world in which some…

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  Pokémon

  October 25, 2022

  Shelby Schumacher

  

  Pokémon is a series of video games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company under the Pokémon media franchise. The Creator Satoshi Tajiri is a Japanese video game designer and director best known for being the creator of the Pokémon franchise and one of the founders, and President of video game developer Game Freak. A fan of arcade games, Tajiri wrote for and edited his own video…

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[blogroll excerpt="show" trim="true" image="show" author="show" date="show" number="3" readmore="on"]

 

Option 2: Mini Mode

• NarutoShelby Schumacher | October 25, 2022
• Avatar: The Last AirbenderShelby Schumacher | October 25, 2022
• PokémonShelby Schumacher | October 25, 2022

[blogroll excerpt="show" trim="true" image="show" author="show" date="show" number="3" readmore="on" mini="true"]

 

Step 2: Customize your blogroll

There are a ton of ways you can customize a blogroll to fit your needs.

Within each shortcode there are attributes associated with that blogroll. It is within these attributes that you can adjust and customize the content you wish to present on it. Below is a list of all the attributes along with what/how you can change for each attribute.

*Remember, when changing an attribute to keep the quotation marks. For instance, if you are wanting to change the number of blogs that are showing to 4, make sure the code appears as follows: number=”4″

Attributes:

• excerpt: Choose whether to show the manual excerpt in the blogroll. Options are show and hide. *If you have excerpt=”show” and trim=”true” and you have already manually entered an excerpt, only the excerpt will show, not the trim.

• trim: This will trim down the blog that you are displaying in the blogroll to a reduced word count. If this is not on then the entire blog will show. Options are true and false.

• image: Choose whether to show the featured image thumbnail. Options are show and hide.

• author: Choose whether to show the the author of whatever you are displaying in the blogroll. Options are show and hide.

• date: Choose whether to show the publish date. Options are show and hide.

• titletag: This is how you would adjust the html element for the post titles. (Default is h2)

• post_type: This is how you specify the post type the blogroll will look for to display. Options include but are not limited to post and uw_stories.

• number: This tells the blogroll how many items to display at any one time. For best practices, try not to go over 5.

• mini: This is how to turn on and off the mini blogroll. Options are true and false with it defaulting as false.

• category: The WordPress category ID to limit results from. You can select multiple categories. Default is none.

• category_name: The WordPress category name to limit the results from. You can select multiple. Default is none.

• readmore: Choose whether to show the “Read More” link or not. Options are on and off.