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Locus

Locus allows you display any post, page or post type in widgetized areas of you site.

By Diana K. Cury·Pages·Free
5(1 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Locus is a WordPress pages plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.9K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WP-PageNavi.

5/51 reviews
30active installs
5.9K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

List post from a specific category with options like date format, link text, order and more. Locus is a very simple plugin for display content in diferrent ways:

  • Display a single post, page or any available post type.
  • Display full content or the excerpt, or both!
  • Category descriptions are visible by default, if any.
  • Configure date format, link text or hide them all.
  • Use styles for every block, (refer the stylesheet in locus/control/locus-style.css)
  • Set display post orders, such random, by date, by author, comment count (popularity) etc
  • Display thumbnails, if available
  • Easy to use: you don’t have to learn to use it
  • Settings per widget, so you can have different widgets.
Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
5 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.9.40
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • Locus plugin launched.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Diana K. CuryDiana K. Cury
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Apr 17, 2014
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.9.40
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
30
Downloads
5.9K+
Added
Jul 30, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

pagespostswidgetscategoriespost types

Developer

D
Diana K. Cury
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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