Category Posts
The posts in one category, as a native list. It opens when a member taps a category in a Categories block.
This is a background feature. Members reach it by tapping a category, never by navigating to it.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”| Plugin | None. It lists WordPress’s own posts |
| Endpoint groups | Content. Bookmarks for the save button on each card |
| Plan | Every plan |
Add it to your app
Section titled “Add it to your app”It is added for you. Drop a Categories block on a template screen that is placed in your app, and Category Posts appears on the Background tab. It stays there while any placed screen holds a Categories block, and goes when none does. Single Post and Single Page are added with it, because a tapped post opens there.
Open its settings from the Background tab.
Settings
Section titled “Settings”| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Layout | A grid of cards or a single-column list | List |
| Template | Card, Overlay, Compact or Magazine, as on Posts | Card |
| Sort by | Newest, oldest, last updated, or title | Newest first |
| Category as the header | Heads the list with the tapped category’s name and description. Off uses this screen’s Title and Description | On |
| Search | A search box that searches within the category | Off |
The category is the filter, so there are no post type, author or term filters to set. The post types come from the category’s taxonomy: a product category lists products, and a post category lists posts.
Post card
Section titled “Post card”Under Appearance, Post card decides what each card shows. The same group is on Posts.
| Setting | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Featured image | The post’s image. With it off, Overlay draws as Card | On |
| Category label | The post’s first category, above the title | On |
| Summary | The excerpt under the title, in the list layout | On |
| Author | Who wrote the post | Off |
| Date | When it was published | On |
| Minute read | Estimated reading time | On |
| Comment count | How many comments the post has | Off |
| Bookmark button | A save control on each card | On |
What your members see
Section titled “What your members see”A back button to the screen they came from, the category’s name and description, then its published posts. Tapping a post opens it in Single Post.
Only published posts appear. Drafts, private and scheduled posts never do, whoever is signed in.
When it does not work
Section titled “When it does not work”| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Tapping a category does nothing | The block’s Open a category’s posts when tapped is off | Turn it on in the block’s settings |
| “Nothing has been published in this category yet” | The category’s posts are drafts, private or scheduled, or they sit only in its child categories | Publish them, or tap the child category |
| The list shows the wrong kind of content | The block lists a taxonomy shared by several post types | Working as intended: every post type in that taxonomy is listed |
| No save button on cards | Ultimate Member - User Bookmarks is inactive or the Bookmarks group is off | Activate it and enable the group |