Title: ExS Widgets
Author: exstheme
Published: <strong>September 6, 2020</strong>
Last modified: July 16, 2024

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
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# ExS Widgets

 By [exstheme](https://profiles.wordpress.org/exstheme/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/exs-widgets.0.3.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/exs-widgets/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/exs-widgets/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/exs-widgets/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/exs-widgets/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/exs-widgets/)

## Description

Adds four additional widgets: Posts, Category, Spacer, Meta. Also adds **_ExS Posts_**
Gutenberg block

#### Features

ExS widgets is originally designed for working with ExS theme, but you can use in
with any theme if you want.
 In addition to the default WordPress **_Recent Posts_**
widget you can add a posts with thumbnails, with a various layouts. Also you can
use ExS Blog Posts widget in your page as your Gutenberg Block Editor block.

#### Support

Use the WordPress.org forums for community support where we try to help all users.

If you need help or have any questions, [please send us a note](https://exsthemewp.com/contact/).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Blog posts widget options
 * [[
 * Blog posts widget front end examples
 * [[
 * Category widget options
 * [[
 * Category widget front end example
 * [[
 * Spacer widget options
 * [[
 * ExS theme meta widget options (will displayed only if ExS theme is active)
 * [[
 * ExS theme meta front end example (will displayed only if ExS theme is active)

## Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

 *   ExS Posts

## Installation

#### Automatic installation

Automatic installation is the easiest option as WordPress handles the file transfers
itself and you don’t even need to leave your web browser. To do an automatic install,
log in to your WordPress admin panel, navigate to the Plugins menu and click Add
New.

In the search field type “ExS widgets” and click Search Plugins. Once you’ve found
the plugin you can view details about it such as the point release, rating and description.
Most importantly of course, you can install it by clicking _Install Now_.

#### Manual installation

The manual installation method involves downloading the plugin and uploading it 
to your web server via your favorite FTP application.

 * Download the plugin file to your computer and unzip it
 * Using an FTP program, or your hosting control panel, upload the unzipped plugin
   folder to your WordPress installation’s `wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 * Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu within the WordPress admin.

#### Getting started

Once installed:

Go to your Appearance -> Widgets admin menu and add our widgets in your theme sidebar

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“ExS Widgets” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ exstheme ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/exstheme/)

[Translate “ExS Widgets” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/exs-widgets)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exs-widgets/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/exs-widgets/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/exs-widgets/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/exs-widgets/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.3.2

 * July, 15, 2024
 * New ExS Blog Posts widget option – ‘Read More’ link text for each post
 * New ExS Blog Posts widget option – images size select for grid layouts
 * Whitelist available posts layout to prevent custom PHP file includes
 * WordPress 6.6 support

#### 0.3.1

 * July, 19, 2022
 * Fixes for ExS Posts block
 * WordPress 6 support

#### 0.3.0

 * July, 21, 2021
 * WordPress 5.8 support for new blocks widgets page

#### 0.2.0

 * March, 09, 2021
 * New option to display post categories in posts widget and posts block

#### 0.1.0

 * November, 26, 2020
 * ExS Posts block editor block added

#### 0.0.1

 * September, 7, 2020
 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3.2**
 *  Last updated **2 years ago**
 *  Active installations **2,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.6.5**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/exs-widgets/)
 * Tags
 * [widget](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)[widgets](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/exs-widgets/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ exstheme ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/exstheme/)

## Support

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