LSX Post Carousel Block

The LSX Post Carousel Block allows you to create a responsive mobile carousel slider for your blog posts.

Adding a Post Carousel Block to your page

  • Select the Plus sign for adding a new block and search for “LSX Post Carousel Block”.
  • Once selected, the post carousel block will be populated in the selected block space.
  • On the right hand side of your edit screen you have your block toolbar. Once the block is selected, you can configure the Post Carousel settings.

Configuring the Block

Order By – Select the ordering system to display posts with

Category – To filter the posts by a specific post category, choose the category from the dropdown.

Number of items – Select the number of posts to display in the post carousel.

Columns – Select the number of columns to display in a single slide carousel.

Display Featured Image – Removes the thumbnail featured image per post if toggled off.

Featured Image style – if you are displaying the featured images, you can choose to display landscape or square.

Display Post Author – Removes the Post Author per post if toggled off.

Display Post Date – Removes the Post Date per post if toggled off.

Display Post Excerpt – Removes the Post Excerpt per post if toggled off.

Display Continue Reading Link – Removes the Continue Reading Link per post if toggled off.

Customize Read More Link – Change the text for the read more link if it is enabled.

Custom Taxonomy Options

Taxonomy Slug – If you wish to use a custom taxonomy instead of the categories taxonomy, you can enter the slug of your custom taxonomy (e.g post_tag).

Term – Filter the custom taxonomy by term to display only posts assigned to these terms.

Enter the term slug or term_id, you can enter several items separated by a comma.

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