Document of Content Views Pro Search for: Popular Tags: reuse a view license key live filter replace layout shuffle filter read more button custom field sort thumbnail custom PHP code pagination custom CSS custom JS WooCommerce category tag taxonomy Categories: Getting Started Troubleshooting Quick References Customization How to Work with themes & other plugins Others All Documents: Getting StartedHow to install? How to use? Check license info Download Pro version Find my license Frequently asked questions about Pro version How to update Pro version (problems and solutions)? Renew, upgrade license Transfer (migrate) license to a new website, domain TroubleshootingCollapsible List – Fix: post doesn’t expand on click heading Color picker disappears in WordPress 4.9 Fix – images look blurry Live Filter – force to reload/refresh on changing filter Random order doesn’t work in the WP Engine Hosting Scrollable list – Fix: click on next/prev button caused the page to scroll Scrollable list – Fix: click on next/prev button doesn’t work Quick ReferencesReuse a View Layout (grid, pinterest, and more) Filter by Taxonomy (category, tag, custom taxonomy) Filter by Custom Field Sort/Order the WordPress posts in View Style Settings (color, font, align, padding, margin, and so on) Live Filter Shuffle Filter How to switch from Live Filter to Shuffle Filter? How to switch from Shuffle Filter to Live Filter? Enable Pagination Sorting by Drag & Drop Change display order/position (move Title above Thumbnail, Date above Content, etc.) How does Content Views Pro get the thumbnail? Filter posts by Status How to duplicate (clone, copy) a View? Remove the “Read More” button in CVP Overlay image with title, content… permanently Show multiple languages (multilingual) posts with WPML, Polylang plugin Overlay thumbnail with (or without) text Show social share buttons Show manual excerpt of WordPress post (Pro version) Show multiple post types on a View Display Media files Display media (Youtube/Vimeo…) as thumbnail Open in Lightbox of Thumbnail Display text right to left (RTL) Open in Lightbox of Post content Display content on mouseover (hover) Open in new Window Show advertisements in View Show Sticky Posts Display term (Category, Tag, Taxonomy) as output Find all pages (or posts, custom posts) that used Content Views shortcode CustomizationAdd “title” attribute to links Add custom CSS class to post title Change border (width, style, color) of Read More button Change color of the Read More button Change comments count text Change HTML tag for Title Change loading icon for pagination, Pinterest layout… Change the “No posts found” message Change the default thumbnail image Collapsible List – custom style (color, border, etc.) Collapsible List – prevent hiding opened items on click an item Collapsible List – change color of +/- icon Customize icon for each post category, tag, taxonomy term Customize the HTML template/structure of each post Disable lightbox on mobile devices Disable post’s link (prevent click on title, thumbnail image) Display posts right to left (RTL) Display the first image of content as thumbnail Format a numeric custom field value Glossary layout – create indexes from second word (last name, surname) Glossary layout – hide all posts at beginning, show on click A-Z letters Glossary layout – hide the “All” option Glossary layout supports pagination Hide the “No posts found” message How to disable scroll to top on click Ajax pagination pages? How to link the thumbnail to its full image? Lightbox – change background color, opacity, close icon… Link Media to the file itself, instead of the media page Link the custom field to the URL of the post Live Filter – change background and text color of label, submit and reset buttons, and others Live Filter – change the appearance order of filters Live Filter – custom style for the Checkbox type Live Filter – disable loading results on changing filter option, only loading on click “Submit” button Live Filter – set default filter (activate a filter at the beginning) Live Filter – show checkboxes and radio buttons horizontally in rows and columns Live Filter – show filters vertically or horizontally Live Filter – show the filters and result in different places (for example: filters in sidebar, result in page) Live Filter – show the Submit, Reset button Live Filter – translate text of the Date field Live Filter – change/translate the Submit, Reset button text Live Filter – hide all posts at the beginning Live Filter – hide the “ALL” option of the Button type Live Filter – hide the Submit, Reset button Live Filter – set default sort option Live Filter – use Dropdown type on mobile devices Media file links to the post which it is attached to Pagination – CSS selectors Pagination – hide the caret (the down arrow) in the “Load more” pagination Pagination – hide the First, Last button in the Ajax numbered pagination Pagination – modify label: first, last, prev, next in the Normal pagination (no Ajax) Pagination – trigger custom Javascript action after clicking a page number Pinterest – equal height columns Prevent images in View from being pinned to Pinterest.com Prevent the same posts from showing in multiple Views on a page Read More button – add custom class Remain styling, paragraphs in Excerpt (allow more HTML tags in Excerpt) Scrollable list – customize style, color, position… Scrollable list – fade effect (instead of slide) Scrollable list – vertical scroll Set custom text for an URL custom field Show a numerical sequence list with Grid layout Show an image custom field as thumbnail Show author name without hyperlink (disable author link) Show borders around each post in Grid Show bullet list with Grid layout Show more than 10 advertisements (increase ads limit) in View Show taxonomy term without hyperlink (disable link of taxonomy term) Show the word “By” before Author name Show thumbnail without hyperlink (disable link of thumbnail) Shuffle Filter – hide all posts at the beginning Shuffle Filter – remove scroll bar in “Group by Taxonomy” type (checkboxes) Shuffle Filter – set default filter (activate a filter at beginning) Shuffle Filter – show Dropdown options in 2 columns Shuffle Filter – show the filters on the left and the result on the right, or vice versa Social buttons – use custom icon Social buttons – custom size Social buttons – gray color Style Settings – Use custom font name Thumbnail Style Use custom title for posts in View Work with themes & other pluginsbbPress – show reply of a topic, show topics of a forum Display custom field of Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) Hide recurring event instances of The Events Calendar plugin How to display entries submitted via Gravity Forms plugin? How to show all authors of Co-Authors Plus plugin? How to show events of Event Organiser plugin How to show events of Events Manager plugin How to show events of The Events Calendar plugin How to show private bbPress forums How to show Recurring events of Events Manager plugin How to use the sorted order of a Post Order plugin in View? Replace layout in RocketTheme themes (use the Gantry framework) Replace Woocommerce layout in the Shop, Category… page Replace Woocommerce related products layout Show more information of ACF post object custom field Show multiple languages (multilingual) posts with WPML, Polylang plugin Show results of FacetWP by Content Views Pro layout Show upcoming/future, past, today events (of The Events Calendar, Events Manager, Event Organiser plugins) Show WooCommerce products Show Youtube video from WP YouTube Lyte plugin Translate text using WPML Translate View by Polylang plugin Use a third-party lightbox Use excerpt generated by Advanced Excerpt plugin Woocommerce – change the text of “Add to cart” button WooCommerce – filter products by catalog visibility Woocommerce – hide “Add to cart” button but show the Price WooCommerce – show the “NEW” badge for the latest products WooCommerce – hide ‘Out of stock’ products WooCommerce – show “In stock”, “Out of stock”, “On Backorder” text on products How toAdd custom text, HTML at the end of post Add custom text, HTML, … before (or after) the Title, Thumbnail, Content, Meta Fields, Custom Fields Add new social share buttons (WhatsApp, Tumblr, Parler, Email) Add taxonomy term slug (category, tag, custom) as HTML class of the wrapper div of each item Allow users to manage (add, edit, delete) the views Backup, export, transfer Views from dev to live site Change the separator between categories, tags, taxonomies Collapsible List – open all items on page load Collapsible List – uncheck “Open first item by default” in all future created Views Convert some categories to a custom taxonomy Create child theme Custom field – add text, icon, HTML… before/after the value Customize “Read More” text for each post Display posts in Sidebar Display WordPress category name above posts list (display term as heading) Enable Lazyload for image, iframe Filter posts by published date (show today, yesterday, this week, custom date… posts) Fix issue “Element style not allowed as child of element div in this context” from validator.w3.org Frontend filter posts by years (display yearly archives), by published date Grid – equal height columns How to add “NEW” icon after recent post title? How to add custom CSS for Content Views (free) version? How to add custom field to WordPress posts, pages? How to add custom JavaScript for Content Views (free) version? How to change Opacity of Background color? How to limit Title length? How to remove Private, Protected prefix from WordPress post title? How to set dynamic value when filter by a custom field? How to show child pages of the current page? How to show images in a same size when they are different? How to show information (custom field, meta field…) of the current post, page, custom post? How to show modified date instead of published date? How to show posts of currently logged in user (user sees his/her own posts)? How to show related posts with Content Views Pro? How to show the most popular WordPress posts? How to show WordPress custom field (ACF, Pods, Types…)? Increase the WordPress Memory Limit One and others layout – Bottom aligned, same height Pagination – Change number of pages to show Prevent changing URL with Ajax pagination Scrollable list – add a Pause button Show Grid in Homepage with Content Views (free) Show only N posts of each selected term (category, tag …) Show only Next, Previous button in “Normal” pagination Show PDF media file as embed object Show posts list of custom code, api, or another plugin in Content Views Pro layout Show specific taxonomies in Meta fields (for example: show category and hide tag) Show tabs with Content Views Show taxonomy term (category, tag, custom taxonomy) on top left of the thumbnail Show the structured data (schema markup) of the WordPress posts list Show thumbnail (image) on the left/right of text Show very custom HTML, text, image… (which is not a part of a post, page) in View Show Views in columns Shuffle Filter – add “Clear” button for checkboxes type Shuffle Filter – use Dropdown type on mobile devices Shuffle Filter for Pages Sort by custom field – set MySQL date format To not display posts from a certain category/tag Translate texts and strings of Content Views (Pro) Use custom/external URL for links (of title, thumbnail, read-more button) Use the Grid layout on the Blog, Category, Search… pages (Replace Layout) Zigzag thumbnail vertically (alternate thumbnail position) OthersControl the post info (title, description, image) when you share on Facebook Debug: show database query statement of Views How to get the real error message of 500 error in WordPress (for debugging)? What is the ID of View?