{"id":373,"date":"2022-08-25T08:41:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T07:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/?p=373"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:42:27","slug":"powerups-for-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2022\/08\/25\/powerups-for-bloggers\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerups for bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-accent-background-color has-background\">There are variety of tools you can use inside a page to power up your blogging. The lists of posts are particularly useful if you have a number of specific thematic areas that may interest your niches\/communities, or perhaps you have different writers contributing and want to filter them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drop a list of latests posts inside a page (anywhere you like), in this example we select a plain list, on a white card presented in alphabetical order (click the blue button and start typing &#8216;latest posts&#8217;)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-style-tw-posts-card wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2023\/12\/22\/adding-and-updating-users\/\">Adding and Updating Users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2022\/08\/25\/block-layouts\/\">Block layouts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2024\/07\/29\/can-you-explain-aria-and-the-associated-jargon\/\">Can you explain ARIA and the associated jargon?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2025\/11\/22\/chatgpt-help\/\">ChatGPT Help<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2025\/12\/04\/command-control\/\">Command &amp; Control<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Posts are normally listed in reverse chronological order, but you can choose chronological to create a timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>2. or insert a tag cloud (click the blue button)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"aligncenter is-style-default wp-block-tag-cloud\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/tag\/block-layouts\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-14 tag-link-position-1\" style=\"font-size: 8pt;\" aria-label=\"block layouts (1 item)\">block layouts<span class=\"tag-link-count\"> (1)<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/tag\/blogging\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-15 tag-link-position-2\" style=\"font-size: 8pt;\" aria-label=\"blogging (1 item)\">blogging<span class=\"tag-link-count\"> (1)<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/tag\/embeds\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-12 tag-link-position-3\" style=\"font-size: 22pt;\" aria-label=\"embeds (2 items)\">embeds<span class=\"tag-link-count\"> (2)<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/tag\/latest-posts\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-16 tag-link-position-4\" style=\"font-size: 8pt;\" aria-label=\"latest posts (1 item)\">latest posts<span class=\"tag-link-count\"> (1)<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/tag\/login-problems\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-13 tag-link-position-5\" style=\"font-size: 8pt;\" aria-label=\"login problems (1 item)\">login problems<span class=\"tag-link-count\"> (1)<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/tag\/powerpoint\/\" class=\"tag-cloud-link tag-link-17 tag-link-position-6\" style=\"font-size: 8pt;\" aria-label=\"powerpoint (1 item)\">powerpoint<span class=\"tag-link-count\"> (1)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>3. or list your categories (click the blue button)<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-categories-list wp-block-categories\">\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-18\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/category\/accessibility\/\">Accessibility<\/a> (7)\n<\/li>\n\t<li class=\"cat-item cat-item-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/category\/faq\/\">FAQ<\/a> (15)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Each of the category \/ tag blocks just featured has a variety of display options, such as post counts, or drop down display options (to save space.) The following one is handy for bloggers and news fiends, the full archive is a useful summary esp. over very long time periods, when you might want to display many years of archival material.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-archives-list wp-block-archives\">\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2025\/12\/'>December 2025<\/a>&nbsp;(1)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2025\/11\/'>November 2025<\/a>&nbsp;(3)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2025\/08\/'>August 2025<\/a>&nbsp;(1)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2025\/05\/'>May 2025<\/a>&nbsp;(1)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2024\/07\/'>July 2024<\/a>&nbsp;(7)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2023\/12\/'>December 2023<\/a>&nbsp;(1)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2023\/11\/'>November 2023<\/a>&nbsp;(2)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2022\/08\/'>August 2022<\/a>&nbsp;(4)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2022\/07\/'>July 2022<\/a>&nbsp;(1)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href='https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/2022\/06\/'>June 2022<\/a>&nbsp;(1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other special pages in a blog<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each author has a special page<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/blog\/author\/joana\/\">https:\/\/sccan.scot\/blog\/author\/joana\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each category<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/blog\/category\/blog\/\">https:\/\/sccan.scot\/blog\/category\/blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each tag<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/blog\/tag\/storytelling-collective\/\">https:\/\/sccan.scot\/blog\/tag\/storytelling-collective\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To expose a list of everything in the blog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/blog\/all\/\">https:\/\/sccan.scot\/blog\/all\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(the latter redirects to the standard wordpress all posts \/ blog page)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>All the above are fairly simple displays. If you want to create a magazine look, you could combine image rich presentations, selecting specific categories or authors (but not tags at the moment) to create featured sections. You can mix the styles to give emphasis or pick out different section.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-dates has-author alignwide is-style-tw-posts-card tw-heading-size-medium tw-img-ratio-4-3 wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates has-author aligncenter tw-img-ratio-16-9 tw-heading-size-medium is-style-tw-posts-card wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-background tw-stretched-link is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-6179cb7d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,222,32) 69%,rgb(137,170,52) 69%);margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(0,0,0) undefined%,rgb(255,217,0) 82%)\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color\" style=\"margin-top:2em;margin-bottom:2em;margin-left:2em;font-style:normal;font-weight:800\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sccan.scot\/help\/questions\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"330\">SELF HELP<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are variety of tools you can use inside a page to power up your blogging. 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