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Widgets for pictures, posts and events

Five widgets fill a page with pictures, videos, posts and events that already live on your site, and keep it up to date by themselves. Here is what each one shows and the settings that matter.

Watch it done: a short silent video with captions · 1:03. The steps below show the same thing picture by picture.

Before you start

  • Log in and open the page that should get the widget.
  • How to add any widget: see Add a widget to a page.

Add a widget

Step 1. Click Customize This Page, then Add content at the end of the page, and open the Widgets tab. Click a widget to add it, then click its gear ("This widget's settings"). The settings below are on the Essentials tab; every widget also has an Audience tab (who can see it), and most have Title, Section and Background tabs.

Step 1: Click Customize This Page, then Add content at the end of the page, and open the Widgets tab. Click a widget to add it, then click its gear ("This widget's settings"). The settings below are on the Essentials tab; every widget also has an Audience tab (who can see it), and most have Title, Section and Background tabs.

The settings of each widget

Step 2. Latest Media: choose the gallery folder, how to show it (Gallery - Grid, Gallery - Horizontal, Cards, Side Promotion, Services, Team, Testimonials, Tiles or Article Preview), the order (Newest First, Oldest First), a filter (for example only rated or commented pictures) and how many to show. The Columns, Cards and Buttons tabs change the layout. In this example: the folder "UPLOAD & Manage Media" as 4 cards.

Step 2: Latest Media: choose the gallery folder, how to show it (Gallery - Grid, Gallery - Horizontal, Cards, Side Promotion, Services, Team, Testimonials, Tiles or Article Preview), the order (Newest First, Oldest First), a filter (for example only rated or commented pictures) and how many to show. The Columns, Cards and Buttons tabs change the layout. In this example: the folder "UPLOAD & Manage Media" as 4 cards.

Step 3. Latest Blog Posts: Post List, Slider with First Photos, or Full (the whole posts, which makes a long page). Choose how many, and whether to show only previews, a tag cloud, a month list or a latest list. In this example: a list of 3.

Step 3: Latest Blog Posts: Post List, Slider with First Photos, or Full (the whole posts, which makes a long page). Choose how many, and whether to show only previews, a tag cloud, a month list or a latest list. In this example: a list of 3.

Step 4. Most Viewed Media: the pictures and videos seen most Today, Last Week, Last Month, Last Year or Ever, in up to 6 columns. In this example: Ever, 4.

Step 4: Most Viewed Media: the pictures and videos seen most Today, Last Week, Last Month, Last Year or Ever, in up to 6 columns. In this example: Ever, 4.

Step 5. Top Rated Media: the same choices, ranked by the visitors' star ratings. In this example: Ever, 4.

Step 5: Top Rated Media: the same choices, ranked by the visitors' star ratings. In this example: Ever, 4.

Step 6. Calendar/Events: a month calendar; choose whether it shows its header.

Step 6: Calendar/Events: a month calendar; choose whether it shows its header.

What visitors see

Step 7. Click Save in each widget's settings, then End Customizations.

Step 7: Click Save in each widget's settings, then End Customizations.

Step 8. Latest Media as cards: each picture or video with its title and description.

Step 8: Latest Media as cards: each picture or video with its title and description.

Step 9. Latest Blog Posts as a list: each title links to its post, with its date.

Step 9: Latest Blog Posts as a list: each title links to its post, with its date.

Step 10. Most Viewed Media: the most-seen pictures and videos; a click opens one.

Step 10: Most Viewed Media: the most-seen pictures and videos; a click opens one.

Step 11. Top Rated Media stays empty until visitors rate your pictures and videos.

Step 11: Top Rated Media stays empty until visitors rate your pictures and videos.

Step 12. Calendar/Events: the month with your events. You see Add an event; your visitors don't.

Step 12: Calendar/Events: the month with your events. You see Add an event; your visitors don't.

Check it worked

Open the page in a private window: each widget shows what it should, and a new picture or post appears there by itself.

Good to know

  • A widget with nothing to show still takes up room on the page: add it when there is content to show.
  • Latest Blog Posts in Full mode shows every post in full: use Post List on busy pages.
  • Use the Audience tab to show a widget to everyone or to admins only.

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