Serial Posts plugin for WordPress

The Serial Posts plugin for WordPress allows you to assign Posts or Pages to a Serial, using custom fields, and then displays a list of all Posts and Pages assigned to the same Serial. Requires WordPress 2.8 or greater.

Download

Download the current version of Serial Posts (v1.2.2). Downloaded 3,153 times.

Compatibility

Current version of the plugin: 1.2.2
Requires at least: WordPress 2.8
Compatible up to: WordPress 3.3.1

Description

This plugin allows you to assign a Serial name, using custom fields, to your Posts and Pages and then automatically displays a list of other Posts/Pages which have the same Serial name when viewing a Post or Page which belongs to the same Serial name. You can create as many Serials as you need, therefore allowing you to create multiple groupings of Posts/Pages. Designed for authors who wish to group Posts and Pages into series - independently of the usual Wordpress Category and Tag structure - its usage does not have to be limited to this. You can create as many different Serials as you wish, and assign these to any Posts and Pages that you wish to group together, to create a wide variety of "related post" or other Post/Page groupings.

Key Features

The Serial Posts list can be displayed using either the [serialposts] shortcode in the Write Post/Page Editor, or by using the Serial Posts template tag in your theme template files.
The position of the Serial Posts list on your page is determined by where you insert the shortcode in your post, or where you insert the Serial Posts template tag in your template file.
You can create as many different Serials as you wish. Limitation: Currently it is not possible to assign more than one Serial name to any one Post or Page.
User options for including the currently viewed post in the list, with or without a link.
Configurable Heading for the Serial Posts list.
Valid xhtml output.
Highly customisable CSS styling of the Heading and Serial Posts list.

Further information

Comprehensive information on installing, configuring and using the plugin can be found at http://www.studiograsshopper.ch

Installation

Installing for the first time

Download the latest version of the plugin to your computer.
Extract and upload the folder serial-posts and its contents to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory. Please ensure that you do not rename any folder or filenames in the process.
Activate the plugin in your Dashboard via the “Plugins” menu item.

Alternatively, use the Plugins>Add New option in the Dashboard menu and type Serial Posts in the search box. Once WordPress finds the plugin, follow the onscreen instructions for installation.

Note for WordPress Multisite users

Install the plugin in your /plugins/ directory (do not install in the /mu-plugins/ directory).
In order for this plugin to be visible to blog owners, the plugin has to be activated for each blog by the Network Administrator. Each Site Admin can then configure the plugin’s Settings page in their site’s Admin Settings.