Choosing which items

The Which items section decides what a display shows. Blank boxes are ignored, so an untouched display shows your latest posts. Several values in one box match any of them; different boxes must all match.

Setting	What it does
Content types	Posts, Pages, or both. With Pro, other content types you switch on under Settings appear here too.
Categories, Tags and other taxonomies	Type names, separated by commas. Suggestions appear as you type. A parent category includes its children.
Custom fields	One box per filterable field. Text matches anywhere in the value; numbers and dates match exactly or by range, e.g. 10..20 or 2024-01-01..2024-12-31.
Search text	Only items whose title, content, custom text fields or category/tag names contain these words.
Published within the last	Any time, 7 days, 30 days, 3 months or 12 months — good for “this week” lists.
Sticky posts	Treat like any other, show first, only sticky posts, or leave them out.
Order by / Direction	Date published, date updated, title, page order, comment count, random, the order you picked items in, or any sortable custom field.
How many	The number of items to show. 0 shows all of them. With pagination on, Per page is used instead.
Skip the first	Leave out the first N matches — for example a grid that starts after the three posts already in your slider above it.
Only these items	Search titles and pick specific posts or pages. Choose Order by: The order picked below to show them in your order.
Never these items	Pick posts or pages to always leave out.
Child pages of	Shown when Pages is ticked: only the child pages of the page you choose. Pair with Order by: Page order for a services or team page.
Leave out the post or page this display is shown on	On by default, so a “more posts” display at the bottom of an article never lists that article itself.

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