“Popular post” or “related article -s” widget?

[Jacob]

Hi GP-team!
I would like to add a side widget to certain pages on my website that spotlights a specific single page on my website. How can I do that?
I would like to display:
Featured image of the page
Header
(maybe) first 20 words or smth or customized text what the page is about (even better).
(+ link to the page.)

How could I do this? Please note that I only use Single pages on the website (no blog-posts)

Thanks again for your great service!

/Jacob

[Leo]

Hi there,

Any reason why you aren’t using a post?

If so you can use this plugin:
https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/

I’m not 100% sure if the plugin above can be used for static page but worth a shot.

If not you’d need to build the desired layout from scratch using a HTML widget.

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

[Jacob]

Hi Leo, thanks again for quick response!
I guess I could use posts but I have been told that it can mess up the URL-structure so I got used to make websites only with pages (for some reason). I guess there is an issue when it comes to “parent topic” when it comes to posts? Anyway, I am building a new site so I could try posts (It is a small site with no “parent-pages” etc..
So if I use posts then, how would I solve the issue with the theme? I try to avoid using too many plugins for not maiking the site slow..¨
Thanks!

[Leo]

Nothing built-in the theme or premium plugin for this specific function unfortunately.

If it’s just one post/page that you are after, creating an HTML widget manully from scratch might be the easiest.

Just add a title, image and a paragraph for the excerpt.

Documentation: http://docs.generatepress.com/
Adding CSS: http://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-css/

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