Content Source Panel

• Content Source Panel
  • Content Source Section
  • Post Selection Section
  • Specific Posts Section
  • Sort By Section
  • Limits Section
  • Filters Section
  • Flickr Source Section
  • Facebook Source Section
  • YouTube Source Section
  • Vimeo Source Section

Content Source Panel

The Content Source panel is accessed by going to the Top Bar, then clicking Settings to open the Settings Sidebar.

In the Content Source panel you can set where your module should draw its content from, and configure how that content is organized.

Content Source Section

Settings available in the Content Source section change depending on configuration of the Module Source setting.

Module Source (Dropdown)

Set where the content for the module will be sourced from.

The dropdown is organised into two types: Website Content Sources, from your own website, and Dynamic Social Content, from social media platforms.

Options:

• _{Custom Gallery}: Default. Display custom content added within the Module Editor.
• _{WordPress Posts}: Displays content from WordPress posts.
• _WooCommerce: Display product posts from a WooCommerce plugin installation.
• _Flickr: Display images from Flickr.
• _Instagram: Display images from Instagram.
• _Facebook: Display images from Facebook.
• _YouTube: Display videos from YouTube.
• _Vimeo: Display videos from Vimeo.

Module Post Source (Tab-switch)

Set which WordPress posts are displayed.

Options:

• _All: Uses all public posts on the site.
• _Specific: Uses a specific list of posts, set via the Specific Posts -> Post IDs setting.
• _Current: Uses only content from the page where the module is embedded.

Woo Types (Multi-select)

Set the types of WooCommerce posts to display, e.g. “Products” and “Product Variations”.

Multiple types can be selected.

Woo Products (Multi-select)

Set the product categories to be sourced from.

Multiple categories can be selected.

Flickr API Key (Text area)

Enter Flickr API Key. Required to make sourcing from Flickr work.

Instagram Token (Text area)

Enter Instagram token. Required to make sourcing from Instagram work.

Facebook Token (Text area)

Enter Facebook token. Required to make sourcing from Facebook work.

YouTube API Key (Text area)

Enter YouTube API key. Required to make content sourcing from YouTube work.

Connected With (Read-only)

Shows whether connected with a manual or account token.

Max Slides (Number, range)

Set the maximum number of Flickr based slides to show.

Options:

• ₀: Minimum number of slides.
• ₁₅₀: Maximum number of slides

Amount of Slides (Number, range)

Set the amount of slides to be created from Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or Vimeo source content.

Options:

• ₀: Minimum amount of slides.
• ₂₅: Maximum amount of slides.

Cache (Number, range)

Duration of caching, in seconds, for content from Flickr, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube or Vimeo.

Options:

• ₀: Minimum duration of cache.
• ₅₀₀₀₀: Maximum duration of cache.

Post Selection Section

When using WordPress Posts as the content source, the Post Selection section allows you to configure which posts should be used.

Post Types (Multi-select)

Set which post types should be used as content, e.g. posts, pages, custom post types.

Fetch By (Dropdown)

Set the conditions by which posts should be fetched for use as content.

Options:

• _{All Posts}: Fetch posts without restriction.
• _{Categories & Taxonomies}: Fetch from specific categories or taxonomies.
• _Related: Fetch posts related to one another.
• _Popular: Fetch the most viewed posts.
• _Recent: Fetch the most recent posts.
• _{Next/Previous}: Fetch posts in publish order, next and previous.

Posts (Multi-select)

When fetching WordPress posts by popular, recent or categories & tags, optionally restrict posts to be drawn from specified categories.

Specific Posts Section

Post IDs (Text area)

When using specific WordPress post(s) as the content source, provide a comma separated list of post IDs to use.

Sort By Section

This section contains settings for configuring how WordPress posts are sorted when being fetched for use as content.

Sort by (Dropdown)

Set the property by which to sort the WordPress post content.

Options:

• _{Post ID}: Sort by post ID number.
• _Date: Sort by the publish date.
• _Title: Sort by post title.
• _Name: Sort by post permalink aka slug.
• _Author: Sort by author name.
• _{Modified Date}: Sort by date last modified.
• _{Number of Comments}: Sort by how many visitor comments.
• _Random: Random sorting, different each load.
• _Unsorted: Uses WordPress default sorting, usually by post date descending.
• _{Custom Order}: If fetching specific WordPress posts, use the order from the provided comma separated list.

Sort Order (Dropdown)

Set the direction in which sorting should be done.

Options:

• _Descending: Sort numbers largest to smallest, dates newest to oldest, text Z to A.
• _Ascending: Sort numbers smallest to largest, dates oldest to newest, text A to Z.

Limits Section

This section allows you to limit the number of posts, and excerpt length.

Max. Posts (Number, range)

Set the maximum number of posts to fetch for content.

Options:

• ₀: Minimum value for max. posts.
• ₅₀₀: Maximum value for max. posts.

Excerpt Len. (Number, range)

Set the maximum number of characters to use in any post excerpt used as content.

Options:

• ₀: Minimum value for excerpt character count.
• ₅₀₀: Maximum value for excerpt character count.

Filters Section

Filter WooCommerce posts according to stock and/or featured status.

In Stock Only (Toggle)

Set whether to show only in stock items.

Options:

• _On: Only show in stock items.
• _Off: Show out of stock items.

Featured Only (Toggle)

Set whether to only show featured items.

Options:

• _On: Only show featured items.
• _Off: Show non-featured items.

Flickr Source Section

Configure Flickr stream source and user URL.

Flickr Stream Source (Dropdown)

Set where a Flickr stream should be sourced from.

Options:

• _{User Public Photos}: Fetch all public photos from a specified user.
• _{Certain Album from User}: Fetch a single album from a specified user.
• _{From Gallery}: Fetch images from a specified gallery.
• _{From Groups}: Fetch images from a specified group.

User URL (Text)

Provide the URL for a specific user’s public photos.

Flickr Album (Multi-select)

Select an album from a specific user to fetch.

Gallery URL (Text)

Provide the URL for a specific gallery.

Group URL (Text)

Provide the URL for a specific group.

Facebook Source Section

Configure Facebook page ID, stream source, and (optionally) album.

Page Id (Text)

Provide the ID of the page to be sourced for content.

Facebook Stream Source (Dropdown)

Set whether Facebook content should be sourced from an album or timeline.

Options:

• _Album: Source images from an album.
• _Timeline: Source images from a timeline.

Facebook Album (Multi-select)

If sourcing an album for content, set which album to use.

YouTube Source Section

Configure YouTube channel ID, stream source and playlist.

Channel Id (Text)

Set the ID of the channel from which to source YouTube videos.

YouTube Stream Source (Dropdown)

Set whether to source YouTube videos from the whole channel, or from specific playlist(s).

Options:

• _Channel: Source videos from entire channel.
• _Playlist: Source videos from specific playlist(s).

Playlist (Multi-select)

Set which playlist(s) to source videos from.

Vimeo Source Section

Configure Vimeo stream.

Vimeo Stream Source (Dropdown)

Set the type of Vimeo stream source.

Options:

• _User: Source videos from a specific user.
• _Showcase: Source videos from a showcase:
• _Group: Source videos from a specific group.
• _Channel: Source videos from a specific channel.

User Name (Text)

If sourcing videos from a user, enter the user name to source from.

Showcase ID (Text)

If sourcing videos from a showcase, enter the ID of the showcase to fetch.

Group Name (Text)

If sourcing videos from a group, enter the name of the group to fetch from.

Channel Name (Text)

If sourcing videos from a channel, enter the name of the channel to fetch from.