Creating Your First Post Selection
Posts / Products / CPT → Post Selection (Which items to show) → Layout (How each item looks) → Website Grid/List
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Posts / Products / CPT → Post Selection (Which items to show) → Layout (How each item looks) → Website Grid/List
A Post Selection controls which content appears on your website.
While a Layout decides how each item looks, a Post Selection decides what items should be displayed.
Together they create dynamic lists, grids, sliders, and directories.
For example:
Layout
Defines a Blog Card design
Shows the featured image, title, excerpt, and button
Post Selection
Finds the latest blog posts
Applies sorting and filtering rules
Displays each post using your Layout
This separation keeps your designs reusable and makes your website easier to maintain.
Visit Advanced Views → Post Selections in your WordPress dashboard.
Click Add New Post Selection.
Give your Post Selection a clear name.
Example:
Latest Blog Posts
Choose names that describe the content being displayed. This makes your setup easier to understand as your website grows.
Select which Layout should display your results.
The Layout controls the design for every item found by your Post Selection.
Example:
Your Post Selection finds:
Property A
Property B
Property C
Your assigned Property Layout decides how each property card appears.
This means you can reuse the same Layout with different Post Selections.
Next, choose which content Advanced Views should query.
You can choose from WordPress content types including:
Posts
Pages
Custom post types
Products
Other registered content types
For example:
A real estate website might select:
Properties
A team directory might select:
Team Members
A shop section might select:
Products
Advanced Views will use this selection to find matching items.
Customise which items should appear.
You can control options such as:
Number of items
Sorting order
Categories and taxonomies
Authors
Dates
Custom field values
Examples:
Display:
6 latest news articles
Featured properties only
Products from a specific category
Events ordered by date
Click Publish to save your Post Selection.
Advanced Views will generate a shortcode.
Copy this shortcode and place it anywhere shortcodes are supported:
Pages
Posts
Page builders
Theme areas
Your website will now display the selected content using your chosen Layout.
Need to change what appears?
Simply edit your Post Selection.
You can update query settings, change sorting, adjust limits, or assign a different Layout without rebuilding your pages.
You have now created your first Post Selection and learned how Advanced Views connects content and design.
You now understand the main workflow:
Posts / Products / CPT → Post Selection (Which items to show) → Layout (How each item looks) → Website Grid/List
With Layouts and Post Selections, you can build anything from simple sections to advanced dynamic websites.
Next, explore:
Note: Restrict visibility of Post Selections by using user-with-roles="ROLE1,ROLE2" user-without-roles="ROLE1,ROLE2" shortcode arguments.
Note: Do you want to customize a query (WP_Query) that is used to get Post Selection, but the option is missing in the interface? You can do this using our filters. Read more here
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