{"id":341,"date":"2020-04-19T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T08:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=341"},"modified":"2023-12-05T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T12:36:29","slug":"posts-widget-pro-vs-archive-posts-widget-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/posts-widget-pro-vs-archive-posts-widget-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Posts widget vs Archive Posts widget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you know when to use the Posts widget and when to use the Archive Posts widget?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although similar in that both widgets produce a list or grid layout of posts, the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/archive-posts-widget-pro\/\">Archive Posts Widget (Pro)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/posts-widget-pro\/\">Posts Widget (Pro)<\/a> are not interchangeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When and Where To Use Each Widget<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <em>Archive Posts<\/em> widget should only be used on <em>Archive templates<\/em>, which are created in <em>Templates &gt; Theme Builder &gt; Archive<\/em>. If you attempt to use it on a normal page or post, it will only display the current post.<\/li><li>The <em>Posts<\/em> Widget&nbsp; is meant to be used on any <em>Single<\/em> page or post where you would like to display a group of posts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which Posts Will Be Displayed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The <em>Archive Posts<\/em> widget does not include a <strong>query control <\/strong>function, so you have no control over which posts are shown within the widget itself. All posts that satisfy the <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/conditions\/\">Display Conditions<\/a> of the Archive Template will be shown in this widget.<\/li><li>The <em>Posts<\/em>\u00a0widget includes a robust method of controlling which posts to show in the grid display, using its query control function.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Doesn\u2019t The Excerpt Length Work Consistently in Archive Posts widgets or Posts widgets?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When Elementor displays a post, if it has no excerpt, Elementor automatically generates an excerpt from the post\u2019s content. Both the <em>Archive Posts<\/em> widget and the <em>Posts<\/em> widget includes an Excerpt Length option to allow you to control the length of this <strong>auto-generated excerpt<\/strong>. In both, however, the excerpt length only applies to posts in which no manual excerpt has been entered. 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