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Full control over how your posts are displayed:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Layout<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>3 card presets: <strong>Standard<\/strong> (image top), <strong>Overlay<\/strong> (content over image), and <strong>List<\/strong> (horizontal)<\/li>\n<li>Responsive columns \u2014 set 1\u20135 columns separately for desktop, tablet, and mobile<\/li>\n<li>Control column gap and row gap independently<\/li>\n<li>Works with any post type<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Query<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Filter posts by category, tag, author, or custom taxonomy<\/li>\n<li>Set posts per page (1\u2013100)<\/li>\n<li>Order by date, popularity, or custom fields<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Card Content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Show or hide: featured image, title, excerpt, category, meta, and read more button<\/li>\n<li>Control excerpt length<\/li>\n<li>Custom button text and icon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>Pagination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Numbered pagination with previous \/ next 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icons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>\ud83d\udca1 Built For<\/h4>\n\n<p>News websites \u00b7 Online magazines \u00b7 Bloggers \u00b7 Content publishers \u00b7 Editorial sites \u00b7 Personal blogs<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Plugins \u2192 Add New<\/strong> in your WordPress dashboard<\/li>\n<li>Search for <strong>Ansar Elements<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Install Now<\/strong>, then <strong>Activate<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Make sure Elementor is installed (free version works fine)<\/li>\n<li>Open any page in Elementor \u2014 find the <strong>Post Query Loop<\/strong> widget in the panel<\/li>\n<li>Drag it onto your page and start building<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"is%20this%20plugin%20completely%20free%3F\"><h3>Is this plugin completely free?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. 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