Index filters allow for more advanced filtering of section indexes. These are commonly used for blog indexes, but can also be used for a wide range of indexes, for example a product catalogue or listing of staff profiles.
Index Filters are added within section properties - see below. In this example, the large featured blog post section at the top of https://pixeltogether.com/blog is set to "max=1". This limits the index section to only show the latest blog post in that section.
These are the options available within Index Filters:
- max e.g. max=1 (show only 1 post)
- first e.g. first=2 (start at the second post)
- alphabetical e.g. alphabetical (order the posts in alphabetical order)
- random e.g. random (display the posts in a random order)
- tag e.g. tag=staff (display only posts with a " staff" tag)
- exclude e.g. exclude=self (exclude the current post from the index e.g. if it is showing other posts on the same page as a post)
Conditions within Index Filter can also be combined using the & operator, for example max=3&first=2 would show the first 3 posts, starting at the 2nd post.
Note that reordering the section "Newest to Oldest" or "Oldest to Newest" will factor in the logic applied within indexes when reordering the posts.
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