Microposts – Microblogging post type

Microposts adds a simple microblogging system to your WordPress site – perfect for short posts, status updates, and mini articles.

It introduces a new custom post type called Micropost with a minimalist writing interface and a dynamic front-end feed.

Major features include:

• A clean, fast microblog editor with Gutenberg disabled.
• Automatic hashtag detection and linking.
• Tag-based filtering via AJAX.
• Infinite scroll loading for continuous reading.
• REST API endpoint for easy front-end integration.
• Auto-generated titles and permalinks.
• Content sanitisation and paragraph formatting.
• Admin tools for hashtag moderation.
• Fully responsive front-end output.
• SEO friendly – single page pagination.
• Optional support for native WordPress comments on Microposts.
• Shortcode [creomicro_list] for server-rendered output with date filtering, tag filtering, and sorting.

Microposts is ideal for personal sites, project updates, or internal micro-communication hubs.

Shortcodes

[creomicro_feed]

Displays the AJAX-powered Micropost feed with infinite scroll and hashtag filtering.

Example: [creomicro_feed]

[creomicro_list]

Displays a static, server-rendered list of Microposts with optional filtering.

Attributes: – start=”YYYY-MM-DD” – end=”YYYY-MM-DD” – tag=”tag1,tag2″ – sort=”asc|desc” – per_page=”10″ – no_message=”Custom empty message”

Examples: [creomicro_list start=”2025-11-01″ end=”2025-11-30″] [creomicro_list tag=”news,updates” sort=”asc”] [creomicro_list no_message=”No posts found.” per_page=”3″] [creomicro_list start=”2025-11-01″ end=”2025-11-30″ tag=”geopolitical,woke” sort=”asc”]

License

This plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This plugin is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Credits

Developed and maintained by Michael Gbadebo @ Creotec Limited.