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Introduction
If you want to create stories , timeline, history, roadmap … WP Timeline is a must-have plugin. Designed to create timeline easy and hassle-free, WP Timeline is the simplest way for your business to display timeline/stories/history… With the WP Timeline plugin, you can manage everything from create to showing timeline, you can create timeline with any date and display any post types, tags, category, taxonomy and display timeline anywhere via shortcodes.
Features list
Work with any themes
Create timeline with any date (BC/AD date support)
Date picker from year 1000
Order timeline by timeline date or custom order field
45+ Best Beautiful Layouts
40+ Animations support
Support Font Awesome 4.7 & 5.9
Dark and Light support
Show full content in lightbox support
Date picker + Custom date field to enter anything
Fully responsive and mobile ready.
Create Unlimited Timeline
Show Timeline anywhere using shortcode.
Unlimited Timeline Color. You can set color for all or each timeline
Custom font, color for heading, content and metadata
Support category, tag, custom post type, custom taxonomy
Vertical and horizontal support
Timeline side by side support
Ajax filter timeline
Timeline with single column support
Beautiful Single timeline
Ajax load more post
Infinite scroll support
Page navigation by page links
History bar support
Timeline with icon awesome or image support
Show media: video, audio, gallery on timeline
Quick Edit and option to order timeline by custom field support
Unlimited customize with font, color
Custom feature label
External/ Custom link instead of single page
A lot of shortcode parameter
Visual Composer support
Elementor support
SiteOrigin support
Shortcode builder support
RTL support
Image light box support
Supper easy configuration
And much more … Let check our demo page
Installation
The Full Package includes these following files and folders:
In the left menu panel go to Plugins > Add New > Upload to install plugin
Click Upload
Browse your download package to select installation files
Click Install Now button
Once it's uploaded, click the Activate link
Install via FTP Account
Use your FTP software to browse to wp-content/plugins folder to install plugin
Extract the installation files to their corresponding folders, for example wp-timeline.zip to wp-timeline and upload to server
Once it's uploaded, go to your WordPress Admin, browse to Plugins > Installed Plugins
Click the Activate link
Update
Deactive "WP Timeline" plugin by going to Plugins > Deactive "WP Timeline" plugin
Delete older version by clicking on Delete link. Confirm to delete.
Update and re-install new version.
Install Sample Data
To install sample data as seen on our demo page, following these steps
Make sure you have installed WP Timeline plugins
Step 1. Go to Tools > Import, then click on Wordpress
Step 2. If it is not yet installed before, you have to install it. On the popup window, click on "Install Now"
Step 3. After installed successfully, click on Activate Plugin & Run Importer
Step 4. Browse for FULL_DOWNLOAD_PACKET/installation/wp-timeline/sample-data/sample-data.xml (or download it here) and click Upload File and Import.
Step 5. After uploaded, the confirmation page appears. Check the Download and import file attachments option and click Submit. If you have trouble with importing (it might breaks in the middle due to long execution time), try again with this option Unchecked!
Step 6. OK, done!
Creating Timeline
1. Go To Wordpress Admin > Timeline > Add New Timeline
2. Set a title, description, featured image and required field of the timeline
3. Click Publish to save timeline
4. Display
How to create Timeline with video or audio?
1. Add youtube or soundcloud link to content of timeline, you could also use embed of any video or audio website
2. To show video or audio in timeline, you just select Show media > yes
If you dont use Visual Composer, you just add this parameter to timeline shortcode: show_media="1"
Custom order Timeline
1. Go To Wordpress Admin > Timeline > Add numerical order ( just type number )
2. Set a timeline order by custom custom order
If you dont use Visual Composer, you just add this parameter to timeline shortcode: order="ASC" orderby="meta_value_num" meta_key="wpex_order"
Shortcode builder
1. Go to Timeline > Shortcode builder
2. Config shortcode option as you wan to show > Click Publish button
3. Copy shortcode and paste it into your post, page, or text widget content
Shortcode
Timeline shortcode allow you can display timeline in your page using shortcode
You could use Shortcode builder feature to generate shortcode instead using default shortcode
WP Timeline shortcode also has supported: Visual Composer, Elementor and SiteOrigin page builder so you could use those page builder to config shortcode
Timeline listing
Timeline listing is a shortcode for displaying timeline on listing with load more ajax.
style - Select between style
classic - Classic (style="classic")
modern - Classic (style="modern")
wide_img - Wide image (style="wide_img") Only available in version 3.0 ++
bg - Background (style="bg") Only available in version 3.0 ++
box-color - Box color (style="box-color") Only available in version 3.1 ++
simple - Simple (style="simple") Only available in version 3.0 ++
simple-bod - Simple bod (style="simple-bod") Only available in version 3.1 ++
simple-cent - Simple cent (style="simple-cent") Only available in version 3.1 ++
clean - Clean (style="clean") Only available in version 3.0 ++
alignment - Select between (alignment="center") or Left (alignment="left")
Center - Center (alignment="center")
Left - Classic (alignment="left")
sidebyside - Side by side (style="sidebyside") Only available in version 3.1 ++
posttype - Select post types, Ex: posttype="post" to show blog posts in timeline ( Defaults: wp-timeline)
ids - List of IDs to query, separated by a comma
count - Total number of items to show. Default 9
posts_per_page - Number of items per page. Default 3
cat - List of category ids (or slug), separated by a comma
tag - List of tag ids (or slug), separated by a comma
order - Order ascending (order="ASC") or descending (order="DESC")
taxonomy - Enter slug of custom taxonomy
start_label - Enter start title of timeline
end_label - Enter end title of timeline
orderby - Choose order condition
'date' - Order by publish date.
'timeline_date' - Order by timeline date (only work with Timeline datepicker, not work with custom date field). Only available in version 2.4
'ID' - Order by post id. Note the captialization.
'author' - Order by author.
'title' - Order by title.
'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
'modified' - Order by last modified date.
'parent' - Order by post/page parent id.
'rand' - Random order.
'menu_order' - Order by Page Order. Used most often for Pages (Order field in the Edit Page Attributes box) and for Attachments (the integer fields in the Insert / Upload Media Gallery dialog), but could be used for any post type with distinct 'menu_order' values (they all default to 0).
'meta_value' - Note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. Note also that the sorting will be alphabetical which is fine for strings (i.e. words), but can be unexpected for numbers (e.g. 1, 3, 34, 4, 56, 6, etc, rather than 1, 3, 4, 6, 34, 56 as you might naturally expect). Use 'meta_value_num' instead for numeric values.
'meta_value_num' - Order by numeric meta value (available with Version 2.8). Also note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. This value allows for numerical sorting as noted above in 'meta_value'.
'post__in' - Preserve post ID order given in the ids array
'none' - No order
meta_key - Enter custom field key, Show posts associated with a certain custom field
show_media - Choose "Yes" (show_media="1") or "No" (show_media="0") to show or hide Media instead of thumbnail
full_content - Show full content in
'0' - Show Full content in single timeline page
'1' - Show Full content instead of excerpt ( replace with excerpt)
'lightbox' - Show Full content in lightbox
show_history - Choose "Yes" (show_history="1") or "No" (show_history="0") to show or hide history bar
filter_cat - Choose "Yes" (filter_cat="1") or "No" (filter_cat="0") to show or hide filter category bar
lightbox - Choose "Yes" (lightbox="1") or "No" (lightbox="0") to enable or disable image lightbox feature
infinite - Choose "Yes" (infinite="1") or "No" (infinite="0") to enable or disable infinite Scroll feature Only available in version 3.0 ++
animations - Choose animations for each timeline
None
bounce
flash
pulse
rubberBand
shake
headShake
swing
tada
wobble
jello
bounceIn
bounceInDown
bounceInLeft
bounceInRight
bounceInUp
fadeIn
fadeInDown
fadeInDownBig
fadeInLeft
fadeInLeftBig
fadeInRight
fadeInRightBig
fadeInUp
fadeInUpBig
flipInX
flipInY
lightSpeedIn
rotateIn
rotateInDownLeft
rotateInDownRight
rotateInUpLeft
rotateInUpRight
bounceInRight
rollIn
zoomIn
zoomInDown
zoomInLeft
zoomInRight
zoomInUp
slideIn
slideInDown
slideInLeft
slideInRight
bounceInRight
class - Add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS
hide_title - Choose "Yes" (hide_title="1") or "No" (hide_title="") to show or hide Title
hide_img - Choose "Yes" (hide_img="1") or "No" (hide_img="") to show or hide Featured Image
feature_label - Choose "Yes" (feature_label="1") or "No" (feature_label="0") to show or hide feature label
Create feature label:
Show feature label:
enable_back - Choose "Yes" (enable_back="yes") or "No" (enable_back="") Enable Back to timeline page button when access each timeline from timeline page
To use Flat style, you just add parameter class="flat-style" To use Dark style, you just add parameter class="dark-style"
Modern alignment center style
Classic alignment center style
Clean alignment center style
Simple alignment center style
Wide image alignment center style
Background image alignment center style
Modern single column
classic single column
Clean alignment left style
Timeline Slider
Timeline Slider is a shortcode for displaying timeline on horizontal Slider.
style - Select between Left side (style="left-side") or Full Width (style="full-width")
layout - Select between Horizontal (layout="horizontal") or Horizontal Steps (layout="hozsteps")
posttype - Select post types Ex: posttype="post" to show blog posts in timeline ( Defaults: wp-timeline)
ids - List of IDs to query, separated by a comma
count - Total number of items to show. Default 9
cat - List of category ids (or slug), separated by a comma
tag - List of tag ids (or slug), separated by a comma
order - Order ascending (order="ASC") or descending (order="DESC")
taxonomy - Enter slug of custom taxonomy
orderby - Choose order condition
'date' - Order by date.
'ID' - Order by post id. Note the captialization.
'author' - Order by author.
'title' - Order by title.
'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
'modified' - Order by last modified date.
'parent' - Order by post/page parent id.
'rand' - Random order.
'menu_order' - Order by Page Order. Used most often for Pages (Order field in the Edit Page Attributes box) and for Attachments (the integer fields in the Insert / Upload Media Gallery dialog), but could be used for any post type with distinct 'menu_order' values (they all default to 0).
'meta_value' - Note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. Note also that the sorting will be alphabetical which is fine for strings (i.e. words), but can be unexpected for numbers (e.g. 1, 3, 34, 4, 56, 6, etc, rather than 1, 3, 4, 6, 34, 56 as you might naturally expect). Use 'meta_value_num' instead for numeric values.
'meta_value_num' - Order by numeric meta value (available with Version 2.8). Also note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. This value allows for numerical sorting as noted above in 'meta_value'.
'post__in' - Preserve post ID order given in the ids array
'none' - No order
meta_key - Enter custom field key, Show posts associated with a certain custom field
arrow_position - Select position of arrow (top or center)
show_media - 1/0 Choose "Yes" (show_media="1") or "No" (show_media="0") to show or hide Media instead of thumbnail
full_content - Show full content in
'0' - Show Full content in single timeline page
'1' - Show Full content instead of excerpt ( replace with excerpt)
'lightbox' - Show Full content in lightbox
hide_thumb - 1/0 Choose "Yes" (hide_thumb="1") or "No" (hide_thumb="0") to show or hide thumbnail
show_all - 1/0 (show_all="1") Show all items on timeline bar
toolbar_position - top (toolbar_position="top")/bottom (toolbar_position="bottom"), Choose Timeline bar position
autoplay - 1/0 Choose "Yes" (autoplay="1") to auto next timeline
start_on - Slide to start on, enter number, default start_on="0"
class - Add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS
enable_back - Choose "Yes" (enable_back="yes") or "No" (enable_back="") Enable Back to timeline page button when access each timeline from timeline page
Horizontal Full width
Dark style
Horizontal left
Horizontal Steps layout
Dark style
To use Dark style, you just add parameter class="dark-style"
Timeline Horizontal multi items
Timeline Horizontal multi items is a shortcode for displaying multi items timeline on slider.
style - Select between style 1 (style="1") or style 2 (style="2") or style 3 (style="3") or style 4 (style="4") or style 5 (style="5") or style 6 (style="6")
posttype - Select post types Ex: posttype="post" to show blog posts in timeline ( Defaults: wp-timeline)
ids - List of IDs to query, separated by a comma
count - Total number of items to show. Default 6
slidesshow - Number item visible. Default 4
cat - List of category ids (or slug), separated by a comma
tag - List of tag ids (or slug), separated by a comma
order - Order ascending (order="ASC") or descending (order="DESC")
taxonomy - Enter slug of custom taxonomy
orderby - Choose order condition
'date' - Order by date.
'ID' - Order by post id. Note the captialization.
'author' - Order by author.
'title' - Order by title.
'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
'modified' - Order by last modified date.
'parent' - Order by post/page parent id.
'rand' - Random order.
'menu_order' - Order by Page Order. Used most often for Pages (Order field in the Edit Page Attributes box) and for Attachments (the integer fields in the Insert / Upload Media Gallery dialog), but could be used for any post type with distinct 'menu_order' values (they all default to 0).
'meta_value' - Note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. Note also that the sorting will be alphabetical which is fine for strings (i.e. words), but can be unexpected for numbers (e.g. 1, 3, 34, 4, 56, 6, etc, rather than 1, 3, 4, 6, 34, 56 as you might naturally expect). Use 'meta_value_num' instead for numeric values.
'meta_value_num' - Order by numeric meta value (available with Version 2.8). Also note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. This value allows for numerical sorting as noted above in 'meta_value'.
'post__in' - Preserve post ID order given in the ids array
'none' - No order
meta_key - Enter custom field key, Show posts associated with a certain custom field
number_excerpt - Enter number of exverpt to show, example number_excerpt="10"
start_on - Slide to start on, enter number, default start_on="0"
show_media - 1/0 Choose "Yes" (show_media="1") or "No" (show_media="0") to show or hide Media instead of thumbnail
full_content - Show full content in
'0' - Show Full content in single timeline page
'1' - Show Full content instead of excerpt ( replace with excerpt)
'lightbox' - Show Full content in lightbox
hide_thumb - 1/0 Choose "Yes" (hide_thumb="1") or "No" (hide_thumb="0") to show or hide thumbnail
autoplay - 1/0 Choose "Yes" (autoplay="1") to auto next timeline
autoplayspeed - Autoplay Speed in milliseconds. Default:3000
class - Add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS
enable_back - Choose "Yes" (enable_back="yes") or "No" (enable_back="") Enable Back to timeline page button when access each timeline from timeline page
Style 1
Style 2
Style 3
Style 4
Timeline Infographics
You need enable this feature in Timeline Settings page > Advanced > Timeline Infographics > Yes > Save Settings
Timeline Infographics is a shortcode for displaying timeline on Infographics style with load more ajax.
style - Select between style 1 (style="1") or style 2 (style="2") or style 3 (style="3")
posttype - Select post types, Ex: posttype="post" to show blog posts in timeline ( Defaults: wp-timeline)
ids - List of IDs to query, separated by a comma
count - Total number of items to show. Default 9
posts_per_page - Number of items per page. Default 3
cat - List of category ids (or slug), separated by a comma
tag - List of tag ids (or slug), separated by a comma
order - Order ascending (order="ASC") or descending (order="DESC")
taxonomy - Enter slug of custom taxonomy
start_label - Enter start title of timeline
end_label - Enter end title of timeline
orderby - Choose order condition
'date' - Order by publish date.
'timeline_date' - Order by timeline date (only work with Timeline datepicker, not work with custom date field). Only available from version 2.4
'ID' - Order by post id. Note the captialization.
'author' - Order by author.
'title' - Order by title.
'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
'name' - Order by post name (post slug).
'modified' - Order by last modified date.
'parent' - Order by post/page parent id.
'rand' - Random order.
'menu_order' - Order by Page Order. Used most often for Pages (Order field in the Edit Page Attributes box) and for Attachments (the integer fields in the Insert / Upload Media Gallery dialog), but could be used for any post type with distinct 'menu_order' values (they all default to 0).
'meta_value' - Note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. Note also that the sorting will be alphabetical which is fine for strings (i.e. words), but can be unexpected for numbers (e.g. 1, 3, 34, 4, 56, 6, etc, rather than 1, 3, 4, 6, 34, 56 as you might naturally expect). Use 'meta_value_num' instead for numeric values.
'meta_value_num' - Order by numeric meta value (available with Version 2.8). Also note that a 'meta_key=keyname' must also be present in the query. This value allows for numerical sorting as noted above in 'meta_value'.
'post__in' - Preserve post ID order given in the ids array
'none' - No order
meta_key - Enter custom field key, Show posts associated with a certain custom field
show_media - Choose "Yes" (show_media="1") or "No" (show_media="0") to show or hide Media
full_content - Show full content in
'0' - Show Full content in single timeline page
'1' - Show Full content instead of excerpt ( replace with excerpt)
'lightbox' - Show Full content in lightbox
show_history - Choose "Yes" (show_history="1") or "No" (show_history="0") to show or hide history bar
filter_cat - Choose "Yes" (filter_cat="1") or "No" (filter_cat="0") to show or hide filter category bar
infinite - Choose "Yes" (infinite="1") or "No" (infinite="0") to enable or disable infinite Scroll feature Only available in version 3.0 ++
animations - Choose animations for each timeline
None
bounce
flash
pulse
rubberBand
shake
headShake
swing
tada
wobble
jello
bounceIn
bounceInDown
bounceInLeft
bounceInRight
bounceInUp
fadeIn
fadeInDown
fadeInDownBig
fadeInLeft
fadeInLeftBig
fadeInRight
fadeInRightBig
fadeInUp
fadeInUpBig
flipInX
flipInY
lightSpeedIn
rotateIn
rotateInDownLeft
rotateInDownRight
rotateInUpLeft
rotateInUpRight
bounceInRight
rollIn
zoomIn
zoomInDown
zoomInLeft
zoomInRight
zoomInUp
slideIn
slideInDown
slideInLeft
slideInRight
bounceInRight
class - Add a class name and refer to it in custom CSS
hide_title - Choose "Yes" (hide_title="1") or "No" (hide_title="") to show or hide Title
hide_img - Choose "Yes" (hide_img="1") or "No" (hide_img="") to show or hide Featured Image
feature_label - Choose "Yes" (feature_label="1") or "No" (feature_label="0") to show or hide feature label
enable_back - Choose "Yes" (enable_back="yes") or "No" (enable_back="") Enable Back to timeline page button when access each timeline from timeline page
Usage
Simple: go to any place which accepts shortcode, for example Post or Page and copy shortcode from document or shortcode builder and paste to place/content of Post or Page.
You also can use Vissual composer/WPBakery Page Builder to config
Configuration
To go to Timeline Settings page, click on Timeline > Settings menu item.
General settings
Manager font and main color
Advanced settings
Manager advanced option
Custom Code
Enter your custom css and js here
Js + Css file
Manager css css and js file
Translation
To translate Frontend text, you can go to Timeline > Settings> Advanced > Frontend static text
To translate all texts, You can use Loco Translate plugin to translate:
Sources and Credits
I've used the following images, icons or other files as listed.
Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this plugin. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this plugin. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the plugin on Codecanyon, you might consider visiting the forums and asking your question in the "Item Discussion" section.