An 11ty plugin to dynamically generate categories of posts as well as pagination for those categories
Eleventy Dynamic Categories is an innovative plugin designed to streamline how content is organized based on categories within the Eleventy static site generator. With its alpha version, this plugin provides an easy way to create and manage categories and their respective collections, making it simpler to display and navigate through content. This functionality is especially useful for websites with a variety of content types, allowing for greater user engagement.
By utilizing this plugin, users can effectively categorize their posts and display them in both simple lists and paginated formats. This flexibility is particularly beneficial for sites with extensive content, enhancing both usability and aesthetics. Its configuration is straightforward, making it accessible even for those who may not be deeply familiar with coding.
Dynamic Collection Creation: Automatically generates two collections based on the specified category name: one for all items and one for paginated access.
Simple Loop Support: Ideal for displaying categories with manageable amounts of content, allowing for efficient data looping within templates.
Pagination Functionality: Enables advanced pagination features, making it easy to manage and display large sets of content divided across multiple pages.
Flexible Configuration: Users can easily customize the plugin settings, such as specifying the category variable, target collection, and number of items per page.
Unique Collection Naming: Ensures that the generated collection names are unique, preventing any conflicts with other data structures in the project.
Multiple Category Support: Allows for the plugin to be initialized multiple times with different configurations, granting the ability to categorize various collections simultaneously.
Helper Template Tag: Integrates a pagination template tag that simplifies the markup for pagination, saving time and effort in template development.
With these features, Eleventy Dynamic Categories provides a robust solution for managing content categorization effectively.
