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Required Theme
- GeneratePress (Free Version)
Required Plugins
- Code Snippets
- Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails
- WPForms Lite
- GenerateBlocks
Home Page (GenerateBlocks)
1. Banner (Displays Featured Post)
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<h3 class="gb-headline gb-headline-5bc1b900 gb-headline-text">Featured</h3>
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<span class="gb-button gb-button-444a99c9 gb-button-text">Read More</span>
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<!-- /wp:generateblocks/container -->2. Display Latest Post
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<h3 class="gb-headline gb-headline-c8601859 gb-headline-text section-title"><strong>Latest from Blog</strong></h3>
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<!-- /wp:generateblocks/container -->3. Display Posts Grouped by Category
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<h3 class="gb-headline gb-headline-d765505e gb-headline-text section-title"><strong>Enter category name</strong></h3>
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