Article Settings

Visible when Mode is Article Mode.

• Number of Articles (default: 1, range: 1 to 20): how many articles to load
• Categories: multi-select. Leave empty or choose All Categories to include every published content category
• Tags: multi-select tag filter. Leave empty or choose All Tags to skip tag filtering
• Featured Articles Only (default: No): when Yes, only featured articles are included
• Exclude Current Article (default: Yes): on com_content article pages, exclude the article being viewed
• Exclude Articles: comma-separated article IDs to always exclude
• Order By (default: Random)
  • Random
  • Date (newest first)
  • Popularity (most hits first)
  • Title (alphabetical)

Queries also respect published state, publish dates, access levels, and language.