{"id":79,"date":"2026-05-22T21:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awtpn.org\/2026\/?p=79"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:08:20","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awtpn.org\/2026\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"79\" class=\"elementor elementor-79\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b6958b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b6958b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5deaa84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"5deaa84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!--\n  AWTPN NEWS & BLOG PAGE\n  ========================\n  HOW TO USE:\n  1. 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To make it fully dynamic (auto-updates when you publish\n  new posts), add a SECOND Elementor widget below this HTML widget:\n\n  Option A \u2014 Elementor Pro \"Posts\" widget (if you have Pro)\n    \u2192 Set post type: Posts, layout: Grid, columns: 3\n    \u2192 Style it to match via Elementor's widget styling\n\n  Option B \u2014 Free: use the shortcode from \"WP Show Posts\" free plugin:\n    [wpsp id=\"1\"]  (create a post display in WP Show Posts \u2192 Add New)\n\n  Option C \u2014 Keep this static page and manually update when new posts go up.\n  This is fine for now since AWTPN posts infrequently.\n  All post links point to awtpn.org\/... 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