Title: [Plugin: Zone Manager (Zoninator)] Example Sites
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Zone Manager (Zoninator)] Example Sites

 *  [Tim_Olaguna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim_olaguna/)
 * (@tim_olaguna)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-zone-manager-zoninator-example-sites/)
 * Can anyone refer me to sites where this plugin is being used?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zoninator/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/zoninator/)

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 *  [artc1209](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artc1209/)
 * (@artc1209)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-zone-manager-zoninator-example-sites/#post-2144196)
 * Because it was co-authored by the Bangor Daily News… I’d suspect it’s in use 
   there. See: [http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2011/06/20/bangor-daily-news-a-complete-publishing-system-on-wordpress/](http://publisherblog.automattic.com/2011/06/20/bangor-daily-news-a-complete-publishing-system-on-wordpress/)
 * Cheers,
    Art
 *  Thread Starter [Tim_Olaguna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim_olaguna/)
 * (@tim_olaguna)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-zone-manager-zoninator-example-sites/#post-2144431)
 * Thanks for the reference artc1209. I’ve read it but still don’t understand how
   to use the plugin. As I recently wrote the author “I have installed your zoninator
   plugin but cannot see its value, usefulness, or how it works at all. Take your
   installation instruction #3 which reads, “Go to Dashboard > Zones to create and
   manage zones.” Well, I go to my Dashboard and see there is nothing called “Zones”
   anywhere. No listing called Zones, no menu item called Zones, nothing! So, of
   course there is no obvious way to “create” or “manage” zones. I’m using WordPress
   3.1.4 and the Atahualpa 3.6.7 theme. Are zones meant to be a way to order the
   layout of your posts? If so, how do they do that? Or are they just another way
   to segregate types of posts, like categories (and if so why not just use categories?).
   
   I really wish plugin authors would spend a bit more time explaining the use and
   value of their code then thy tend to do around here.
 *  [artc1209](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artc1209/)
 * (@artc1209)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-zone-manager-zoninator-example-sites/#post-2144450)
 * Well, it’s certainly poorly documented. ;- )
 * I haven’t played with it enough to figure out exactly what it does either, but
   I’m guessing that a Zone is a type of meta data that shows or hides content —
   like a paper newspaper’s zone editions only go into specific geographic regions.
 * I’m guessing this is similar, but probably not firmly geographic, unless they’re
   using zoning to create hyperlocal sites within a larger site.
 * I suspect it’s usefulness is only visible from the back end, not user-facing….
 *  Thread Starter [Tim_Olaguna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tim_olaguna/)
 * (@tim_olaguna)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-zone-manager-zoninator-example-sites/#post-2144451)
 * What I have found is that, when editing an old post, or creating a new one, whatever“
   zones” you have set up are listed as categories. You can pick among them by checking
   them off. So they’re really just another way of classifying things.
 *  [William P. Davis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpdavis/)
 * (@wpdavis)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-zone-manager-zoninator-example-sites/#post-2144497)
 * The plugin allows you to order content within a specific zone rather than displaying
   posts reverse-chronologically. It’s not plug-and-play — it requires template 
   modification.
 * Once the plugin is installed, you can access the zones at /wp-admin/index.php?
   page=zoninator. You can search for posts and drag and drop them to order them.
 * Once you create the zones and add posts, you’ll have to modify your template.
   We have a template for the homepage that looks something like this:
 *     ```
       $posts = $zoninator->get_zone_posts( $zone_id, array( 'numberposts' => 15, 'post_type' => 'any' ), false );
       foreach( $posts as $post ) {
           //display post
       }
       ```
   

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