Category Post Shortcode

November 25, 2012

Category Post Shortcode Plugin

This plugin is to display post by category in your page/post

This plugin allow you to display post list in your page or post by using shortcode.

How to use

just put this shortcode in your post or pages

[cat totalposts=”3″ category=”1,3″ thumbnail=”true” excerpt=”true” ]

  • totalposts – your total number of post to display. default is -1
  • category – category id. use comma , for multiple id
  • thumbnail – set true if you want to display thumbnail. default is false
  • date – set true if you want to display post date. default is false. Uses format set in WordPress Settings > General > Date Format
  • excerpt – set true if you want to display excertp. default is true
  • orderby – your post will order by . default post_date . check https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts for detail

thumbnail
* create custom field key as thumbnail-url and put your thumbnail url in the value area

style at your own
* you need to style your category-post-shortcode plugin in your style.css example

.cat-post{
width:100%;
}
.cat-post-list{
display: block;
margin-bottom: 20px;
position: relative;

}
.cat-post-images{
float:left;
width:140px;
display:block;
}

.cat-content{
width:350px;
float:right;
}
.cat-post-title{
display: block;
width:100%;
}
.cat-post-date{
display: block;
width:100%;
}
.cat-clear{
clear:both;
}

  1. more info or sample, please visit http://ibnuyahya.com/wordpress-plugins/category-post-shortcode

Installation

Install like any other basic plugin:

  1. Copy the category-post-shortcode folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder

  2. Activate the Category Post Shortcode on your plugin-page.

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial release

2.0

  • Fixed some bug

2.1

  • Add order parameter

2.2

  • Corrected comment id

2.3

  • add thumbnail size
  • get image from post as a thumbnail if no thumbnail-url custom field created.

2.4

  • add option to display the post date

Details

  • Version: 2.4
  • Active installations: 300
  • WordPress Version: 2.8
  • Tested up to: 3.3.2

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