List Pages Shortcode

February 21, 2023

List Pages Shortcode Plugin

Introduces the [list-pages], [sibling-pages] and [child-pages] shortcodes for easily displaying a list of pages within a post or page.

Introduces the [list-pages], [sibling-pages] and [child-pages] shortcodes for easily displaying a list of pages within a post or page. Both shortcodes accept all parameters that you can pass to the wp_list_pages() function with the addition of a class parameter.

Example Usage

List pages sorted by title

[list-pages sort_column="post_title"] 

List pages but exclude certain IDs and set the class of the list to “my-page-list”

[list-pages exclude="17,38" class="my-page-list"] 

Show excerpt (for pages excerpt support will need adding manually or via the Page Excerpt plugin)

[list-pages excerpt="1"] 

List the current page’s children, but only show the top level

[child-pages depth="1"] 

List the current page’s siblings and their subpages

[sibling-pages depth="2"] 

Default Arguments

The default values are the same as for the wp_list_pages() function except for title_li which defaults to nothing. If a class is not specified, a default class of either “list-pages”, “sibling-pages” or “child-pages” is given to the UL tag. In addition, the echo parameter has no effect.

In addition to the wp_list_pages() arguments, you can also specify:

  • list_type(string) List tag. Defaults to <ul>.
  • exclude_current_page(int) Exclude the current page. Defaults to 0.
  • excerpt(int) Show the page excerpt. Defaults to 0.

Installation

  1. Download and unzip the most recent version of this plugin
  2. Upload the list-pages-shortcode folder to /path-to-wordpress/wp-content/plugins/
  3. Login to your WP Admin panel, click Plugins, and activate “List Pages Shortcode”

FAQ

How do I include a page excerpt?

Firstly you will need to add support for excerpt for your pages. You can either you this by using the add_post_type_support() function or using a plugin like Page Excerpt.

You can also use the ‘list_pages_shortcode_excerpt’ filter to return or customize the excerpt for specific pages. The following example:

You can then include the excerpt via your shortcode.
[list-pages excerpt=”1″]

Changelog

= 1.7.7=

  • Fix sort order validation to allow for multiple sort columns.

1.7.6

  • Security Update: Validate all shortcode attributes and escape output.

1.7.5

  • Security Update: Sanitize HTML attributes before outputting.

1.7.4

  • Fix fatal error: validate_list_type() needs to be public!

1.7.3

  • Use PHP7 constructors.
  • Validate list type and convert <li> tags if not <ul> list type.
  • Checked WordPress 4.4.2 compatibility.

1.7.2

  • Add short code arguments to the shortcode_list_pages_before/after actions.
  • Checked WordPress 4.2 compatibility.

1.7.1

  • When no list type specified don’t wrap in list tags.
  • Update List_Pages_Shortcode_Walker_Page class with changes made to the WordPress Walker_Page class.
  • Checked WordPress 3.9 compatibility.

1.7

  • Add ‘list-pages-shortcode’ class to all lists.

1.6

  • Add default arg values to start_el() Walker method. Props eceleste.
  • Added shortcode_list_pages_before action.
  • Added shortcode_list_pages_after action.
  • Added list_pages_shortcode_item filter.
  • Allow specifying of post_type.

1.5

  • Added support for showing excerpt [list-pages excerpt="1"].
  • Allow filtering of excerpt output using ‘list_pages_shortcode_excerpt’ filter.
  • Added support for outputting as ordered list [list-pages list_type="ol"].
  • Allow HTML in ‘title_li’ attribute.

1.4

  • Added support for ‘post_status’.

1.3

  • Added ‘shortcode_list_pages_attributes’ filter. Useful if you need to tweak any attributes based on context or current post type.
  • Allow ‘child_of’ to be overridden by shortcode parameter.

1.2

  • Added shortcode support for ‘exclude_current_page’ parameter.
  • Added support for extra wp_list_pages() parameters: include, sort_order, meta_key, meta_value and offset.

1.1

  • Added ‘shortcode_list_pages’ filter.
  • Added [sibling-pages] shortcode.

1.0

  • First release.

Details

  • Version: 1.7.7
  • Active installations: 7,000
  • WordPress Version: 4.4.0
  • Tested up to: 6.1.7

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