Posts by Category

June 07, 2018

Posts by Category Plugin

Display a list of posts from a specific category or tag.

Posts by Category lets you display a list of posts pulled from a particular category or tag, and optionally
group them by year, month or first letter of the post title.

Current features include:

  • Set a title to be displayed above list of posts
  • Shortcode allows post list to be inserted anywhere
  • Limit how many posts should be displayed
  • Group posts by year, month or first letter

Usage

To display the list of posts, add the following shortcode to your post or page.

Default settings:

[sb_category_posts] 

Custom settings:

[sb_category_posts show="10" cat="3" group_by="year"] 

For full list of parameters see the plugin release page

Installation

  1. Upload the ‘posts-by-category’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Add the shortcode to your post or page
  4. Enjoy!

FAQ

Installation Instructions

  1. Upload the ‘posts-by-category’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Add the shortcode to your post or page
  4. Enjoy!

How do I find my category/tag ID number?

When editing a category or tag, the URL in your browser will look something like this:
yoursite.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?action=edit&taxonomy=category&tag_ID=25&post_type=post

The number after tag_ID is your category or tag ID.

Changelog

1.0

  • First version

Details

  • Version: 1.0.0
  • Active installations: 200
  • WordPress Version: 2.9
  • Tested up to: 4.9.26

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