ibnuyahya

This plugin allow you to display post list in your page or post by using shortcode.
<ul>
<li>Author: ibnuyahya</li>
<li>Author URI: <a href="http://www.ibnuyahya.com" title="developers note" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.ibnuyahya.com</a></li>
<li>Copyright: Released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to use</h3>
just put this shortcode in your post or pages
[cat totalposts=”3″ category=”1,3″ thumbnail=”true” excerpt=”true” ]
<ul>
<li>totalposts – your total number of post to display. default is -1</li>
<li>category – category id. use comma , for multiple id</li>
<li>thumbnail – set true if you want to display thumbnail. default is false</li>
<li>date – set true if you want to display post date. default is false. Uses format set in WordPress Settings > General > Date Format</li>
<li>excerpt – set true if you want to display excertp. default is true</li>
<li>orderby – your post will order by . default post_date . check https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts for detail</li>
</ul>
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; 
}
<ol>
<li>more info or sample, please visit http://ibnuyahya.com/wordpress-plugins/category-post-shortcode</li>
</ol>

Category Post Shortcode

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

AF themes

Blockspare

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<h3>How it works (3 simple steps)</h3>
<ol>
<li>Choose a template or block from the Patterns Library or demo gallery. </li>
<li>Import or copy it into your page or post</li>
<li>Customize content and design using Gutenberg</li>
</ol>
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<h3>Other Plugins by AF themes</h3>
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