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

OTWthemes

You can create a fully functional website using this widget. Check out the showcase. 
Drag & drop the widget in as many sidebars or custom widget areas as you like and build as many independent lists as you like. It is very easy to build any type of list you’d like. 
It works similar to SQL query but no coding knowledge is required! 
<a href="http://otwthemes.com/demos/smart-post-lists-light/?utm_source=wp.org&utm_medium=page&utm_content=demo&utm_campaign=spll" rel="nofollow ugc">Check out demo site</a>
<blockquote>
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 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A8q7UQJzLg" rel="nofollow ugc">Video demonstration</a>.
</blockquote>
How it works
Go to your widgets section. Drag and Drop the widget in a sidebar(widget area) that you want your list to appear in. Fill in the form and click save. Here are the options you can choose from:
<ul>
<li>Select multiple categories and tags to list posts from.</li>
<li>Choose the number of posts to list and where to start listing from.</li>
<li>Order the list by: author, date created, date modified, post title.</li>
<li>Order to display posts: ascending, descending.</li>
<li>Select fields you want to show: title, date, excerpt, number of comments.</li>
<li>Select excerpt length in words</li>
<li>Choose to show image on: all posts, first only or none</li>
<li>Choose size of the image: thumb, medium, large</li>
<li>Choose image float: top of text, left of text, right of text</li>
</ul>
By filling a simple form this plugin will build an SQL SELECT query, return a result set and build html code based on it. The form controls select expression, where condition, order by expression, limit expression. 
No coding is required!
Showcase
You can create a fully functional website using this widget. Get some ideas at the <a href="http://otwthemes.com/demos/smart-post-lists-light/?utm_source=wp.org&utm_medium=page&utm_content=demo&utm_campaign=spll" rel="nofollow ugc">demo site</a>.
<ul>
<li>Sidebar examples</li>
<li>Footer examples</li>
<li>Blog examples</li>
<li>Portfolio example</li>
<li>Products example</li>
<li>Widgetized page</li>
</ul>
Customize front-end
By default the widget looks like all other widgets from the same sidebar (widget area) you drop it in. It has its own CSS file that overrides the default styles for your list elements. You can use that file to further customize the front-end outlook.
Get more of this plugin
Most themes for WordPress will come with default sidebars and a few footer areas where you can drop widgets in. If you want to have custom widget areas for instance in content areas of your pages and post, or any other area of your site:
<ul>
<li>Create your custom widget areas by using a plugin. It’s fast and easy.</li>
<li>Create your custom widget areas by little coding – advanced users.</li>
<li>Use an advanced theme with more widget areas defined.</li>
</ul>

Smart Post Lists Light

Create custom post lists based on options you choose from a form in a widget. Different types of lists, blog, portfolio, services pages. No coding.

Category Post Shortcode vs Smart Post Lists Light