Ajit Kumar Satpathy

These must be in function.php in the theme for the plugin to work for thumbnail and excerpt:
add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );
set_post_thumbnail_size( form_option(‘thumbnail_size_w&&echo=false’), form_option(‘thumbnail_size_h&&echo=false’), true );
function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) { 
 return 20; 
} 
add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, ‘custom_excerpt_length’, 999 ); 
function custom_excerpt_more( $more ) { 
 return ”; 
} 
add_filter( ‘excerpt_more’, ‘custom_excerpt_more’ );
You’ll also need to add thumbnails to the posts you want visible in the list.
After that, all you need to do is to add the hook [getcatlist 1] (where 1 is a categoy id) to your post.

Category Thumbnail Excerpt

Lists a category with thumbnails,title,excerpt with a read more link

g100g

Here is a simple plugin to add thumbnails to your Posts list within the WordPress backend.
Just install it and choose from the options which post types you want to show the thumbnails.
You can choose the built in Post and Page, along with all added Custom Post Types.

Thumbnails for Backend

It has not been updated for a long time but still work perfectly.



Simple, but cool!

Simple plugin to add thumbnails to your Posts list within the WordPress backend.

Category Thumbnail Excerpt vs Thumbnails for Backend