Scott Reilly

Easily create a link to another post using a shortcode to reference the post by id or slug; the link text is the post’s title, unless overridden.
When writing your posts, you can refer to other posts either by ID, like so:
<pre><code>[post2post id="20"]
</code></pre>
or by the post slug/name, like so:
<pre><code>[post2post id="hello-world"]
</code></pre>
When viewed on your site, the post-to-post link tag is replaced with a permalink to the post you’ve referenced. By default, the text of the link will be the referenced post’s title, resulting in something like:
<pre><code>"<a href="http://example.com/archives/2005/04/01/hello-world/" title="Hellow World!">Hello World!</a>"
</code></pre>
You can optionally customize the link text by specifying a <code>text=""</code> attribute and value to the post-to-post link tag:
<pre><code>Check out [post2post id="hello-world"]my first post[/post2post].
</code></pre>
Which yields:
<pre><code>Check out "<a href="http://example.com/archives/2011/07/01/hello-world/" title="Hello World!">my first post</a>".
</code></pre>
The plugin provides its own admin options page via <code>Settings</code> -> <code>Post2Post</code> in the WordPress admin. Here you can define text that you want to appear before and/or after each post-to-post substitution, and if you want to enable legacy tag support. The plugin’s admin page also provides some documentation.
Links: <a href="http://coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/post-to-post-links/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin Homepage</a> | <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-post-to-post-links/" rel="ugc">Plugin Directory Page</a> | <a href="https://github.com/coffee2code/post-to-post-links/" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a> | <a href="http://coffee2code.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Author Homepage</a>
<h3>Examples</h3>
These are all valid ways to reference another of your posts on the same blog.
<ul>
<li><code>[post2post id="25"]</code></li>
<li><code>[post2post id="25"/]</code></li>
<li>`[post2post id=”the-best-post-ever”]</li>
<li>`[post2post id=”the-best-post-ever”/]</li>
</ul>
Assuming all of the above were used to reference the same post, the replacement for the post-to-post shortcut would be:
<pre><code>"<a href="http://example.com/2011/07/01/the-best-post-ever" title="The Best Post Ever!">The Best Post Ever!</a>"
</code></pre>
For any of the above you can also optionally wrap the shortcode around text. If so defined, that text will be used as the link text as opposed to the referenced post’s title.
<ul>
<li><code>[post2post id="25"]this post[/post2post]</code></li>
<li><code>[post2post id="blog-anniversary"]Congratulate me![/post2post]</code></li>
</ul>
The first of which would produce:
<pre><code>"<a href="http://example.com/2011/07/01/the-best-post-ever" title="The Best Post Ever!">this post</a>"
</code></pre>
You can also optionally definte the text that appears before and after the generated links. By default these are quotes.
<ul>
<li>`[post2post id=”25″ before=” ” after=”!”]</li>
</ul>
Yields:
<pre><code> <a href="http://example.com/2011/07/01/the-best-post-ever" title="The Best Post Ever!">this post</a>!<h3>Legacy</h3>
</code></pre>
The legacy syntaxes — which are disabled by default and not recommended for use unless you’ve used version of the plugin earlier than v3.0 — allow you to refer to other posts by ID using a pseudo-shortcode syntax or an HTML comment syntax, like so:
<pre><code>[post="20"] or ``
</code></pre>
or by the post slug/name, like so:
<pre><code>[post="hello-world"] or `.`
</code></pre>
The HTML comment notation was the original syntax employed by earlier versions of this plugin (pre v2.0). While it is still supported, it is no longer the primary and recommended syntax. The pseudo-shortcode syntax was in use between v2.0 and v3.0 of the plugin.
NOTE: The HTML comment syntax notation does NOT play well with the visual (aka rich-text) editor in the WordPress admin.
Examples of old legacy syntax follow. Those that use the pseudo-shortcode syntax (i.e. <code>[post=25]</code>) only work if you’ve checked “Enable legacy pseudo-shortcode tag support?”. Those that use HTML comment notation (i.e. <code></code>) only work if you’ve checked “Enable legacy HTML comment-style tag support?”.
<ul>
<li><code>[post=25]</code></li>
<li><code>[post="25"]</code></li>
<li><code>[post = "25"]</code></li>
<li><code>[post='25']</code></li>
<li><code>[post = '25']</code></li>
<li><code>[post="the-best-post-ever"]</code></li>
<li><code>[post = "the-best-post-ever"]</code></li>
<li><code>[post='the-best-post-ever']</code></li>
<li><code>[post = 'the-best-post-ever']</code></li>
<li><code></code></li>
<li><code></code></li>
<li><code></code></li>
<li><code></code></li>
<li><code></code></li>
<li><code></code></li>
</ul>
NOTE: Only activate the legacy mode(s) that apply to your use of older versions of the plugin. If you started using the plugin at v3.0 or later, you should not activate either legacy mode.
<h3>Filters</h3>
The plugin exposes one filter for hooking. Typically, customizations utilizing this hook would be put into your active theme’s functions.php file, or used by another plugin.
c2c_post2post_shortcode (filter)
The ‘c2c_post2post_shortcode’ hook allows you to define an alternative to the default shortcode tag. By default the shortcode tag name used is ‘post2post’. It is recommended you only utilize this filter before making use of the plugin’s shortcode in posts and pages. If you change the shortcode tag name, then any existing shortcodes using an older name will no longer work (unless you employ further coding efforts).
Arguments:
<ul>
<li>$shortcode (string)</li>
</ul>
Example:
<pre><code>/**
 * Use a shorter shortcode: i.e. [p2p id="32"]
 *
 * @param string $shortcode The default shortcode name.
 * @return string The new shortcode name.
 */
function change_post2post_shortcde( $shortcode ) {
 return 'p2p';
}
add_filter( 'c2c_post2post_shortcode', 'change_post2post_shortcde' );
</code></pre>

Post-to-Post Links

Easily create a link to another post using a shortcode to reference the post by id or slug; the link text is the post's title, unless overridden.

Bill Erickson

CultivateWP

Display Posts allows you easily list content from all across your website. Start by adding this shortcode in the content editor to display a list of your most recent posts:
<pre><code>[display-posts]
</code></pre>
Filter by Category
To only show posts within a certain category, use the category parameter:
<pre><code>[display-posts category="news"]
</code></pre>
Display as Post Grid
You can create a great looking, column-based grid of posts with a bit of styling. <a href="https://displayposts.com/2019/01/04/post-grid-styling/" rel="nofollow ugc">Here’s how!</a>
List Popular Posts 
You can highlight your popular content in multiple ways. If you want to feature the posts with the most comments, use:
<pre><code>[display-posts orderby="comment_count"]
</code></pre>
You can also list <a href="https://displayposts.com/2019/01/04/most-popular-posts-by-social-shares/" rel="nofollow ugc">most popular posts by social shares</a>.
Include thumbnails, excerpts, and more 
The <a href="https://displayposts.com/docs/parameters/#display-parameters" rel="nofollow ugc">display parameters</a> let you control what information is displayed for each post. To include an image and summary, use:
<pre><code>[display-posts include_excerpt="true" image_size="thumbnail"]
</code></pre>
You can use any image size added by WordPress (thumbnail, medium, medium_large, large) OR any custom image size added by your theme or other plugins.
Sort the list however you like 
By default the listing will list the newest content first, but you can order by title, menu order, relevance, content type, metadata, and more.
List upcoming events 
You can easily list upcoming events from any event calendar. Each plugin will require slightly different code.
Here are <a href="https://displayposts.com/tag/events/" rel="nofollow ugc">tutorials for popular event calendar plugins</a>. If your plugin is not listed here, submit a support request and I’ll add it!
Tutorials 
<a href="https://displayposts.com/tutorials/" rel="nofollow ugc">Our tutorials</a> cover common customization requests, and are updated often.
Full Documentation
<ul>
<li><a href="https://displayposts.com/docs/parameters/#query-parameters" rel="nofollow ugc">Query parameters</a> for customizing which posts are listed (filter by category, tag, date…)</li>
<li><a href="https://displayposts.com/docs/parameters/#display-parameters" rel="nofollow ugc">Display parameters</a> determine how the posts appear (title, excerpt, image…)</li>
<li><a href="https://displayposts.com/2019/01/04/use-template-parts-to-match-your-themes-styling/" rel="nofollow ugc">Template parts</a> for Display Posts to perfectly match your theme’s post listings</li>
<li><a href="https://displayposts.com/docs/the-output-filter/" rel="nofollow ugc">Output filter</a> for complete control over how the listing looks on your site</li>
<li><a href="https://displayposts.com/docs/parameters/#display-parameters" rel="nofollow ugc">Filters</a> for even more powerful customizations for developers</li>
</ul>
Extensions
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/billerickson/Display-Posts-Pagination" rel="nofollow ugc">Display Posts – Pagination</a> – Allow results of Display Posts to be paginated</li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-posts-date-view/" rel="ugc">Display Posts – Date View</a> – Lets you break your content down by month or year.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/billerickson/Display-Posts-Alpha-View" rel="nofollow ugc">Display Posts – Alpha View</a> – Display an alphabetical listing of your content, broken down by letter</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/billerickson/Display-Posts-Transient-Cache" rel="nofollow ugc">Display Posts – Transient Cache</a> – Cache the output using transients</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/billerickson/dps-coauthor-addon" rel="nofollow ugc">Co-Authors Plus Addon</a> – multiple authors on posts</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/billerickson/dps-columns-extension" rel="nofollow ugc">Columns Extension</a> – display posts in columns</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/billerickson/DPS-Exclude-Sticky" rel="nofollow ugc">DPS Exclude Sticky</a> – exclude sticky posts unless specifically requested</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/shazahm1/Display-Posts-Shortcode-Pinch-Zoomer" rel="nofollow ugc">DPS Pinch Zoomer</a> – adds support pinch zooming post images on mobile devices and mouse wheel zooming on desktops</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/shazahm1/Display-Posts-Shortcode-Remote" rel="nofollow ugc">Display Posts Shortcode Remote</a> – display posts from a remote WordPress site utilizing the WP REST API.</li>
</ul>

Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more

I have hardly any page that does not use this plugin to display information extracted from posts. By using its hooks, I am able to generate carousels, accordions, and lists of posts for alerts, news, faqs, fundraisers, booking calendar, events, testimonials, and so on.

Swissknife for posts


nothing shows, or incompatible with woocommerce. no idea why, but i replaced this plugin by simple php snippets. much easier.


does not work at all


Any plugin coming from Bill Erickson can be trusted as an excellent coded tool!



And this Display Posts plugin doesn't disappoint.



If you're looking for an easy way to add posts anywhere you want without hacking theme files, the Display Posts plugin is the one you want to install! Lightweight and highly customisable.



Thanks Bill!  


Excellent

Add a listing of content on your website using a simple shortcode. Filter the results by category, author, and more.

Post-to-Post Links vs Display Posts – Easy lists, grids, navigation, and more