flexostudio

Choose from which category and how many posts you want to show, as is shown 
name and picture of the contents of this publication.
<h3>How to use</h3>
<ol>
<li>From the Administration -> settings go to post manager options enter data, generate code copy and paste the desired place in post</li>
<li>FlexoPostManager::category_post($_args); where $ _args is an array of type 
$args = array( 
 ‘category’ => ‘pictures’, 
 ‘count’ => 5, 
 ‘h_num’ => 3, 
 ‘master_class’ => ‘post-preview’, 
 ‘return’ => false, 
 ‘title_first’ => true, 
 ‘template_func’ => ‘format_post_as_picture’, 
 ‘order_by_postmeta’ => array( 
 ‘key’ => ‘fb_score’, 
 ‘order’ => ‘DESC’ 
 ), 
); 
you can put this wherever you want in header, in sidebar …..</li>
</ol>

flexo-posts-manager

shows your chosen number of publications in the selected category

Punit Patel

The Category Posts Shortcode plugin allows you to easily display a list of posts within a specified category on your WordPress website. The plugin adds a new shortcode that can be used within your posts, pages, or widgets. The list of posts is styled to be visually appealing and responsive for various screen sizes.
To use the shortcode, simply add the following to your WordPress page or post editor, replacing “your-category-slug” with the desired category slug:
[category_posts category=”your-category-slug”]
For Multiple Categories:
[category_posts category=”uncategorized”] 
[category_posts category=”blog”]

Category Posts Shortcode

A simple plugin that adds a shortcode to display posts from a specified category.

flexo-posts-manager vs Category Posts Shortcode