Curtiss Grymala

<p>This WordPress plug-in allows users to easily list all of the attachments associated with a specific post or page within WordPress. For instance, if you want to create a long list of Word documents or PDF documents, you can simply attach them to the page or post, then insert the shortcode where you’d like that list to appear.</p>
<h4>Usage</h4>
<p>The simplest way to use this plug-in is just to use the shortcode. That will, by default, list the attachments with the most recent upload at the top of the list and the oldest upload at the end of the list. No heading will be included above the list. The list will be created as an unordered list with the CSS class of “attachment-list”.</p>
<p>[list-attachments]</p>
<h4>Options</h4>
<ul>
<li>type – a comma-separated list of file extensions that should be included in the list. If this is left empty, all attachments will be included<br />
orderby – any of the values that can be used with the WordPress query_posts() function</li>
<li>order – indicate whether the list should be sorted in ascending or descending order</li>
<li>groupby – if you would like the list split into specific groups, you can indicate any of the WordPress post object parameters as the value of this property. For instance, you can use a common “description” for your attachments to organize them into groups. In that case, you would use “post_content” as the “groupby” parameter for this shortcode</li>
<li>before_list – any HTML code you want to appear before the list begins<br />
opening – the opening tag(s) for the list (defaults to <ul class=”attachment-list”>)</li>
<li>closing – the closing tag(s) for the list (defaults to </ul>)</li>
<li>before_item – the opening tag(s) for each item of the list (defaults to <li>)</li>
<li>after_item – the closing tag(s) for each item of the list (defaults to </li>)</li>
</ul>
<p>This is the first version of this plug-in, so I’m certain there are a lot of features that still need to be added and bugs that need to be worked out. If you try out the plug-in and have any suggestions or notice any issues, please comment on this post and let us know.</p>
<h3>Known Issues</h3>
<ul>
<li>The HTML code arguments (before_list, after_list, before_item, after_item, etc.) only work when added through the visual editor. When added through the HTML editor, they are not sent properly through the shortcode.</li>
</ul>
<h3>To Do</h3>
<ul>
<li>Re-do the method of handling the HTML code arguments</li>
<li>Remove the handful of hard-coded HTML elements that are in the plug-in, making them configurable through shortcode arguments</li>
<li>Add a widget to the plugin</li>
</ul>


List Attachments Shortcode

Adds a shortcode to display a list of files attached to a post.

Trevor Green

<p>Adds a shortcode [pdfmenu] and a widget that defaults to displaying an unordered list of all pdf’s attached to the current page or post.</p>
<p>There are options for both altering the query to return a different set of attachments and for formatting the output.</p>
<p>This plugin should always default to:</p>
<pre><code><ul class="cop_pdfmenu">
    <li class="attachment/pdf"><a href="(direct uri to attachment)" target="_blank" title="(attachment title)">(attachment title)</a>
</ul>
</code></pre>
<p>The attachments will be ordered by date in the ascending order by default.</p>
<h4>Shortcode Options include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Change list types ol, li, div (nested divs).</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu list_type=”ul”]</li>
<li>[pdfmenu list_type=”ol”]</li>
<li>[pdfmenu list_type=”div”]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Set a different class on the container.</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu class=”differentclass”]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Set a different target.</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu target=”differenttarget”]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Get a list of pdfs from a different parent.</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu post_parent=”1″]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Change the number of pdfs to return.    (currently no paging).</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu numberposts=”-1″]  (returns all attachments)</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Change the post_mime_type to query for a different type or multiple types.</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu post_mime_type=”application/zip”]</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Force download of the attachments</li>
<li>
<ul>
<li>[pdfmenu dowload=”all”] (force download of all listed attachments)</li>
<li>[pdfmenu dowload=”application/pdf”]  (force download of a single mime type)</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Widget Options include all of the shortcode options and add some selectors for altering the query and output.</p>


COP PDF Attachment Menu

Adds a shortcode [pdfmenu] that defaults to displaying an unordered list of all pdf's attached to the current page or post.

List Attachments Shortcode vs COP PDF Attachment Menu