mapelo

Add a list of your latest blog entries on any page. 
With simple shortcode you can place a list of your latest news (or/and other blog categories) on any page or post.
<h3>Documentation</h3>
[postsbycategories array1cat=”category1,category2″ array2cat=”category3″ sortby=”title|date” order=”ASC|DESC” posts_per_page=”-1|X”] 
Use the following shortcode anywhere on your page or post following the examples below:
[postsbycategories array1cat=”category1″ array2cat=”category3″ sortby=”date” order=”DESC” posts_per_page=”-1″] 
Show a list of post/pages into category ‘category1’ AND ‘category3’, sort by published date, descendent, and without limit of posts/pages per page.
[postsbycategories array1cat=”category1,category2″ sortby=”title” order=”ASC” posts_per_page=”8″] 
Show a list of post/pages into category ‘category1’ OR ‘category2’, sort by title, ascendent, and limit to 8 posts/pages per page.
[postsbycategories array1cat=”category1,category2″ array2cat=”category3″] 
Show a list of post/pages into category (‘category1’ OR ‘category2’) AND category3, and by default sort published by date, descendent, and no limit posts/pages per page.

List Posts by Categories

Displays a list of posts in one or more categories (with OR,AND logic between categories) using simple shortcode.

This plugin allows to set a featured image for each category. 
Posts without a featured image set will show the category’s featured image instead. 
Featured images usually are placed by the theme in the single post page, in the latest posts page, etc. 
But can also be shown using the shortcode [cfi_featured_image] or the PHP function cfi_featured_image(). To get the featured image URL I added the function cfi_featured_image_url().
Shortcode/PHP function optional arguments:
<ul>
<li>‘size’: ‘thumbnail’, ‘medium’, ‘large’, ‘full’</li>
<li>‘class’: class of the image tag</li>
<li>‘alt’: alternative text of the image tag</li>
<li>‘title’: title of the image tag</li>
<li>‘cat_id’: select a specific category id</li>
</ul>
Shortcode example:
<pre><code>[cfi_featured_image size="large" title="This is a test..." class="my-image" alt="My image"]
</code></pre>
Function example 1:
<pre><code>cfi_featured_image( array( 'size' => 'large', 'title' => 'This is a test...', 'class' => 'my-image', 'alt' => 'My image' ) );
</code></pre>
Function example 2:
<pre><code>cfi_featured_image_url( array( 'size' => 'large' ) );
</code></pre>
Notes:
<ul>
<li>If a post has more than a category with a featured image the first available is loaded</li>
<li>If a category hasn’t a featured image but it has a parent category with a featured image the parent one is loaded</li>
</ul>

Category Featured Images

This plugin does one thing and it does it well.
It's easy to use, too: install, set up the default category images and forget about it.



Does one thing and does it well

Set a featured image for all the posts of a category.

List Posts by Categories vs Category Featured Images