emma2334

This plugin makes redirecting category menu item to the latest post in it easy by just clicking a checkbox in admin page.
Adding query <code>?latest</code> to any category url, and it will redirect to the latest post in the category. As long as the redirection option is on, category menu items will be replace into links of latest posts.
Also, pull requests are welcome, check it out on <a href="https://github.com/emma2334/wp-latest-post-in-category" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.
[IMPORTANT] Make sure you have any kinds of walker extension code or pluins to customied menu fields in your wordpress, since the plugin doesn’t include this part. The easiest way is to install <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/menu-item-custom-fields/" rel="ugc">Menu Item Custom Fields by Dzikri Aziz</a>.

Redirect to Category Latest Post

Redirect category menu item to the latest post in it.

Laxman Prajapati

WP Blog Posts plugin ability to display blog posts with title, short description, date, etc… to our website. An easy way to use the plugin.
You can use the [wp_blog_posts] shortcode and after that, the blog section will be shown automatically on the front side.
<h4>Awesome features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display the latest blog post.</li>
<li>Display the blog post by category ID.</li>
<li>Set the blog post limit to show in section.</li>
<li>Set the blog post column to show in section.</li>
<li>Use the same shortcode multiple times on the same page.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Shortcodes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Latest : [wp_blog_posts] – Show the latest blog post.</li>
<li>Category : [wp_blog_posts cat=”category_id”] – Show the blog post by category ID.</li>
<li>Column : [wp_blog_posts column=”3″] – Set the column to show in section.</li>
<li>Limit : [wp_blog_posts limit=”3″] – Set the limit to show in section.</li>
<li>Complete shortcode example: 
[wp_blog_posts limit=”3″ column=”3″ cat=”category_id”]</li>
</ul>

WP Blog Posts

Great plugin for me

Simple and strong. 100% recommendable. 
Thank you very much for such a great Plugin!

Very Good

WP Blog Posts plugin ability to display blog posts with title, short description, date, etc... to our website.

Redirect to Category Latest Post vs WP Blog Posts