Neil Mickelson

<p>This plugin allows page authors to easily list any child pages of a given page by simply using a new <code>[childpages]</code> shortcode.  A basic list of the children to the page you’re editing will be returned with the shortcode <code>[childpages]</code>.  More-complex versions of the shortcode, as described in the Usage section, give you additional control over the output results.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>The basic shortcode to get a page list is <code>[childpages]</code>. Wherever you have a need to drop of a list of child pages for the page you’re currently authoring, just enter that code in either the Visual or HTML editor. The list that results will not be shown with a title, will be one level deep, will not exclude any child pages or authors, and will be sorted by page order and then by title.</p>
<p>To list the child pages with a title, use the enclosing form of the shortcode, like this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>[childpages]List Title[/childpages]</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The text between the opening and closing shortcodes will be the title of the resulting list. It is being passed to the <code>title_li</code> attribute in the <code>wp_list_pages()</code> template tag.</p>
<p>To change the defaults used to format the list, pass the appropriate parameters in your shortcode, like this:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>[childpages depth=2 sort_column=ID]</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The parameters you provide are passed to <code>wp_list_pages()</code>. The following parameters are supported; usage details for these parameters can be found in the WordPress Codex.</p>
<ul>
<li><code>depth</code></li>
<li><code>child_of</code></li>
<li><code>exclude</code></li>
<li><code>echo</code></li>
<li><code>authors</code></li>
<li><code>sort_column</code></li>
</ul>
<p>For more information, visit the plugin’s home page at <a href="http://scottierocket.com/wordpress-stuff/sr-childpages" rel="nofollow ugc">http://scottierocket.com/wordpress-stuff/sr-childpages</a>.</p>


SR-ChildPages

This plugin allows page authors to easily list any child pages of a given page by simply using a new [childpages] shortcode.

Arthur Yarwood

<p>Fast Post Lists provides additional shortcodes to include a list of posts within another post or page.<br />
Key features are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Filter posts by a search query</li>
<li>Filter posts by category, via an inclusion or exclusion list of categories</li>
<li>Filter posts by tag, via an inclusion or exclusion list of tags</li>
<li>Order posts by a post field of your choice</li>
<li>Limit the number in the list, e.g. to show the 10 most recent posts</li>
<li>Group posts by category or tag, with subheadings displayed for the category or tag</li>
<li>Full control to configure list CSS styles, HTML per post and HTML at the start and end</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcode Usage</h3>
<p>The shortcode to use in your posts or pages is:</p>
<p>[fu_postlist]</p>
<p>By default, this will query all posts and sort by post title.</p>
<p>Below are some examples of how each of the parameters can be used:</p>
<h3>List only posts that match the search keyword ‘stuff’</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist search=’stuff’]</p>
<h3>List only posts that match the search keyword ‘stuff’ but don’t have the keyword ‘rubbish’</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist search=’stuff -rubbish’]</p>
<h3>List only posts within the single category ‘Spiders’</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist cat=’Spiders’]</p>
<p>A single category can be listed by name or by id.</p>
<h3>List posts within the categories Spiders or Dogs</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist cat=’Spiders,Dogs’]</p>
<h3>List posts within the categories Spiders and Dogs</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist cat=’Spiders+Dogs’]</p>
<h3>List posts not within the categories 10 or 12</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist notcat=’10,12’]</p>
<p>Categories to exclude must be listed as a comma-separated list of id’s.</p>
<h3>List posts with either the tags ‘rain’ or ‘shine’</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist tag=’rain,shine’]</p>
<h3>List posts with both the tags ‘heavy’ and ‘metal’</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist tag=’heavy+metal’]</p>
<h3>List posts without the tag ‘trouble’</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist nottag=’trouble’]</p>
<h3>Limit the number of posts listed to 10</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist maxposts=10]</p>
<p>A value of -1 or the parameter omitted entirely means all.</p>
<h3>Group posts by category. The category name will be inserted as a subheading at the start of the group</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist groupby=cat]</p>
<h3>Group posts by tag</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist groupby=tag]</p>
<h3>Order posts by post title (default behavior)</h3>
<p>[fu_postlist orderby=’title’]<br />
However, you may order by ‘ID’, ‘author’, ‘name’ (post slug), ‘date’, ‘rand’ etc.</p>
<p>Of course, you can mix and match many of these parameters to your heart’s content.</p>


Fast Post Lists

Provide shortcodes to display a filtered list of posts, grouped by category/tag, with optional thumbnails.

SR-ChildPages vs Fast Post Lists