michaelha

<p>Adds a shortcode [wp_list_posts]. For example [wp_list_posts category=3 numberposts=7] will return an unordered list of the most recent 7 posts in the category ID 3.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<p>This shortcode can be rendered inside a post, page or even in a widget area. Refer to the template tag https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts for input parameter.</p>


WP List Posts Shortcode

Adds a shortcode [wp_list_posts]. For example [wp_list_posts category=3 numberposts=7] will return an unordered list of the most recent 7 posts in the …

Paul Schreiber

<p>This plugin adds the ability to put a shortcode tag in any static page or post and have it display an excerpt from your latest blog post.</p>
<p>There are no settings or options.</p>
<p>It generates markup like this, which you can style as desired:</p>
<pre><code><div class='latest-post'>
<p class='title'><a href='http://www.mysite.ca/blog/post'>Look ma, no hands!</a></p>
<p class='excerpt'>Today I rode a bicycle &hellip;<a href="http://www.mysite.ca/blog/post">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
</div>
</code></pre>


Get Latest Post

Adds a shortcode tag [get_latest_post] to display an excerpt from your latest blog post.

WP List Posts Shortcode vs Get Latest Post