Category Post Shortcode

This plugin allow you to display post list in your page or post by using shortcode.

• Author: ibnuyahya
• Author URI: http://www.ibnuyahya.com
• Copyright: Released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE

How to use

just put this shortcode in your post or pages

[cat totalposts=”3″ category=”1,3″ thumbnail=”true” excerpt=”true” ]

• totalposts – your total number of post to display. default is -1
• category – category id. use comma , for multiple id
• thumbnail – set true if you want to display thumbnail. default is false
• date – set true if you want to display post date. default is false. Uses format set in WordPress Settings > General > Date Format
• excerpt – set true if you want to display excertp. default is true
• orderby – your post will order by . default post_date . check https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts for detail

thumbnail
* create custom field key as thumbnail-url and put your thumbnail url in the value area

style at your own
* you need to style your category-post-shortcode plugin in your style.css example

.cat-post{
width:100%;
}
.cat-post-list{
display: block;
margin-bottom: 20px;
position: relative;

}
.cat-post-images{
float:left;
width:140px;
display:block;
}

.cat-content{
width:350px;
float:right;
}
.cat-post-title{
display: block;
width:100%;
}
.cat-post-date{
display: block;
width:100%;
}
.cat-clear{
clear:both;
}

1. more info or sample, please visit http://ibnuyahya.com/wordpress-plugins/category-post-shortcode

Install like any other basic plugin:

1. Copy the category-post-shortcode folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder

2. Activate the Category Post Shortcode on your plugin-page.

1.0

• Initial release

2.0

• Fixed some bug

2.1

• Add order parameter

2.2

• Corrected comment id

2.3

• add thumbnail size
• get image from post as a thumbnail if no thumbnail-url custom field created.

2.4

• add option to display the post date