Plugin info

Total downloads: 7,557
Active installs: 60
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 7/3/2011 (5347 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/3/2011 (14 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.5
Tested up to WordPress version: 3.2.1
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 5347 days ago

20/100

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Possibly abandoned (last update 5347 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.5
Tested up to: 3.2.1
Requires PHP: f

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Description

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.

Documentation

[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.

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. Downlaod and unzip the last list-posts-by-categories plugin
  2. Upload the list-posts-by-categories directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  4. Place shortcode on your page, eg. [postsbycategories array1cat=”category1″ array2cat=”category3″ sortby=”date” order=”DESC” posts_per_page=”-1″]

Frequently Asked Questions

The shortcode does not return anything

This is most likely because the category name you used in your shortcode is not present or misspelled.

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Changelog

0.1.1 [July 3, 2011]
– Some corrections in readme.txt by mapelo

0.1 [July 3, 2011]
– First released by mapelo