Simple post listing

This is another simple plugin to show a list of posts from your blog.
Use the [postlist] shortcode on any post or page.

The shortcode supports several options:

• category: If defined, show posts only from this category.
  Specify the category using its slug identifier. If you provide
  multiple comma-seperated category slugs then they will all be
  included.

• tag: If defined, show posts only from this tag. Specify the tag
  using its slug identifier. If you provide multiple comma-seperated
  tag slugs then they will all be included.

• style: One of list (default) or post. If it
  is list, then the list style is indented and bulleted. If it is post
  then the title is promoted to

  and
  the list style is plain.

• text: One of none (default), excerpt, excerpt-formatted,
  or normal. If it is excerpt, then the post excerpt is shown, similar
  to search results. If it is normal then the full post (up to
  the [more] tag) is shown.

• more_text: Specify the text to append onto truncated excerpts.
  Defaults to ....

• null_text: If no results are returned, shows this text.
  Defaults to (none).

• class_name: If defined, adds this class name to the generated

  
  element. Useful for custom styling.

  • show_date: If defined, the post date will precede the post title.

  • date_format: If showing the date, this php date format will be
    used. The default is the Date Format value from the General Settings
    page. I recommend "F j, Y", which displays as “May 12, 2012”.

  • q: Arbitrary &-separated arguments to add to the query. See the
    WP_Query
    page for available syntax. For example, to show only three posts and
    you want to show them in ascending instead of descending order, you would
    write [postlist q="posts_per_page=3&order=ASC"].

  The output can then be further formatted using CSS. We recommend the
  plugin Improved Simpler
  CSS for
  quickly styling your post list (and your site)!

  This plugin can also be easily made into a widget by placing the shortcode
  into a text widget, and activating the Shortcodes in
  sidebar
  plugin.

  Report bugs, give feedback, or fork this plugin on
  GitHub.

Nothing unusual here!

0.2 Added the **more_text* option, and improved the excerpt
display.

0.1 Changed the **category_name** option name to just **category**.

Please update your site accordingly! The old option name will be
supported for a few more months.

Added the tag, show_date and **date_format* options.

If you choose text=excerpt and a post has its excerpt field set, then any shortcodes in the excerpt will be evaluated.

0.0 initial release