Community & Conversation » List Category Posts http://communityandconversation.com Social tools for business success Wed, 04 May 2011 23:59:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 WordPress Plugin: List Category Posts http://communityandconversation.com/wordpress-plugin-list-category-posts/ http://communityandconversation.com/wordpress-plugin-list-category-posts/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:44 +0000 Edward F. Gumnick http://communityandconversation.com/?p=465 List Category Posts is a WordPress plugin that allows you to list posts from a single category into a post or page using a specially constructed [catlist] shortcode. The shortcode contains the category name or ID number, the order in which you want the posts to display, the number of posts to display, and several …[more]]]> The Clutter Fairy Newsletter Article ArchiveList Category Posts is a WordPress plugin that allows you to list posts from a single category into a post or page using a specially constructed [catlist] shortcode. The shortcode contains the category name or ID number, the order in which you want the posts to display, the number of posts to display, and several other optional parameters. You can use as many instances of the [catlist] shortcode as you like with different arguments.

The Newsletter Article Archive on The Clutter Fairy web site is an example of the List Category Posts plugin at work. Here’s the shortcode:

[catlist name='Newsletter articles' orderby=date
order=desc date=yes excerpt=yes numberposts=-1]

Explanation: Display posts from the category “Newsletter articles.” Sort them in descending order by date. Show the date and an excerpt of the post. The numberposts=-1 parameter set the number of posts to display as unlimited.

Read more or download the List Category Post plugin from the plugin site.

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