List category posts free WordPress plugin

List Category Posts allows you to list posts by category in a post or page using the [catlist] shortcode. When you’re editing a page or post, directly insert the shortcode in your text and the posts will be listed there. The basic usage would be something like this: [catlist id=1] [catlist name=”news”] The shortcode accepts a category name or id, the order in which you want the posts to display, and the number of posts to display. You can also display the post author, date, excerpt, custom field values, even the content! A lot of parameters have been added to customize what to display and how to show it. Check the full documentation to learn about the different ways to use it. The [catlist] shortcode can be used as many times as needed with different arguments on each post/page. [catlist id=1 numberposts=10] There’s an options page with only one option -for the moment-, new options will be implemented on demand (as long as they make sense). Right now the only global option is the numberposts parameter, to define a default number of posts to show for each instance (you can override this value by using the numberposts parameter in your shortcode). Read the instructions to learn which parameters are available and how to use them. If you want to List Categories instead of posts you can use my other plugin List categories. You can find Frequently Asked Questions here. Customization The different elements to display can be styled with CSS. you can define an HTML tag to wrap the element with, and a CSS class for this tag. Check the documentation for usage. You can also check this nice tutorial which gives lots of tips and how-to’s to customize how to display the posts. Great to use WordPress as a CMS, and create pages with several categories posts. GUI Klemens Starybrat has created a GUI for List Category Posts. It helps you create a shortcode from a nice visual interface in WordPress’ text editor. Check it out: GUI for List Category Posts Widget Since WordPress 4.9, you can use shortcode in text widgets. So you can just add a text widget in Appearence > Widgets and write the List Category Posts shortcode. The plugin also includes a widget as a simple interface for its functionality. Just add as many widgets as you want, and select all the available options from the Appearence > Widgets page. Not all the functionality in the shortcode has been implemented in the widget yet. You can use the shortcode for the most flexibility. Please, read the information on the wiki and Changelog to be aware of new functionality, and improvements to the plugin. Videos Some users have made videos on how to use the plugin (thank you, you are awesome!), check them out here: Manage WordPress Content with List Category Posts Plugin WordPress: How to List Category Posts on a Page Support the plugin Klemens Starybrat has been writing lots of amazing code for this plugin, so if you’ve found it useful and want to pay it forward, consider sponsoring him on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/zymeth25 I have a PayPal account where you can donate too. Development Development is being tracked on GitHub. Fork it, code, make a pull request, suggest improvements, etc. over there. I dream of the day all of the WordPress plugins will be hosted on Git