{"id":1403,"date":"2015-10-06T11:01:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T11:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/?page_id=1403"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:24:51","slug":"display-posts-shortcode","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/display-posts-shortcode\/","title":{"rendered":"Display Posts Shortcode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Display Posts Shortcode allows users to easily display listings of posts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If you are using the Block Editor the Query Loop Block will do much of this, in a more visual way.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the shortcode in a post or page, and use the arguments to select based on tag, category, post type, and many other possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also some extra options to display something more than just the title: include_date, include_excerpt, and image_size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also display the list in a Text Widget. See <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/widgets-wp4\/embed-codes-in-widgets\/\">Embed Codes in widgets<\/a> for details and examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example <strong>[display-posts category =\"news\" ]<\/strong> will give you this:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/04\/30\/a-range-of-glowing-posts\/\">A Range of Glowing Posts<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/04\/22\/glow-blog-update\/\">Glow Blog Update<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/02\/27\/glow-blogs-essential-maintenance\/\">Glow Blogs &#8211; Essential Maintenance<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/02\/11\/recent-help-information-updates\/\">Recent Help &amp; Information Updates<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/11\/27\/advent-in-glow-blogs\/\">Advent in Glow Blogs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/10\/23\/canva-embeds-in-glow-blogs\/\">Canva Embeds in Glow Blogs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/10\/15\/fixed-pdf-issue\/\">Fixed: PDF Issue<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/10\/01\/glow-blogs-update-30-sep-2025\/\">Glow Blogs Update 30 Sep 2025<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/09\/30\/pdf-problem\/\">Fixed: PDF problem<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/09\/12\/glow-blogs-release-september-2025\/\">Glow Blogs Release September 2025<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls poster=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/15163932\/display-posts720.png\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2020\/04\/27100741\/display-posts-plugin.mp4\"><track src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glowbloghelp\/uploads\/sites\/2545\/2024\/08\/17090110\/display-posts-plugin.vtt\" label=\"Glow Blogs Quick Tip - Display Posts Plugin\" srclang=\"en\" kind=\"subtitles\" \/><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">display-posts-plugin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This technique is extremely powerful but can get tricky if you are trying for more advanced  methods. The <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/billerickson\/display-posts-shortcode\/wiki\">display-posts-shortcode Wiki on GitHub<\/a> gives more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>[display-posts post_type=\"page\" post_parent=\"743\"]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will show pages whose parent has the id of 743. This is the plugin page on this site.<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/copy-posts-plugin\/\">Copy Posts Plugin<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/h5p\/\">H5P<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/embed-plus-for-youtube\/\">Embed Plus for YouTube<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/search-filter\/\">Search &amp; Filter<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/max-mega-menu\/\">Max Mega Menu<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/dflip-plugin\/\">dFlip Plugin<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/draw-attention-pro\/\">Draw Attention Pro<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/wp-postratings\/\">WP-PostRatings<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/google-analytics-data\/\">Google analytics data<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/settings\/plugins-3-2\/google-language-translator\/\">Google Language Translator<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A way to find out the id of a page: 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500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we include an excerpt and the date and limit the number of posts to three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[display-posts category =\"releases\" include_excerpt=\"true\" include_date=\"true\" posts_per_page=\"3\"]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/04\/22\/glow-blog-update\/\">Glow Blog Update<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(4\/22\/2026)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Glow Blogs has had an infrastructure update. We have also updated some plugins  and themes to the latest version.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/10\/01\/glow-blogs-update-30-sep-2025\/\">Glow Blogs Update 30 Sep 2025<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(10\/1\/2025)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Glow Blogs has been updated to WordPress 6.8.2.\n\nThis update is mostly a behind the scenes one, you might not notice much difference.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/09\/12\/glow-blogs-release-september-2025\/\">Glow Blogs Release September 2025<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(9\/12\/2025)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">This release contains a couple of improvements and some general updated.\nThe Ability to edit CSS has been restored.\nThere is a new Contact Form Block for Block Themed sites.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>And here we don&#8217;t have a list but put each post in a div.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[display-posts category=\"issues-news-2\" include_excerpt=\"true\" wrapper=\"div\" posts_per_page=\"3\"]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2024\/08\/21\/widgets-in-new-site-issue-workarounds\/\">Widgets in New Site Issue &amp; Workarounds<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There is a problem with the display of widgets when editing them. This only happens with a classic theme on newly created sites. It does not affect older sites. When a new site is created it comes with a pre-installed set of widgets. This is theme dependent. When you go to edit the widgets in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2024\/08\/21\/widgets-in-new-site-issue-workarounds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Widgets in New Site Issue &amp; Workarounds<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2024\/02\/21\/glow-blogs-twitter-changes\/\">Glow Blogs Twitter Changes<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Twitter\/X  keeps changing the goal posts for integration with other systems. Recently they have stripped out most of the functionality for free third party use.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2023\/09\/27\/forms-in-blocks\/\">Forms in the Block Editor<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Update Autumn 2025 Jetpack forms do not work in the block editor. We have removed the blocks from the editor. You can now use a new Contact Form block, use the classic editor for a post or page with a contact form or a third party, google or O365 form. More information on our contact &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2023\/09\/27\/forms-in-blocks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Forms in the Block Editor<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Advanced Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We can cange the appearance by using some custom css. You can activate the editing of CSS in the Dashboard-&gt; Settings -&gt; General. More information on our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/how-to\/css\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"6123\">CSS page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>[display-posts category=\"news\" include_excerpt=\"true\" excerpt_length=\"20\" wrapper=\"div\" posts_per_page=\"3\" wrapper_class=\"examplecss\"]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"examplecss\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/04\/30\/a-range-of-glowing-posts\/\">A Range of Glowing Posts<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A link to the latest post on Glowing Posts, pointing to some of the many ways that Glow Blogs are&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\"> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/04\/30\/a-range-of-glowing-posts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Range of Glowing Posts<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/04\/22\/glow-blog-update\/\">Glow Blog Update<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Glow Blogs has had an infrastructure update. We have also updated some plugins and themes to the latest version. <span class=\"excerpt-more\"> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/04\/22\/glow-blog-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glow Blog Update<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/02\/27\/glow-blogs-essential-maintenance\/\">Glow Blogs &#8211; Essential Maintenance<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We will be carrying out essential maintenance on Glow Blogs Thursday 5th March 04:00PM GMT - 06\/03\/2026 08:00AM GMT <span class=\"excerpt-more\"> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/02\/27\/glow-blogs-essential-maintenance\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glow Blogs &#8211; Essential Maintenance<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CSS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\n\/* for display posts shortcode page *\/\n.page-id-1403 .examplecss .listing-item {\n    width: 30%;\n    float: left;\n    padding: 3px;\n}\n\n.page-id-1403 .examplecss a.title {\n    display: block;\n    width: 100%;\n    font-weight: bold;\n    text-decoration: none;\n    background: lightyellow;\n    border: solid 1px #ccc;\n}\n\n.page-id-1403 .examplecss .excerpt-dash {\n    display: none;\n}\n\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Images<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If your posts use featured images you can use them too. 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