{"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\/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><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/08\/13\/glow-blogs-start-of-session-faq-2025\/\">Glow Blogs Start of Session FAQ 2025<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/08\/06\/glow-blog-release-6-aug-2025\/\">Glow Blog Release 6 Aug 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\/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><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/08\/06\/glow-blog-release-6-aug-2025\/\">Glow Blog Release 6 Aug 2025<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(8\/6\/2025)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There was a new release on Glow Blogs today. Civic Cookie We have changed the way users can control cookies with the civic cookie plugin. This allows visitors and users to set the cookies they will accept from Glow Blogs. You can change this at any time by editing your cookie preferences. These are accessed &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/08\/06\/glow-blog-release-6-aug-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glow Blog Release 6 Aug 2025<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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\/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 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> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Some recently added and updated pages across our help and information sites this year: Glow Blogs Tips: Add to Your&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\"> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/02\/11\/recent-help-information-updates\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Recent Help &amp; Information Updates<\/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\/2025\/11\/27\/advent-in-glow-blogs\/\">Advent in Glow Blogs<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A couple of example sites both have a different primary age activities published every day. 25 examples of the H5p&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\"> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2025\/11\/27\/advent-in-glow-blogs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advent in Glow Blogs<\/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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