{"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\/10\/14\/glow-blogs-update-october-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Update October 2026<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/10\/01\/advice-changing-privacy-levels\/\">Advice &#8211; Changing Privacy Levels<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/09\/13\/h5p-interactive-video-problems-with-youtube-videos\/\">H5P Interactive Video Problems with YouTube Videos<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/08\/27\/glow-blogs-update-27-aug-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Update 27 Aug 2026<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/08\/12\/glow-blogs-start-of-session-faq-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Start of Session FAQ 2026<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/07\/09\/glow-blogs-update-july-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Update July 2026<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/06\/18\/theme-retirement-news\/\">Theme Retirement News<\/a><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/06\/11\/glow-blogs-update-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Update June 2026<\/a><\/li><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><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 480;\" width=\"720\" 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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href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/08\/27\/glow-blogs-update-27-aug-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Update 27 Aug 2026<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(8\/27\/2026)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, making some changes, dealing with some issues and updating themes and plugins.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/07\/09\/glow-blogs-update-july-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Update July 2026<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/9\/2026)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, dealing with some issues and updating themes and plugins. Event Organiser A security issue has developed with this plugin. We have temporarily patched(fixed) the problem for sites already using the plugin. We have also prevented the plugin from being installed on sites. If you remove the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/07\/09\/glow-blogs-update-july-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glow Blogs Update July 2026<\/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\/2026\/10\/01\/advice-changing-privacy-levels\/\">Advice &#8211; Changing Privacy Levels<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There can be a problem with changing privacy levels on a site with a lot of media (photos, video, audio etc.). 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This post provides a fix to one and a workaround to the other.<\/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>\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\/10\/14\/glow-blogs-update-october-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Update October 2026<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There has been a new release on Glow Blogs, dealing with some issues, updating themes and plugins. <span class=\"excerpt-more\"> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/10\/14\/glow-blogs-update-october-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Glow Blogs Update October 2026<\/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\/10\/01\/advice-changing-privacy-levels\/\">Advice &#8211; Changing Privacy Levels<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There can be a problem with changing privacy levels on a site with a lot of media (photos, video, audio&hellip; <span class=\"excerpt-more\"> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glowbloghelp\/2026\/10\/01\/advice-changing-privacy-levels\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advice &#8211; Changing Privacy Levels<\/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\/09\/13\/h5p-interactive-video-problems-with-youtube-videos\/\">H5P Interactive Video Problems with YouTube Videos<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There are two problem with some H5P interactive videos. 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