{"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\/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><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><\/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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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><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> <span class=\"date\">(6\/11\/2026)<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We have updated Glow Blogs to WordPress 6.9.4\n\nThis upgrade focuses on collaboration, editing improvements, new blocks, accessibility, and performance. Here are the main changes.<\/span><\/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> <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><\/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. This issue has been fixed in July 2026, the classic widgets have been turned off and widgets are edited with the block editor. When a new &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\/07\/09\/glow-blogs-update-july-2026\/\">Glow Blogs Update July 2026<\/a> <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. 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