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Category Shortcode

Plugin adds shortcode capability for adding posts by category to a page.

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Tested up to WordPress 3.0
Current version1.3
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 3.0
Minimum stackWP 2.9.0 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update15 Oct 201016y ago
Active installations300Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.0 / 5 from 2 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Category Shortcode version 1.3 as active, updated 16y ago and tested up to WordPress 3.0.

Overview

About this plugin

This plugin creates the [Category]] Shortcode. The code takes 5 arguments:

number: the number of posts to display. 0 equals the default number. -1 equals the total available.

Order: Ascending or Descending

Display Method: Full, Excerpt, Title

Order By: Author, Date, Title, Modified, Parent, ID, Rand, None, or Comment Count.

Category: this is the category id the category or categories that should be searched. Multiple categories can be specified in a comma separated list.

Example shortcode:

[Category number=’5′ method=’title’ order=’asc’ id=’11,45′ orderby=’comment_count’]

This will show 5 posts in ascending order of category 11 and 45 as arranged by comment_count and will display just the post titles.

Acknowledgements

3 fix issue with the loop being broken. She contributed the patch fix.

Future Additions?

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Let plugin form allow for multiple category selections

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Let plugin form allow for multiple orderby methods

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In admin form restrict Number of posts to numbers only.

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In admin form setup a copy and paste script

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Accept a category name as a valid input

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Internationalization of the plugin

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/ Give user more control over formatting

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Allow attachments to come through

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Turn title links on or off.

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Allow comments in output

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Give user more control over the postformatting

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Add ability to modify thumbnail options through shortcode

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • category
  • shortcode
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 3.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 3.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to3.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.9.0 · PHP not listed
Update activity15 Oct 201016y ago

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