About this plugin
Fast Post Lists provides additional shortcodes to include a list of posts within another post or page.
Key features are:
- Filter posts by a search query
- Filter posts by category, via an inclusion or exclusion list of categories
- Filter posts by tag, via an inclusion or exclusion list of tags
- Order posts by a post field of your choice
- Limit the number in the list, e.g. to show the 10 most recent posts
- Group posts by category or tag, with subheadings displayed for the category or tag
- Full control to configure list CSS styles, HTML per post and HTML at the start and end
Shortcode Usage
The shortcode to use in your posts or pages is:
[fu_postlist]
By default, this will query all posts and sort by post title.
Below are some examples of how each of the parameters can be used:
List only posts that match the search keyword ‘stuff’
[fu_postlist search=’stuff’]
List only posts that match the search keyword ‘stuff’ but don’t have the keyword ‘rubbish’
[fu_postlist search=’stuff -rubbish’]
List only posts within the single category ‘Spiders’
[fu_postlist cat=’Spiders’]
A single category can be listed by name or by id.
List posts within the categories Spiders or Dogs
[fu_postlist cat=’Spiders,Dogs’]
List posts within the categories Spiders and Dogs
[fu_postlist cat=’Spiders+Dogs’]
List posts not within the categories 10 or 12
[fu_postlist notcat=’10,12’]
Categories to exclude must be listed as a comma-separated list of id’s.
List posts with either the tags ‘rain’ or ‘shine’
[fu_postlist tag=’rain,shine’]
List posts with both the tags ‘heavy’ and ‘metal’
[fu_postlist tag=’heavy+metal’]
List posts without the tag ‘trouble’
[fu_postlist nottag=’trouble’]
Limit the number of posts listed to 10
[fu_postlist maxposts=10]
A value of -1 or the parameter omitted entirely means all.
Group posts by category. The category name will be inserted as a subheading at the start of the group
[fu_postlist groupby=cat]
Group posts by tag
[fu_postlist groupby=tag]
Order posts by post title (default behavior)
[fu_postlist orderby=’title’]
However, you may order by ‘ID’, ‘author’, ‘name’ (post slug), ‘date’, ‘rand’ etc.
Of course, you can mix and match many of these parameters to your heart’s content.