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List Child Pages Shortcode

A simple plugin to add list of child pages within the content of a parent page.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version1.5.1
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 3.1 · PHP 7.4
Directory statusactive
Last directory update18 Sept 20261mo ago
Active installations600Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating5.0 / 5 from 3 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records List Child Pages Shortcode version 1.5.1 as active, updated 1mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

I could not find an easy plugin that enabled me to use a shortcode that would enable me to publish a list of child pages under a parent page. So, I built one.

Usage

[/listchildpages]. It accepts several attributes:

  • ifempty: Message or HTML to show if no child pages exist.
  • order: ASC or DESC. Default: DESC.
  • orderby: Field to order by. Default: publish_date (maps to date ). Also accepts published (maps to date ), title, name, modified, menu_order, ID, rand, type, and author.
  • displayimage: Show featured image ( yes|no ). Also accepts y, true, 1, and on. Default: no.
  • align: CSS class to apply to the image ( alignleft, alignright, etc.).
  • ulclass, liclass, aclass: CSS classes for the list, list items, and links.
  • parent: ID, slug/path, or current to choose the parent page. Default: current.
  • size: Image size for thumbnails ( thumbnail, medium, large, full, or custom size). Default: thumbnail.

Examples:

Example 1: Order the child pages by publish date in descending order:

[listchildpages aclass=”” ifempty=”No child pages” orderby=”publish_date” order=”desc” displayimage=”no”]

Here are our child pages:

[/listchildpages]

Example 2: Order the child pages by title in ascending order with the page’s featured image aligned left:

[listchildpages orderby=”title” order=”asc” displayimage=”yes” align=”alignleft”]

Here are our child pages:

[/listchildpages]

Example 3: Target a specific parent page by ID and use medium-sized images:

[listchildpages parent=”123″ displayimage=”yes” size=”medium”]

Resources

[/listchildpages]

Example 4: Target a parent page by slug and show full-size featured images:

[listchildpages parent=”about/company” displayimage=”yes” size=”full”]

Team Sections

[/listchildpages]

Example 5: Explicitly set the parent as the current page and use large images:

[listchildpages parent=”current” displayimage=”yes” size=”large”]

Subpages

[/listchildpages]

The shortcode accepts all of the Order and Orderby Parameters listed within the WordPress class reference.

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Plugin tags

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

  • child page
  • parent page
  • shortcode
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.1 · PHP 7.4
Update activity18 Sept 20261mo ago

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Recent tracked changes

Version1.4.11.5.1
WordPress compatibility6.7.77.1.1
WordPress requirement3.0.13.1
PHP requirementNot listed7.4
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