This plugin creates the [Category]] Shortcode. The code takes 5 arguments:<\/p>\n\n
number: the number of posts to display. 0 equals the default number. -1 equals the total available.<\/p>\n\n
Order: Ascending or Descending<\/p>\n\n
Display Method: Full, Excerpt, Title<\/p>\n\n
Order By: Author, Date, Title, Modified, Parent, ID, Rand, None, or Comment Count.<\/p>\n\n
Category: this is the category id the category or categories that should be searched. Multiple categories can be specified in a comma separated list.<\/p>\n\n
Example shortcode:<\/p>\n\n
[Category number='5' method='title' order='asc' id='11,45' orderby='comment_count']<\/p>\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n
A big thank you to g33kg0dd3ss for figuring out the 1.3 fix issue with the loop being broken. She contributed the patch fix.<\/p>\n\n
Let plugin form allow for multiple category selections<\/p><\/li>\n
Let plugin form allow for multiple orderby methods<\/p><\/li>\n
In admin form restrict Number of posts to numbers only.<\/p><\/li>\n
In admin form setup a copy and paste script<\/p><\/li>\n
Accept a category name as a valid input<\/p><\/li>\n
Internationalization of the plugin<\/p><\/li>\n
Improve Formatting of Posts \/ Make formatting easier to edit.\/ Give user more control over formatting<\/p><\/li>\n
Allow attachments to come through<\/p><\/li>\n
Turn title links on or off.<\/p><\/li>\n
Allow comments in output<\/p><\/li>\n
Give user more control over the postformatting<\/p><\/li>\n
Add ability to modify thumbnail options through shortcode<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
category_shortcode<\/code> directory to the \/wp-content\/plugins<\/code> directory<\/li>\n- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
- Place a valid [Category] code into a page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
\n- How do I create a valid category tag?<\/dt>\n
A tool has been provided under the tools menu (Category Shortcode). Use this generate valid tags. Note: the tool cannot be used to generate a tag that displays multiple categories, but the shortcode does support this.<\/p><\/dd>\n
- How do I style the output?<\/dt>\n
I've made div classes around the content data. These classes are:\ncsc_post_thumbnail\ncsc_post_title\ncsc_post_date\ncsc_post_author\ncsc_post_category\ncsc_post_excerpt\ncsc_post_content\ncsc_break (a div between each post)<\/p>\n\n
There is also a style div around the entire post with a class of csc_post and then either csc_excerpt, full or title to help with styling.\ncsc_post\ncsc_excerpt\ncsc_title\ncsc_full<\/p>\n\n
An example style to modify the size of the title would be<\/p>\n\n
.csc_post_title {\n font-size: 14px;\n}<\/p>\n\n
These properties can be set to display: none; to hide the data. More advanced styling could be done modifying the php in the section commented OUTPUT STYLING.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n
1.0<\/h4>\n\n\n- Plugin introduced into the wild.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.1<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed bug where content was floating to the top of the page<\/li>\n
- Changed some formatting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.2<\/h4>\n\n\n- NOTICE TO THOSE UPDATING -- this release may change how the visual output because html tags will no longer be stripped out of the full post or excerpt output. Be aware. <\/li>\n
- The Get_Content function strips out tags. I've tweaked the code so tags are retained in the excerpt and full output styles<\/li>\n
- Added post thumbnail to the excerpt and title output with the csc_post_thumbnail css class<\/li>\n
- Expanded explanation of CSS Styling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
1.3<\/h4>\n\n\n- Fixed an issue where the loop was being broken on the host page (where the shortcode lived) and showing the shortcode's last post instead.<\/li>\n
- Placed a DIv around the entire posting to make styling easier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Plugin adds shortcode capability for adding posts by category to a page.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/8302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8302"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/robertdrake"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=8302"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=8302"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=8302"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=8302"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=8302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}