Title: Problems with listing posts
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Problems with listing posts

 *  [dkarts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dkarts/)
 * (@dkarts)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-listing-posts/)
 * Hello to all.
 * I have a question to the wp_query…
    I want to create a shortcode that will display
   all posts in a category and the title begin with e.g. an A.
 * Now all posts of the category will displayed. How can filter these posts out 
   that not begin with an A?
 * Thanks to all in advance!!
 * CODE:
 *     ```
       add_shortcode( 'list-posts', 'list_post_params_shortcode' );
   
       function list_post_params_shortcode( $atts ) {
       	ob_start();
       	extract( shortcode_atts( array (
       		'type' => 'post',
       		'order' => 'ASC',
       		'orderby' => 'title',
       		'posts' => -1,
       		'category' => '',
               'first_char' => 'A',
       	), $atts ) );
   
       	$options = array(
       		'post_type' => $type,
       		'order' => $order,
       		'orderby' => $orderby,
       		'posts_per_page' => $posts,
       		'category_name' => $category,
               'first_char' => $first_char.'%',
       	);
   
       	$query = new WP_Query( $options );
       	if ( $query->have_posts() ) { ?>
       		<ul style="list-style-type:none; padding: 0px;">
       			<?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
       			<li id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
       				<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
       			</li>
       			<?php endwhile;
       			wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
       		</ul>
       	<?php $myvariable = ob_get_clean();
       	return $myvariable;
       	}
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-listing-posts/)
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