Title: Shortcode Problems
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Shortcode Problems

 *  [trader121](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trader121/)
 * (@trader121)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problems-5/)
 * Hi, I need some help on shortcodes to display on a page. Can anyone tell me what
   the shortcode is to display the following:
 * (Thumbnail 40×40, Title, total number of views next to title, excerpt of 50 chars
   under title, total number to posts to display. I also need to display them in
   order of number of views.
 * I have been messing around with it for ages but for the life of me I am unable
   to get it right. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.
 * Many Thanks,
 * James.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problems-5/#post-7288121)
 * Hi James!
 * Please post what you have so far and I’ll try to give you a hand with the rest
   of it 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [trader121](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trader121/)
 * (@trader121)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problems-5/#post-7288232)
 * Hi Hector, thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
 * This is what I have at the moment, but its not showing the excerpt.
 * [wpp range=all stats_views=1 limit=30 post_type=post thumbnail_width=40 thumbnail_height
   =40 excerpt_length=100]
 * I have the website setup on a temperary domain. Here is a link to the page where
   the list will be showing: [http://www.webbsdirectory.co.uk/most-popular-apps/](http://www.webbsdirectory.co.uk/most-popular-apps/)
 * If you look to the right of the page you will see your plugin displaying “The
   Top 10 Most Popular Apps” by number of views and it looks good. I would like 
   to show the top 50 on a page in the same style as the widget but with the excerpt
   included as well.
 * It would be also great if it had some paging feature that would allow me to show
   20 at a time but I’m not sure if I can do that with your plugin. I need to get
   the spacing right also so that the list looks the same as in the widget.
 * If you click on any menu item under “windows Software”, you will see the kind
   of look I’m trying to achieve.
 * Any help you can give will be most appreciated.
 * James.
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problems-5/#post-7288246)
 * > This is what I have at the moment, but its not showing the excerpt.
 * Ah, that’s because WPP’s shortcode doesn’t include the excerpt in the output 
   😛
 * To include it, you’ll need to use the `post_html` parameter in conjunction with
   the `{summary}` content tag. For example:
 * `[wpp range=all stats_views=1 limit=30 post_type=post thumbnail_width=40 thumbnail_height
   =40 excerpt_length=100 post_html='<li>{thumb} {title} {summary} {stats}</li>']`
 * Adjust where needed 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [trader121](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trader121/)
 * (@trader121)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problems-5/#post-7288250)
 * Thanks for all your help Hector, It looks better but try as I might, I cant get
   the summery to appear. I’m also not sure how to get the spacing right.
 * I’m wondering if in my case, it might be better to have the php hard coded for
   this as I would also like to display a list of between 60-100 posts at 20 posts
   per page and that would require paging. If this is something you could do for
   me, can you email me directly at: [admin@trade-host.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problems-5/admin@trade-host.com?output_format=md)
   and give me a quote please? I have some other bits I would like sorted as well
 * Many Thanks,
 * James.
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problems-5/#post-7288253)
 * > It looks better but try as I might, I cant get the summery to appear.
 * Alright, I’ll take another look into it as soon as I can.
 * > If this is something you could do for me, can you email me directly and give
   > me a quote please?
 * Sure, although I’m a bit busy at the moment with other projects I’ll try to book
   some time for this as well. I’ll let you know.
 *  Thread Starter [trader121](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trader121/)
 * (@trader121)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problems-5/#post-7288284)
 * Thanks Hector, I’m in no immediate hurry. Please give me a shout when you have
   some time.
 * James.

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