Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget

FAQ

• Basic: [recentposts-sc] (by default 3 latest posts)

• For sidebar also use [recentposts-sc] in text widgets (refer screenshots as well for further help)

• Advanced Parameters:

• numberofposts (Number of posts)
  Limit/Specify the number of posts you want to display
  Default: 3
  Example: [recentposts-sc numberofposts=” 6″]

• post_type (Post Type)
  Specify which post type you want to use. For example posts or pages
  Default type: post
  Example: [recentposts-sc post_type=” page” ]

• get_cat_name (Category Name)
  If you want to display category name in list of posts
  Default: False
  Example: [recentposts-sc get_cat_name=” true” ]

• excerptlength (Custom Excerpt Length)
  Define custom excerpt length
  Example: [recentposts-sc excerptlength=” 30″]

• enable_excerpt (Show/hide Excerpt display)
  Sometimes you may not want to display excerpt and only like to keep title and image. To turn off/disable excerpts use enable_excerpt=” false” (default is true)
  Example: [recentposts-sc enable_excerpt=” false” ]

• image_size (Display default/custom image size instead of featured image)
  Select image size like thumbnail, medium etc (by default featured image is displayed)
  use image_size (default is false)
  Example: [recentposts-sc image_size=” thumbnail” ] or [recentposts-sc image_size=” medium” ]
  You can also use any custom image size if present in your website.

• category (Posts from specific Category/categories)
  Filter posts from single category or multiple categories
  Example single category: [recentposts-sc category=” lesson” ]
  Example multiple categories: [recentposts-sc category=” lesson,lesson2,lesson3″]

• author (Posts from specific author)
  Filter posts from specific author
  Example: [recentposts-sc author=” admin” ]

• label (Custom label for “ Read More” )
  Apply your own custom read more label
  Example: [recentposts-sc excerpt_more=” true” label=” Keep Reading…” ]

• after and before (Filter Posts between specific dates)
  Example : [recentposts-sc after=” January 5th, 2015″]
  This will display only posts which is published after Januray 5th, 2015

Example : [recentposts-sc before=” October 6th, 2015″]
This will display only posts which is published before Januray 5th, 2015

Example : [recentposts-sc after=” January 5th, 2015″ before=” October 6th, 2015″]
This will display only posts which is published between Januray 5th, 2015 and October 6th, 2015

• include_author (Display author name and link)
  Example: [recentposts-sc include_author=” true” ]

• orderby (Order posts by name, title, date etc)
  Example: [recentposts-sc orderby=” name” ]
  Instead of recent posts you can display random posts
  Example: [recentposts-sc orderby=” rand” ]

• order (Order posts in ascending or descending order)
  Example: [recentposts-sc order=” DSC” ]

• post_ids (List only specific posts by their IDs)
  Example: [recentposts-sc post_ids=” 181,189,194″]

• offset (Offset/skip posts)
  Example: [recentposts-sc offset=” 1″]

• tag (Filter posts containing specific tags only)
  Example: [recentposts-sc tag=” lesson1,lesson2,lesson” ]

• meta_key(Filter posts on meta_key)
  Example: [recentposts-sc meta_key=” size” ]

• meta_value(Filter posts by meta values)
  Example: [recentposts-sc meta_value=” small, medium” ]

• show_image(default is true. To hide images use false)
  Example: [show_image=” false” ]

• • Combination of several parameters: * *
    [recentposts-sc numberofposts=” 7″ post_type=” post” get_cat_name=” true” category=” lesson” author=” admin” excerpt_more=” true” label=” Read More…” after=” January 5th, 2015″ before=” October 6th, 2015″ include_author=” true” orderby=” name” order=” DSC” excerptlength=30 post_ids=” 181,189,194″ offset=” 0″ tag=” lesson1,lesson2,lesson” meta_key=” size” meta_value=” small, medium” ]

Installation Instructions

Automatic Installation

1. Log in to WordPress admin panel and go to Plugins -> Add New
2. Type ‘Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget’ in the search box and click on search button.
3. From the search results find ‘Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget’ plugin.
4. Click on “ Install Now”
5. Once installed click on “ activate” button/link to activate the plugin.
6. Add the shortcode [recentposts-sc] to a page/post or in text widget for sidebar.

Manual Installation

1. Download the plugin from the wordpress plugin page.
2. Unzip the plugin and upload “ recentpostssc” folder into your plugins directory.
3. Log in to WordPress admin panel and click the Plugins menu.
4. From the list of plugins on the plugin page find “ Recent Posts Shortcode & Widget” plugin and then click to activate the plugin.
5. Add the shortcode [recentposts-sc] to a page/post or in text widget for sidebar.