Title: WP List Posts Shortcode
Author: michaelha
Published: <strong>March 22, 2010</strong>
Last modified: March 7, 2012

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP List Posts Shortcode

 By [michaelha](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelha/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-list-posts-shortcode.zip)

 * [Details](https://sna.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-list-posts-shortcode/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://sna.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-list-posts-shortcode/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://sna.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-list-posts-shortcode/#installation)
 * [Development](https://sna.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-list-posts-shortcode/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-list-posts-shortcode/)

## Description

Adds a shortcode [wp_list_posts]. For example [wp_list_posts category=3 numberposts
=7] will return an unordered list of the most recent 7 posts in the category ID 
3.

### Usage

This shortcode can be rendered inside a post, page or even in a widget area. Refer
to the template tag https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts for input
parameter.

## Installation

 1. Download the plugin
 2. Unzip to the ‘wp-content/plugins’ directory
 3. Activate the plugin

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“WP List Posts Shortcode” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ michaelha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelha/)

[Translate “WP List Posts Shortcode” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-list-posts-shortcode)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-list-posts-shortcode/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-list-posts-shortcode/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-list-posts-shortcode/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-list-posts-shortcode/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.2

 * Updated readme.txt and plugin description. Added one example.

#### 0.1

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1**
 *  Last updated **14 years ago**
 *  Active installations **50+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.3.2**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-list-posts-shortcode/)
 * Tags
 * [list](https://sna.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/list/)[posts](https://sna.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)
   [shortcode](https://sna.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://sna.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-list-posts-shortcode/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ michaelha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/michaelha/)

## Support

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