List Post Titles for WordPress
Add a list of your latest blog entries on any page.
With simple shortcode you can place a list of your latest news (or other blog category) on any page or post.
This is a simple plugin based on a query by Sachethan G Reddy that fetches the latest post titles from any given category.
Download
Download the plugin from here
Installation
The plugin is easy to install:
- You can use the WordPress installer, or you can install the plugin
manually by uploading the entire plugin folder `utech-list-post-titles` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Place shortcode on your page, eg.
[utech_latest_posts category='news']
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: The shortcode does not return anything
A: This is most likely because the category name you used in your shortcode is not present or misspelled .
Documentation
Use the following shortcode anywhere on your page or post following the examples below:
[utech_latest_posts category='news']
replace the word news in this example with the category that you would like to use.
[utech_latest_posts category='news' limit=10]
this example limits the number of results to 10 entries instead of the default, which is 5 entries
Settings
none
Changelog
2.0 [July 11, 2010]
- introduced the use of shortcodes
- new released by Meini, Utech Computer Solutions
1.0 [July 07, 2009]
- first release by Sachethan G Reddy
Example
Very efficient and easy implementing, thank you.
Is it possible to insert other shortcodes ?
ie : date of publication (the one I need in fact ! hehe)
Not at the moment, but if there is enough interest I will look into it.
I understand
good continuation !
cheers
I second the date of publication code. Nice plugin.
Can the plugin report the latest 10 posts regardless of category? Thanks.
I know, leaving out the category parameter does not do the trick. If you have only a few categories you could have several lines of the shortcode, one for each cat, but that is only a workaround. I you have lots and they change often then that’s obviously not going to work.
Thanks for the question. I will keep it in mind for future improvements.
Thanks. Very nice plugin though and I am using it on my site.
Any chance you’ll have support for MultiSite? I have a few blogs that I’d like to have show up on pages… and since they’re on other blog installs they don’t show up.
Any guidance on that?
Sorry mate, not in the nearby future, although you never know …
Is there anyway of editing the code to remove the links on the titles. So you are left with just the bullet pointed post titles without links.
Can’t work out how to edit it for that without breaking it!
Great plugin! Thanks.
Hi, since my upgrade to WP3.1 the utech latest post short code is no longer working.
If you look at my website on right sidebars, you will actually see the [short code] in stead of the usual list. Any advice?
I use 3.1 and it works fine here. What’s your website’s URL?
Is there any way I can use this to list post titles from a certain time period like posts for the month march 2011 or april 2011 and such?
I confirm. Updating WordPress to most recent breaks this plugin. Most plugins, that perform this same function,are now broken. I hate updating anything.
Ok, this website runs on WordPress with everything up to date. If you look at the Example at the top you see that this plugin works just fine.
Where is the problem?
It does not help if you keep telling me it is broken, but leave it at that.
The plugin is not able to handle Categories that contain a single quote (apostrophes). Do you think this can be addressed in an update? I tried to edit myself but I am no longer any good at Replace strings it seems.
Example: Denise O’Dunn
http://www.yogabound.com/partners/denise-odunn/