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Show Post Shortcode

Shortcode to display posts as a bulleted list. You can also use parameters order and orderby to sort the list.

By Niraj Shah·List·Free
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·100 active installs·Updated 3 weeks ago
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As of April 2026, Show Post Shortcode is a WordPress list plugin with 100 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 8.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.7+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: List category posts.

0/5Rating
100active installs
8.6K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009

Overview

This simple shortcode plugin allows you to list posts as a bulleted list linking to the full article. You can limit
the list to posts from a specific category and you can select the number of posts to show. The order and
orderby options lets you sort the list too.

Usage is simple. Create a page or post and use the code [showposts category="2" num="4"] – this will show
all 4 posts from category 2. Another example [showposts category="1" num="-1" orderby="date" order="DESC"]
shows all the posts from category 1 ordered by the date (newest post first).

By default, only 5 posts are shown (unless you use the num option) and sorting in by date (oldest to newest).

Example

You can see two examples of the code working at the following links:

  • https://www.xtremeps3.com/ps5-firmware-history…
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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress2.7+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHPfalse+ required

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Contributors

Niraj ShahNiraj Shah
Plugin Info
Version
0.1
Last Updated
Mar 13, 2026
WP Requires
2.7+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
8.6K+
Added
May 7, 2009
Business
Free

Tags

listposts

Developer

N
Niraj Shah
3 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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