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VI: Include Post By

Shortcodes allowing you to display posts inside other posts/pages

By Knighthawk·Post·Free
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·10 active installs·Updated 5 years ago
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As of April 2026, VI: Include Post By is a WordPress post plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Type Switcher.

0/5Rating
10active installs
1.0K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020

Overview

VI: Include Post By – provides your pages and posts with shortcodes allowing you to display other pages and posts inside them either by their ID or by post category. Options to display title,meta,content,thumbnail,excerpt,footer.

Coming Soon

More display options.
Taxonomy and post type agnostic
setable default thumbnail
grab the actual small thumbnail image for srcset

Instructions

Shortcode for including a single post by its ID

[include-post-by-id
 id="123"
 link="true"
 moretext="Continue Reading"
 card="false"
 display="title,meta,thumbnail,content,excerpt,more,footer,all"
 display_header="title,meta,thumbnail,content,excerpt,more,footer,all"
 display_body="title,meta,thumbnail,content,excerpt,more,footer,all"
 display_footer="title,meta,thumbnail,content,excerpt,more,footer,all"…
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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress4.0+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19
PHP5.2.4+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.4.200706
* update: aspect-ratio to use jQuery for simpler WP usage

0.4.200611
* added: support for a choice in thumbnail size

0.4.200520
* Update: display and class
* added: card = true for auto bootstrap class names
* added: display_header, display_body, display_footer. each internal element can be targeted to a header, body, and footer
* added: class for the header,body,footer, and thumbnail
* changed: thum…

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Contributors

KnighthawkKnighthawk
Plugin Info
Version
0.4.200706
Last Updated
Jul 27, 2020
WP Requires
4.0+
Tested Up To
5.4.19
PHP Requires
5.2.4+
Active Installs
10
Downloads
1.0K+
Added
Apr 7, 2020
Business
Free

Tags

postvarsparamsoptionsshortcode

Developer

K
Knighthawk
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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