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    Blog

    Insert a blog post list using the blog shortcode. Add the shortcode to a page or other content area to produce a list of blog posts. Optional parameters allow customization of the display.

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    [blog category=”10″ style=”1″ posts_per_page=”1″ paging=”false” image_width=”280″ image_height=”180″ excerpt_length=”40″ read_more=”read more” show_category_list=”false” orderby=”rand”]

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    Example shortcode:

    [code][blog category=”1″ style=”1″ posts_per_page=”5″ paging=”false” image_width=”280″ image_height=”180″ excerpt_length=”60″ read_more=”read more” show_category_list=”false” orderby=”rand”][/code]

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    [four_fifth] [blog category=”10″ posts_per_page=”1″ paging=”false” image_width=”514″ image_height=”200″ excerpt_length=”50″ read_more=”read more” show_category_list=”false” orderby=”rand”] [/four_fifth]


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    Example shortcode:

    [code][blog category=”1″ posts_per_page=”5″ paging=”false” image_width=”415″ image_height=”200″ excerpt_length=”35″ read_more=”read more” orderby=”rand”][/code]

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    Blog from Categories

    [code][blog category=”7,8,9″][/code]

    Parameters

    style
    (int) (Optional) The post list layout style. Values: 1, 2
    category
    (string) The category ID’s to pull posts from. Can be entered as a comma separated list.
    images
    (bool) (Optional) Show featured image in blog list. (true/false)
    image_width
    (integer) (Optional) The featured image height. Set to “0” for auto.
    image_height
    (integer) (Optional) The featured image width. Set to “0” for auto.
    post_content
    (string) (Optional) Display excerpt or full post. Values: excerpt, full
    excerpt_length
    (integer) (Optional) The length of the excerpt, number of words to display. Set to “-1” for no excerpt.
    show_date
    (bool) (Optional) Show or hide the post date. (true/false)
    author_link
    (bool) (Optional) Show or hide the author name and link. (true/false)
    comments_link
    (bool) (Optional) Show or hide the comments link. (true/false)
    show_category_list
    (bool) (Optional) Show or hide the list of categories assigned to the post. (true/false)
    show_tag_list
    (bool) (Optional) Show or hide the list of tags assigned to the post. (true/false)
    posts_per_page
    (integer) (Optional) The number of posts to display on each page.
    paging
    (bool) (Optional) Enable paging. (true/false)
    read_more
    (string) (Optional) Shows entered text at the end of the excerpt linking to full post. For example: read_more=”More…”

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    Examples

    Posts from categories with paging and post details:

    [blog category="7,8,9" author_avatar="true" show_date="true" paging="true"]

    Posts from categories, full post no images:

    [blog category="7,8,9" post_content="full" images="false"]

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    Blog from Pages

    Blogs may also be generated from pages using a list of page ID’s or the child pages from a parent page ID.

    Page Parameters

    post_type
    (string) (Required) Directs the query to use pages instead of posts. Must include the value “page”.
    page_id
    (string) The page ID’s to include. Can be entered as a comma separated list.
    post_parent
    (integer) (Optional) Show child pages of the selected parent. Similar to using a category for posts.

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    Examples

    Pages from list of page ID’s:

    [blog post_type="page" page_id="10,11,12"]

    Child pages from parent page ID:

    [blog post_type="page" post_parent="9"]

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    Order and Orderby Parameters

    order
    (string) (Optional) Designates the ascending or descending order of the “orderby” parameter.

    “ASC” – ascending order from lowest to highest values (1, 2, 3; a, b, c).
    “DESC” – descending order from highest to lowest values (3, 2, 1; c, b, a).
    orderby
    (string) (Optional) Sort posts by.

    ‘none’ – No order.
    ‘id’ – Order by post id.
    ‘author’ – Order by author.
    ‘title’ – Order by title.
    ‘date’ – Order by date. (default)
    ‘modified’ – Order by last modified date.
    ‘parent’ – Order by post/page parent id.
    ‘rand’ – Random order.
    ‘comment_count’ – Order by number of comments
    ‘menu_order’ – Order by Page Order.

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    Examples

    Display random posts:

    [blog category="8" orderby="rand"]

    Display popular posts:

    [blog category="8" orderby="comment_count"]

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    Advanced Parameters

    For advanced usage, you can add most parameters accepted by WP_Query . The shortcode can use any of these parameters which are string or an integer values. Arrays are not supported.

    Example use of WP_Query s parameter used to return a query filtered by a search term.

    s
    (string) (Optional) Search string for filtering upon a given term.
    cat
    (string) (Optional) Include or exclude categories. Prefix with a ‘-‘ (minus) sign to exclude.
    author
    (int) (Optional) Results by author id.
    Many, many more…
    See all WP_Query parameters.

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    Display posts based on search results:

    [blog category="8" s="Lorem Ipsum"]

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    Display all posts except those from a category by prefixing its id with a ‘-‘ (minus) sign:

    [blog cat="-8"]

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