
How To Display WordPress Posts Using Shortcode
To display WordPress posts using shortcode, follow these steps:
- Open the functions.php file of your WordPress theme.
- Add the following code to create a shortcode that will display the posts:
//Post display shortcode // function that runs when shortcode is called function wpb_demo_shortcode() { $args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', // don't forget to replace it with your custom post type name 'posts_per_page' => '3', 'publish_status' => 'published', ); $query = new WP_Query($args); if($query->have_posts()) : while($query->have_posts()) : $query->the_post() ; $result .= '<div class="item">'; $result .= '<div class="itemname">' . get_the_title() . '</div>'; $result .= '<div class="item-desc">' . get_the_content() . '</div>'; $result .= '</div>'; endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); endif; // Output needs to be return return $result; } // register shortcode add_shortcode('postdisplay', 'wpb_demo_shortcode');
- 3. Save the file and go to the WordPress editor.
- 4. Create a new post or page, and add the shortcode
[postdisplay]
Hope this article will help you to display WordPress posts using shortcode.