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Author: Sami Shaaban

This plugin adds the ability to put a shortcode tag in any static page or post and have it display a list of posts using the get_posts template tag.

By default it will show the 10 most recent posts ordered in reverse date order, but it will accept any of the options provided by the get_posts template tag.

To use it, just put the following into the HTML of any page or post, use as many times as you like on the same page:

[get_posts]

This default usage will return the last 10 posts in reverse chronological order. Along with all the options provided by the get_posts template tag, it will also accept a few additional options:

• ul_class. This is the class assigned to the bullet list, with a default of "getpostsclass".
• fields. This is a comma separated list of fields to show, taken right from the wp_posts database table fields. Some of the more interesting fields you can use in this list include posttitle, postdate, and postexcerpt (you'll find more in the table description referenced above). The default is "posttitle".
• fields_classes. Another comma separated list that lets you assign a class to each of the fields specified above, which will be provided via a tag wrapped around the field. The default value for this list is "posttitleclass".
• fields_make_link. One more comma separated list that lets you choose which of your fields are links to the post. It is a list of either "true" or "false" values ... values of "true" make the corresponding field a link. The default is "true".

A couple of examples:

[get_posts tag="my favorite tag" numberposts=5 orderby="title]

Shows a bulleted list consisting of the titles of 5 posts with the tag "my favorite tag" ordered by title.

[get_posts tag="my favorite tag" fields="post_title, post_date, post_excerpt" fields_classes="class1, class2, class3" fields_make_link="true, false, false"]

Shows a bulleted list consisting of the titles, post dates, and excerpts of posts with the tag "my favorite tag". The title will be wrapped in a tag with a class of "class1", the date with a of class "class2", and the excerpt with "class3". Only the title will provide a link to the post.

Check the get_posts template tag documentation for all of the possible options associated with the tag, and the wp_posts database table fields for all possible field names.