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1. tvance929
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   So I'm trying to create a simple list of posts from a certain category and I wanted to put that function in my functions.php so I could just call the short code.

   I get the list I want however, I also get the full posts below the list... ? I dont want the posts.

   (Also wondering how to get these posts in reverse Chronological order)...

   Here is my function:

   function getVolArchives() {
   	query_posts('category_name=volunteerspotlights&showposts=12');
   		echo '<ul style="list-style: none;">';
   	while (have_posts()) : the_post();
   
   		echo '<li style="width: 50%; float: left;"><a href="'. get_permalink() . '"><div style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">' . get_the_title() . '</div><div class="archiveName">' . get_the_date('F') . '</div></a></li>';
   	endwhile;
   		echo '</ul>';
   }
   
   add_shortcode('getVolArchives', 'getVolArchives');

2. mrwweb
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Tvance,

   That's odd and I'm not quite sure what would cause that.

   Because you're not modifying the main query of the page, it's more appropriate to use WP_query for this type of function.

   I do wonder whether you could resolve the issue by using wp_reset_postdata?

   Finally, for the post order, just use 'order=DESC'.

   Best,
   -Mark

3. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 6 months ago #

   don't use 'echo'in shortcodes - use 'return'or concatenate all results into one string and return that string at the end.

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