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1. amysdaddy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I need a shortcode that calls the most recent post of a particular category and places the content in a page. I have found similar shortcode that calls and shows a list of a set number of posts from a particular category, but my attempts at altering the code to call the content of a single, most recent post from a particular category did not work.

   Any thoughts? Help? Thanks.

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have found similar shortcode that calls and shows a list of a set number of posts from a particular category

   could you post that code?
   or if it is longer han a few lines, could you paste it into a http://wordpress.pastebin.com/ and post the link to it here?

   working from some existing code is easier than re-inventing the wheel ...

3. amysdaddy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   function sc_liste($atts, $content = null) {
   extract(shortcode_atts(array(
   "num" => '5',
   "cat" => ''
   ), $atts));
   global $post;
   $myposts = get_posts('numberposts='.$num.'&order=DESC&orderby=post_date&category='.$cat);
   $retour='

   ';
   foreach($myposts as $post) :
   setup_postdata($post);
   $retour.='
   • '.the_title("","",false).'

   ';
   endforeach;
   $retour.='

   ';
   return $retour;
   }
   add_shortcode("list", "sc_liste");
   -------------------------------
   shortcode example: [liste num="3" cat="1"]

4. amysdaddy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Better code layout:
   ----------------------------
   

   function sc_liste($atts, $content = null) {
           extract(shortcode_atts(array(
                   "num" => '5',
                   "cat" => ''
           ), $atts));
           global $post;
           $myposts = get_posts('numberposts='.$num.'&order=DESC&orderby=post_date&category='.$cat);
           $retour='<ul>';
           foreach($myposts as $post) :
                   setup_postdata($post);
                $retour.='<li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.the_title("","",false).'</a></li>';
           endforeach;
           $retour.='</ul> ';
           return $retour;
   }
   add_shortcode("list", "sc_liste");<code></code>

5. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   edit this bit:
   

   foreach($myposts as $post) :
                   setup_postdata($post);
                $retour.='<li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.the_title("","",false).'</a></li>';
           endforeach;

   to include the content:
   

   foreach($myposts as $post) :
                   setup_postdata($post);
                $retour.='<li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.the_title("","",false).'</a><span>'.apply_filters('the_content',get_the_content().'<span></li>';
   
           endforeach;

   this would give you the title and the content.
   i am not totally sure if this will work with the formatting; i.e. how the result will look.

   (( for content only change the $retour line:

   $retour.='<li>'.apply_filters('the_content',get_the_content().'</li>';

   ))

6. amysdaddy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks, alchymyth...

   When I use this code:
   

   function sc_liste($atts, $content = null) {
           extract(shortcode_atts(array(
                   "num" => '5',
                   "cat" => ''
           ), $atts));
           global $post;
           $myposts = get_posts('numberposts='.$num.'&order=DESC&orderby=post_date&category='.$cat);
           foreach($myposts as $post) :
                   setup_postdata($post);
                $retour.='<li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.the_title("","",false).'</a><span>'.apply_filters('the_content',get_the_content().'<span></li>';
           endforeach;
           return $retour;
   }
   add_shortcode("list", "sc_liste");

   I get this error:

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';'

   Any thoughts?

7. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   my bad; missed a ) bracket after get_the_content() in my code (happens a lot when i just type things :-(

   this hopefully works:

   $retour.='<li><a href="'.get_permalink().'">'.the_title("","",false).'</a><span>'.apply_filters('the_content',get_the_content() ).'<span></li>';

8. amysdaddy
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   alchymyth-

   Thank you very much. The shortcode below works and allows me to place a link that calls a page showing the most recent post in a particular category. I took out the title call and the ul/li. The content shows up perfect under the page title.

   function sc_liste($atts, $content = null) {
           extract(shortcode_atts(array(
                   "num" => '5',
                   "cat" => ''
           ), $atts));
           global $post;
           $myposts = get_posts('numberposts='.$num.'&order=DESC&orderby=post_date&category='.$cat);
   
           foreach($myposts as $post) :
                   setup_postdata($post);
                $retour.='<span>'.apply_filters('the_content',get_the_content() ).'<span>';
           endforeach;
   
           return $retour;
   }
   add_shortcode("list", "sc_liste");

   shortcode: [liste num="1" cat="#"]

   I sure do appreciate the wordpress community's willingness to share and help. Have a great day!

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