• I just modified your very handy plugin, and added options for hiding the title, using a span wrapper, and including a ‘read more’ link.

    Here’s the code:

    <?php
    /**
    * Plugin Name: Display Posts Shortcode
    * Plugin URI: http://www.billerickson.net/shortcode-to-display-posts/
    * Description: Display a listing of posts using the [display-posts] shortcode
    * Version: 2.3
    * Author: Bill Erickson
    * Author URI: http://www.billerickson.net
    *
    * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
    * General Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. You may NOT assume
    * that you can use any other version of the GPL.
    *
    * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
    * even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
    *
    * @package Display Posts
    * @version 2.2
    * @author Bill Erickson <bill@billerickson.net>
    * @copyright Copyright (c) 2011, Bill Erickson
    * @link http://www.billerickson.net/shortcode-to-display-posts/
    * @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
    */

    /**
    * To Customize, use the following filters:
    *
    * display_posts_shortcode_args
    * For customizing the $args passed to WP_Query
    *
    * display_posts_shortcode_output
    * For customizing the output of individual posts.
    * Example: https://gist.github.com/1175575#file_display_posts_shortcode_output.php
    *
    * display_posts_shortcode_wrapper_open
    * display_posts_shortcode_wrapper_close`
    * For customizing the outer markup of the whole listing. By default it is a

    // Create the shortcode
    add_shortcode( ‘display-posts’, ‘be_display_posts_shortcode’ );
    function be_display_posts_shortcode( $atts ) {

    // Original Attributes, for filters
    $original_atts = $atts;

    // Pull in shortcode attributes and set defaults
    $atts = shortcode_atts( array(
    ‘author’ => ”,
    ‘category’ => ”,
    ‘date_format’ => ‘(n/j/Y)’,
    ‘id’ => false,
    ‘ignore_sticky_posts’ => false,
    ‘image_size’ => false,
    ‘include_content’ => false,
    ‘include_date’ => false,
    ‘include_excerpt’ => false,
    ‘include_title’ => true,
    ‘include_readmore’ => false,
    ‘meta_key’ => ”,
    ‘no_posts_message’ => ”,
    ‘offset’ => 0,
    ‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
    ‘orderby’ => ‘date’,
    ‘post_parent’ => false,
    ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’,
    ‘post_type’ => ‘post’,
    ‘posts_per_page’ => ’10’,
    ‘tag’ => ”,
    ‘tax_operator’ => ‘IN’,
    ‘tax_term’ => false,
    ‘taxonomy’ => false,
    ‘wrapper’ => ‘ul’,
    ), $atts );

    $author = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘author’] );
    $category = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘category’] );
    $date_format = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘date_format’] );
    $id = $atts[‘id’]; // Sanitized later as an array of integers
    $ignore_sticky_posts = (bool) $atts[‘ignore_sticky_posts’];
    $image_size = sanitize_key( $atts[‘image_size’] );
    $include_content = (bool)$atts[‘include_content’];
    $include_date = (bool)$atts[‘include_date’];
    $include_excerpt = (bool)$atts[‘include_excerpt’];
    $include_title = (bool)$atts[‘include_title’];
    $include_readmore = (bool)$atts[‘include_readmore’];
    $meta_key = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘meta_key’] );
    $no_posts_message = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘no_posts_message’] );
    $offset = intval( $atts[‘offset’] );
    $order = sanitize_key( $atts[‘order’] );
    $orderby = sanitize_key( $atts[‘orderby’] );
    $post_parent = $atts[‘post_parent’]; // Validated later, after check for ‘current’
    $post_status = $atts[‘post_status’]; // Validated later as one of a few values
    $post_type = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘post_type’] );
    $posts_per_page = intval( $atts[‘posts_per_page’] );
    $tag = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘tag’] );
    $tax_operator = $atts[‘tax_operator’]; // Validated later as one of a few values
    $tax_term = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘tax_term’] );
    $taxonomy = sanitize_key( $atts[‘taxonomy’] );
    $wrapper = sanitize_text_field( $atts[‘wrapper’] );

    // Set up initial query for post
    $args = array(
    ‘category_name’ => $category,
    ‘order’ => $order,
    ‘orderby’ => $orderby,
    ‘post_type’ => explode( ‘,’, $post_type ),
    ‘posts_per_page’ => $posts_per_page,
    ‘tag’ => $tag,
    );

    // Ignore Sticky Posts
    if( $ignore_sticky_posts )
    $args[‘ignore_sticky_posts’] = true;

    // Meta key (for ordering)
    if( !empty( $meta_key ) )
    $args[‘meta_key’] = $meta_key;

    // If Post IDs
    if( $id ) {
    $posts_in = array_map( ‘intval’, explode( ‘,’, $id ) );
    $args[‘post__in’] = $posts_in;
    }

    // Post Author
    if( !empty( $author ) )
    $args[‘author_name’] = $author;

    // Offset
    if( !empty( $offset ) )
    $args[‘offset’] = $offset;

    // Post Status
    $post_status = explode( ‘, ‘, $post_status );
    $validated = array();
    $available = array( ‘publish’, ‘pending’, ‘draft’, ‘auto-draft’, ‘future’, ‘private’, ‘inherit’, ‘trash’, ‘any’ );
    foreach ( $post_status as $unvalidated )
    if ( in_array( $unvalidated, $available ) )
    $validated[] = $unvalidated;
    if( !empty( $validated ) )
    $args[‘post_status’] = $validated;

    // If taxonomy attributes, create a taxonomy query
    if ( !empty( $taxonomy ) && !empty( $tax_term ) ) {

    // Term string to array
    $tax_term = explode( ‘, ‘, $tax_term );

    // Validate operator
    if( !in_array( $tax_operator, array( ‘IN’, ‘NOT IN’, ‘AND’ ) ) )
    $tax_operator = ‘IN’;

    $tax_args = array(
    ‘tax_query’ => array(
    array(
    ‘taxonomy’ => $taxonomy,
    ‘field’ => ‘slug’,
    ‘terms’ => $tax_term,
    ‘operator’ => $tax_operator
    )
    )
    );

    // Check for multiple taxonomy queries
    $count = 2;
    $more_tax_queries = false;
    while(
    isset( $original_atts[‘taxonomy_’ . $count] ) && !empty( $original_atts[‘taxonomy_’ . $count] ) &&
    isset( $original_atts[‘tax_’ . $count . ‘_term’] ) && !empty( $original_atts[‘tax_’ . $count . ‘_term’] )
    ):

    // Sanitize values
    $more_tax_queries = true;
    $taxonomy = sanitize_key( $original_atts[‘taxonomy_’ . $count] );
    $terms = explode( ‘, ‘, sanitize_text_field( $original_atts[‘tax_’ . $count . ‘_term’] ) );
    $tax_operator = isset( $original_atts[‘tax_’ . $count . ‘_operator’] ) ? $original_atts[‘tax_’ . $count . ‘_operator’] : ‘IN’;
    $tax_operator = in_array( $tax_operator, array( ‘IN’, ‘NOT IN’, ‘AND’ ) ) ? $tax_operator : ‘IN’;

    $tax_args[‘tax_query’][] = array(
    ‘taxonomy’ => $taxonomy,
    ‘field’ => ‘slug’,
    ‘terms’ => $terms,
    ‘operator’ => $tax_operator
    );

    $count++;

    endwhile;

    if( $more_tax_queries ):
    $tax_relation = ‘AND’;
    if( isset( $original_atts[‘tax_relation’] ) && in_array( $original_atts[‘tax_relation’], array( ‘AND’, ‘OR’ ) ) )
    $tax_relation = $original_atts[‘tax_relation’];
    $args[‘tax_query’][‘relation’] = $tax_relation;
    endif;

    $args = array_merge( $args, $tax_args );
    }

    // If post parent attribute, set up parent
    if( $post_parent ) {
    if( ‘current’ == $post_parent ) {
    global $post;
    $post_parent = $post->ID;
    }
    $args[‘post_parent’] = intval( $post_parent );
    }

    // Set up html elements used to wrap the posts.
    // Default is ul/li, but can also be ol/li and div/div
    $wrapper_options = array( ‘ul’, ‘ol’, ‘div’, ‘span’ );
    if( ! in_array( $wrapper, $wrapper_options ) )
    $wrapper = ‘ul’;
    $inner_wrapper = ‘div’ == $wrapper ? ‘div’ : $wrapper == ‘span’ ? ‘span’ : ‘li’;

    $listing = new WP_Query( apply_filters( ‘display_posts_shortcode_args’, $args, $original_atts ) );
    if ( ! $listing->have_posts() )
    return apply_filters( ‘display_posts_shortcode_no_results’, wpautop( $no_posts_message ) );

    $inner = ”;
    while ( $listing->have_posts() ): $listing->the_post(); global $post;

    $image = $date = $excerpt = $content = ”;

    $title = ‘‘ . apply_filters( ‘the_title’, get_the_title() ) . ‘‘;

    if ( $image_size && has_post_thumbnail() )
    $image = ‘‘ . get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, $image_size ) . ‘ ‘;

    if ( $include_date )
    $date = ‘ <span class=”date”>’ . get_the_date( $date_format ) . ‘</span>’;

    if ( $include_excerpt ){
    $excerpt = ‘ <span class=”excerpt-dash”>-</span> <span class=”excerpt”>’ . get_the_excerpt() . ‘</span>’;
    }

    if( $include_readmore ){
    $readmore = ‘<span class=”read-more”>‘ . apply_filters( ‘the_readmore’, ‘Read more’ ) . ‘</span>’;
    }else{
    $readmore = ”;
    }

    if( $include_content ){
    $content = ‘<div class=”content”>’ . apply_filters( ‘the_content’, get_the_content() ) . ‘</div>’;
    }

    if($include_title == false){
    $title = ”;
    }

    $class = array( ‘listing-item’ );
    $class = apply_filters( ‘display_posts_shortcode_post_class’, $class, $post, $listing );
    $output = ‘<‘ . $inner_wrapper . ‘ class=”‘ . implode( ‘ ‘, $class ) . ‘”>’ . $image . $title . $date . $excerpt . $readmore . $content . ‘</’ . $inner_wrapper . ‘>’;

    // If post is set to private, only show to logged in users
    if( ‘private’ == get_post_status( $post->ID ) && !current_user_can( ‘read_private_posts’ ) )
    $output = ”;

    $inner .= apply_filters( ‘display_posts_shortcode_output’, $output, $original_atts, $image, $title, $date, $excerpt, $inner_wrapper, $content, $class );

    endwhile; wp_reset_postdata();

    $open = apply_filters( ‘display_posts_shortcode_wrapper_open’, ‘<‘ . $wrapper . ‘ class=”display-posts-listing”>’, $original_atts );
    $close = apply_filters( ‘display_posts_shortcode_wrapper_close’, ‘</’ . $wrapper . ‘>’, $original_atts );
    $return = $open . $inner . $close;

    return $return;
    }

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/

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