Title: Display Posts Last modified: December 5, 2020 --- # Display Posts * [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/) * (@wrknight) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-8/) * I am trying to make a widget that displays all my posts using a scroll bar in the widget area to replace the widget called “Recent Posts”. * I added a text widget to the list of widgets, gave it the title “Contents” and placed what I think is the short code [display-posts] in the text area and then saved it. When I viewed the home page or any of the posts there appeared a box titled Contents underneath which appeared [DISPLAY-POSTS] and nothing else. * What am I not doing, or what am I doing wrong. * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdisplay-posts-8%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * [Tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tneville/) * (@tneville) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-8/#post-13749223) * Hi [@wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/), * Can you try a code widget? Sometimes the shortcodes work better in those widget blocks, but not always. * Failing that, can you let us know what plugin you are using to generate the shortcode`[ display-posts]`? * Thanks! * Kind Regards, Tim * Thread Starter [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/) * (@wrknight) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-8/#post-13749322) * I have run into another problem. * “Failed to connect to FTP Server musingsofamaverick.org:21” * I can’t install plugins, update or download themes as I don’t don’t have a username or password that works with FTP. * As background info, I migrated my website to new hardware, operating system ( Ubuntu 20.04) latest versions of all LEMP stack software and wordpress. The site is up and running, but now requires FTP access to do anything and I don’t have that access. * The previous build did not have this problem. - This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/). - This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/). Reason: Related problem * Thread Starter [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/) * (@wrknight) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-8/#post-13749880) * I haven’t solved the first problem, but the FTP access problem was solved by adding * > define( ‘FS_METHOD’, ‘direct’ ); * to sp-config.php. * [Tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tneville/) * (@tneville) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-8/#post-13750569) * Hi [@wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/), * Glad to hear that you’ve solved the FTP/update problem. * With regards to your other problem did you try what I suggested before? * > Can you try a code widget? Sometimes the shortcodes work better in those widget > blocks, but not always. > Failing that, can you let us know what plugin you are using to generate the > shortcode [display-posts]? * Kind Regards, Tim * Thread Starter [wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/) * (@wrknight) * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-8/#post-13752501) * After solving the FTP problem I installed the Display Posts widget which is currently at the bottom of the widget area and is displaying 10 posts. But like the Recent Posts above, it’s not doing what I want. What I really want is a block about 4 inches long that contains a list of all my blog posts (about 60) that you can scroll through. If I could modify the Recent Posts widget, by renaming it to Posts, increasing the number to include all posts on the site, limiting the size and adding a scroll bar to browse through all the titles, that would be terrific. * Alternatively, if I could style the Display Posts to do the same (sans bullets), that would work as well. * [Tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tneville/) * (@tneville) * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-8/#post-13857179) * Hi [@wrknight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrknight/), * If this is a query specifically about **[Display Posts](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/)**, your query is best posted in their **[specific support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/display-posts-shortcode/)**. * There will be a team of people there much more familar with the plugin and better able to support you. I am unfortunately not familar with this plugin. * Hope this helps. * Kind Regards, Tim Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘Display Posts’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [ftp](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ftp/) * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Tim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tneville/) * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-posts-8/#post-13857179) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics