Title: Display specific posts on pages?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Display specific posts on pages?

 *  [kellyrnh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kellyrnh/)
 * (@kellyrnh)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/)
 * I can’t believe I haven’t been able to find the answer for this as it seems like
   it must be common:
 * I need to display specific posts (not in order by date) on a page of my wp site.
   The posts will show Title, Thumbnail and Excerpt.
 * So I need to be able to pick which posts these are from the admin (not hardcode
   into the file) – my client will be picking these at will so I won’t know the 
   id upfront.
 * Please tell me I am missing a really obvious solution!

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 *  [Justin Greer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justingreerbbi/)
 * (@justingreerbbi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/#post-2442488)
 * I am the developer of the plugin called Custom Post Type List Shortcode. You 
   can find it here [CPT List](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-list-shortcode/)
 * It support everything you just stated. You can then make a category that you 
   can assign all the posts you want to show on your pages or post and then use 
   the shortcode on the page itself.
 * You can view the youtube video about how to use it [HERE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Chpw8QsW8&)
 * Very simple. I respond all the time on our blog so if you have any questions 
   feel free to visit.
 * [Blackbird Interactive’s Blog](http://blog.blackbirdi.com)
 *  Thread Starter [kellyrnh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kellyrnh/)
 * (@kellyrnh)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/#post-2442610)
 * Thanks so much for replying. I don’t know if that does what I’m looking for. 
   My client just wants to pull a specific post, not by categories, etc, a very 
   specific one (i.e. id 312). Looking at your video and plugin, I can’t tell if
   this does that?
 *  [il1cit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/il1cit/)
 * (@il1cit)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/#post-2442616)
 * Hello,
 * Try using this code where you want the specific post:
 *     ```
       <?php
       $post_id = 73;
       $queried_post = get_post($post_id);
       ?>
       <p><?php echo $queried_post->post_content; ?></p>
       <?php echo $queried_post->post_title; ?>
       ```
   
 * Change the $post_id number to your specific post.
 *  Thread Starter [kellyrnh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kellyrnh/)
 * (@kellyrnh)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/#post-2442618)
 * Thanks,
 * but this needs to be coded into the php, right? I need my client to be able to
   change the post id at will in the admin panel. Ideas on how to do that?
 *  [il1cit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/il1cit/)
 * (@il1cit)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/#post-2442621)
 * Yes, this is coded in the index.php or wherever you want your specific post.
 * Your client just has to change that $post_id number to the article he wants, 
   so you just tell him where the line is and he edits it everytime he likes, through
   the admin panel theme editor.
 * Don’t know any other way to do this, but I’m sure there are plugins available
   for that like the one justingreerbbi posted.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/#post-2442623)
 * Why not use [custom fields](http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields) instead?
 *  Thread Starter [kellyrnh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kellyrnh/)
 * (@kellyrnh)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/#post-2442625)
 * Hi esmi,
 * I haven’t used custom fields a lot…how would this work?
 * Thanks!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-specific-posts-on-pages/#post-2442627)
 * Have a look at the link I posted above. You might also want to read up on [WP_Query ](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Query).

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