Title: Shortcode for the plugin
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Shortcode for the plugin

 *  [slempida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slempida/)
 * (@slempida)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-the-plugin/)
 * Hi,
 * I have just installed the alphabetical list at 3.3.2 version of wordpress and
   I cannot find the shortcode, in order to place it in a static page. Could you
   please inform me about that?
 * Thanks in advance for your support.
 * Sofia Lempida

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 *  [Flash Buddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flashbuddy/)
 * (@flashbuddy)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-the-plugin/#post-2806334)
 * Hi Sofia,
 * I went to their website and did not see a facility or sortcode to insert a list
   alphabetized list of posts on a page.
 * What are you trying to achieve? Perhaps there is a workaround?
 *  Thread Starter [slempida](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slempida/)
 * (@slempida)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-the-plugin/#post-2806351)
 * Hi, I am trying to create an alphabetical list of shops and I was searching for
   a plugin that could automatically create such a list, by publishing the posts
   there.
 *  [Flash Buddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flashbuddy/)
 * (@flashbuddy)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-the-plugin/#post-2806356)
 * In WordPress, if you have a category for shops (say it is ‘shops’), you can take
   your themes category.php file (assuming it has one), create a copy and name it
   category-shops.php.
 * In the loop in your new file, you can customize the display.
 * Something like (note: very rough)
 *     ```
       <?php query_posts('cat=1,5,13&showposts=10&offset=0', 'order=ASC '); ?>
   
       <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
             <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
   
              Pick One:
                <?php echo strip_tags(the_excerpt());?>
                <?php  the_excerpt_rss();?> No html tags
                <?php  the_excerpt();?>
   
                <?php the_time('F Y'); ?> | <?php comments_popup_link(__('Comment'), __('1 comment'), __('% comments'));?> | <a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>" title="Read more">Read more...</a>
   
       <?php endwhile; else : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * In your menu, you could simply create a button to the category:
    [http://yoursite.com/category/shops/](http://yoursite.com/category/shops/)
 * …and end up with a custom display of posts in the shops category.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-for-the-plugin/#post-2806356)
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