Title: Show category posts
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Show category posts

 *  [dbasil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbasil/)
 * (@dbasil)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-category-posts-1/)
 * Hey guys,
 * I’ve been stuck with this for days.
 * How can I show a particular category’s posts on a page?
 * I want my page in navigation menu named ‘exercise’ show excerpts of posts from
   exercise category.

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 *  [Ajith K Ranatunga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajith2011/)
 * (@ajith2011)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-category-posts-1/#post-6860645)
 * if you want to show posts in a category on a page, you can follow the instructions
   bellow.
 * 1. copy and past bellow code in the functions.php file in your theme.
 *     ```
       <?php
       function unc_show_posts_by_category($attr){
           /** wp query to get posts from specific category */
           $cat_name = $attr['category_name'];
           $num_posts = $attr['num_posts'];
           $unc_query = new WP_Query( array('category_name' => $cat_name, 'posts_per_page' => $num_posts));
   
           $results = '';
           /** starting the loop */
           if($unc_query->have_posts()):
               $results .= '<ul class="muaw-posts-by-category">';
               while($unc_query->have_posts()){
                   $unc_query->the_post();
                   $results .= '<li>';
                   if(has_post_thumbnail()) {
                       $results .= '<a href="' . get_the_permalink() . '" rel="bookmark">' . get_the_post_thumbnail(get_the_ID(), array(50, 50)) . get_the_title() . '</a>';
                   } else {
                       $results .= '<a href="' . get_the_permalink() . '" rel="bookmark">' .get_the_title() . '</a>';
                       $results .= get_the_excerpt();
                   }
                   $results .= '</li>';
               }
               $results .= '</ul>';
           endif;
   
           return $results;
   
           /* Re-set original Post Data */
           wp_reset_postdata();
       }
   
       // Add a shortcode
       add_shortcode('muaw_category_posts', 'unc_show_posts_by_category');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * 2. Add bellow shortcode with category name and number of posts.
    `[muaw_category_posts
   category_name="uncategorized" num_posts="5"]`
 * That’s it. This code is used for one of my theme, so feel free to make necessary
   adjustments.

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ajith K Ranatunga](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ajith2011/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-category-posts-1/#post-6860645)
 * Status: not resolved

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