WP-Cat-Post-List

Parameter Description Default value Accepted values
cat_id The id of category from which the posts are to be displayed 1 Any numerical category id. You can check the Posts > Category and hover over the category Edit link to check the category
css_theme The id of the predefined or added CSS theme 0 Any numerical or string id value of the Themes. Here is the list of predefined CSS Themes:

  • 0 – Light Theme
  • 1 – Dark Theme
  • 2 – Giant Gold Fish
  • 3 – Adrift in Dreams
is_thumb Whether or not to display thumbnails ”true” String “true” or “false”
list_num Number of posts to display (max). This excludes sticky posts (if any) 10 Any numerical value
show_comments Whether or not to display comment counts in post meta box ”true” String “true” or “false”
sort_using Select the sorting method. A corresponding ID should be passed. Check the accepted values. 1 Following are the accepted IDs. Note that you need to pass it like sort_using=2

  • 1 => Sort using ‘date’
  • 2 => Sort using ‘comment_count’
  • 3 => Sort using ‘ID’
  • 4 => Sort using ‘title’
  • 5 => Sort using ‘rand’
sort_order Select the sorting order ascending or descending ”asc” The accepted values are:

  • “asc” – For ascending sort
  • “desc” – For descending sort
exclude_post Comma Seperated values of IDs of posts to exclude The following ID format will work‘12, 34,65 75,12 ,45
sticky_post Same as Exclude Posts. Only the posts will become sticky. This will not verify whether they belong to the selected category or not. They will be placed before the normal list and CSS class wp-cpl-sc-sticky will be applied to them
show_date Whether or not show date in post meta ”true” ”true” to display and “false” to hide
show_author Whether or not show author link in post meta ”true” ”true” to display and “false” to hide
show_excerpt Whether or not show excerpt in post meta ”true” ”true” to display and “false” to hide
excerpt_length The length of the excerpt (character count) 150 Any numerical value
optional_excerpt Gives preference to manually entered WP excerpts on posts. This will override the excerpt length ”false” ”true” to activate “false” to deactivate.