I need to have the ability to create a page and add a shortcode to it -- this shortcode needs to output a list of posts by category name or id (and have other parameters if possible). I've used 2 different plugins and tried modifying the shortcodes.php file. Nothing works. The plugins I've tried are display-posts-shortcodes and list-category-posts. I could create a unique template that queries by category but I don't want to create a new template every time I need to produce a page of specific posts. Thanks!
Hello, I think you want to display the posts related to a particular category in a page. So for this, you do not need to use any plugin. To achieve this follow the steps given below. 1. Simply create your category from the Posts > Categories in your dashboard 2. Then go to Appearance > Menus in your dashboard and add that category to the custom menu. See the link for the reference. http://screencast.com/t/C6TSOdoT 3. And then create your posts from the Posts > Add New in your dashboard and select that category for the post. See the link for the reference. http://screencast.com/t/8LCSOXoiI and then your all the post of particular category will display on the category menu. This will solve your issue.
