plugin.php

<?php
/**
* Plugin Name: Display Posts Shortcode
* Plugin URI: http://www.billerickson.net/shortcode-to-display-posts/
* Description: Display a listing of posts using the [display-posts] shortcode
* Version: 0.1.3
* Author: Bill Erickson
* Author URI: http://www.billerickson.net
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
* General Public License version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. You may NOT assume
* that you can use any other version of the GPL.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
* even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* @package Display Posts
* @version 0.1.3
* @author Bill Erickson
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2011, Bill Erickson
* @link http://www.billerickson.net/shortcode-to-display-posts/
* @license http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
*/
// Create the shortcode
add_shortcode(‘display-posts’, ‘be_display_posts_shortcode’);
function be_display_posts_shortcode($atts) {
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
‘tag’ => ”,
‘category’ => ”,
‘posts_per_page’ => ’10’,
‘include_date’ => ”,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
‘orderby’ => ‘date’,
‘image_size’ => ”,
‘include_excerpt’ => ”
), $atts ) );
$args = array(
‘tag’ => $tag,
‘category_name’ => $category,
‘posts_per_page’ => $posts_per_page,
‘order’ => $order,
‘orderby’ => $orderby
);
$return = ”;
$listing = new WP_Query($args);
if ( $listing->have_posts() ):
$return .= ”;
while ( $listing->have_posts() ): $listing->the_post(); global $post;
$return .= ”;
if ($image_size) $return .= ‘‘. get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID, $image_size).’ ‘;
$return .= ‘‘. get_the_title() .’‘;
if ($include_excerpt) $return .=”. get_the_excerpt() .”;
if ($include_date) $return .= ‘ (‘. get_the_date(‘n/j/Y’) .’)';
$return .= ”;
endwhile;
$return .= ”;
endif; wp_reset_query();
if (!empty($return)) return $return;
}
?>