Wrdpress: WP Query shortcode

custom-loop.php

<?php

/*
* Call using [jay-home-recent/] shortcode
*/

// Home recent shortcode
add_shortcode( 'jay-home-recent', 'jay_post_listing_shortcode' );

function jay_post_listing_shortcode($atts) {
	ob_start();

	$args = array(
		'post_type' => 'post',
		'showposts' => 2,
	);

	$query = new WP_Query( $args );

	if ( $query->have_posts() ) { ?>
        <div class="home-recent-posts">
            <?php while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>
            <div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
            	<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) : ?>
					<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>" rel="bookmark">
					<?php the_post_thumbnail( 'hr-thumbnail', array( 'class' => 'alignright' ) ); ?>
					</a>
				<?php endif; ?>
            	<div class="hr-entry-title">
            		<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
            	</div>
            	<div class="hr-entry-meta">
            		<p><?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?> / by <?php the_author_posts_link(); ?> / <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></p>
            	</div>
            	<div class="hr-entry-content">
            		<?php
            			echo '<p>';
            			$content = get_the_content();
            			// TRIM the $content
						$trimmed_content = wp_trim_words( $content, 20, '...</p><p class="hr-read-more"><a href="'. get_permalink() .'" rel="bookmark" title="'.get_the_title().'" class="button">Continue reading</a></p>' );
						echo $trimmed_content;
					?>
            	</div>
                
            </div>
            <?php endwhile;
            wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
        </div>
    <?php $thepost = ob_get_clean();
    return $thepost;
    }

}