Difficulty
How long will it take?
5 Minutes
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Step 1
First of all, create or navigate to the page or post that you would like to edit.
Step 2
Click on the shortcode dropdown, signified by a [] symbol.
Step 3
Click on the shortcode named ‘Posts’ to insert it into the page.
Step 4
The first property we come to is layout=”thumbnails, date”. You need to delete one of these two options so it reads “thumbnails” or “date”
Step 5
The second parameter is columns=”1 or 2″. You must edit between the quotes so it reads as “1” or “2”.
Step 6
Third, we come to number_posts=”4″. You can enter any number within the quotes.
Step 7 – Optional
Fourth, we come to cat_slug=””. If you want posts in a specific category, you will need to type the category slug in-between the quotes.
Step 8
fifth, we have title=”yes”. This must be set to either “yes” or “no”.
Step 9
Next is meta=”yes”. This must be set to either “yes” or “no”.
Step 10
After that is excerpt=”yes”. This must be set to either “yes” or “no”.
Step 11
And Finally there is excerpt_words=”15″. You can enter any number within the quotes.
Step 12
Submit, update, publish or preview your page or post and it should look similar to this image.
Additional Information – Finding the Category Slug
If you have multiple categories and only wish to display one you need the link-friendly name for the category (called a Slug). To find this click on Posts located on the left side of the screen, and then click on Categories. You will see a list of all your categories similar to the screenshot beside.
Find the category that you want, copy the slug, then paste it into the quotes of the cat_slug=”” parameter within the posts shortcode.