How To Display Posts on a Directory-Like Page
Task At Hand: Create a WordPress page to display a listing of all posts within a category. Make it a page (not a post) so it shows up in the menu navigation bar.
The default ‘Recent Posts’ widget for a sidebar can only display 15 posts at the most. I wanted to do something similar on a page for this blog (the one you’re on right now) for my Blogging Articles category. I also wanted it to display all post titles, not just 15. What I need was a plugin to create a directory-style listing for a category, almost like an HTML sitemap.
I wanted to do it without monkeying around with the theme because I update my themes a lot and don’t want to create a maintenance nightmare. That means it had to be a plugin and it had to use [shortcode].
Plugin(s) You’ll Need:
- List Category Posts The parameters for the plugin are on the Other Notes link on that page.
Look up at my menu bar at the Blogging Articles tab. I wanted to display all post titles from the Blogging Articles category, not just the default 15. I wanted them ordered alphabetically, along with their date. (Since writing this article, I am now displaying the posts by date order instead of alphabetically.)
Here’s the shortcode I used to create the post listing:
