Title: WP Blog Posts
Author: Laxman Prajapati
Published: <strong>June 30, 2020</strong>
Last modified: August 1, 2021

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WP Blog Posts

 By [Laxman Prajapati](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laxman-prajapati/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-blog-posts.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-blog-posts/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-blog-posts/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-blog-posts/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-blog-posts/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-blog-posts/)

## Description

**WP Blog Posts** plugin ability to display blog posts with title, short description,
date, etc… to our website. An easy way to use the plugin.

You can use the **[wp_blog_posts]** shortcode and after that, the blog section will
be shown automatically on the front side.

#### Awesome features

 * Display the latest blog post.
 * Display the blog post by category ID.
 * Set the blog post limit to show in section.
 * Set the blog post column to show in section.
 * Use the same shortcode multiple times on the same page.

#### Shortcodes

 * **Latest :** [wp_blog_posts] – Show the latest blog post.
 * **Category :** [wp_blog_posts cat=”category_id”] – Show the blog post by category
   ID.
 * **Column :** [wp_blog_posts column=”3″] – Set the column to show in section.
 * **Limit :** [wp_blog_posts limit=”3″] – Set the limit to show in section.
 * **Complete shortcode example:**
    [wp_blog_posts limit=”3″ column=”3″ cat=”category_id”]

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Blog Post Section
 * [[
 * Setting page

## Installation

 * Install using the WordPress Plugin installer, or Extract the zip file and drop
   the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation
 * Activate the plugin through the “Plugins” administration page in WordPress
 * Go to Settings > WP Blog Posts

## FAQ

### 1) How to display the latest blog post?

 * Use the [wp_blog_posts] shortcode.

### 2) How to display blog post by category ID?

 * Use the [wp_blog_posts cat=”category_id”].

### 3) How to set the column to show in section?

 * Use the [wp_blog_posts column=”3″] shortcode.

### 4) How to set the limit to show in section?

 * Use the [wp_blog_posts limit=”3″] shortcode.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Great plugin for me](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-for-me-5/)󠁿

 [Laxman Prajapati](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laxman-prajapati/) July 7, 2020

Very useful.

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### 󠀁[Very Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-4925/)󠁿

 [Urmil Patel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/urmilwp/) July 7, 2020 1 reply

Simple and strong. 100% recommendable. Thank you very much for such a great Plugin!

 [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-blog-posts/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Blog Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Laxman Prajapati ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laxman-prajapati/)

[Translate “WP Blog Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-blog-posts)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-blog-posts/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-blog-posts/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-blog-posts/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-blog-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0 – 22/03/2020

 * Initial Release

#### 1.0.1 – 21/11/2020

 * Fix Minor bugs.

#### 1.0.2 – 01/08/2021

 * Fix Minor bugs.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.2**
 *  Last updated **5 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.8.13**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-blog-posts/)
 * Tags
 * [latest post](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/latest-post/)[Post by category](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-by-category/)
   [wordpress blog](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wordpress-blog/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-blog-posts/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  2 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-blog-posts/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-blog-posts/reviews/?filter=4)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Laxman Prajapati ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/laxman-prajapati/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-blog-posts/)