The postlist shortcode is overly used on our frontpage demos. It’s a quick and easy way to show the latest posts in a column layout. You can basicly choose any number of columns, as long as it can be devided over a 12 column layout. Choose a category (or none for all categories) and the number of posts to show. You can also select whether you’d like to include or exclude the image, title, excerpt and the read more button.
This shortcode is extremely flexible. If you place it inside a column shortcode it will automaticly resize to make use of the space it’s been given. Check the example below:
Normal use
[postlist postcount="4" columns="4"]
[postlist postcount="2" columns="2" showexcerpt="true" align="left"]
Inside a column
[column size="3" align="left" first="true"]
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[/column]
[column size="9" align="left" last="true"]
[postlist postcount="3" columns="3" align="left" showtitle="false"]
[/column]
[postlist sample="true"]