Adding Custom Query Loop as Shortcode Post Types Taxonomies and more

Sinan IslerNovember 9, 20220 comments

Sometimes some themes and some builders makes the building custom query loops harder. For that reason I wrote this simple code and added t other themes functions.php

This is a very simple example it is possible make this much much more advance. Check the WP docs examples -> WP_Query | Class | WordPress Developer Resources

add this code to the theme functions.php

and usage shortcode -> [get_last_posts]

/*
*
*	Registering Shortcode for Post Types
*   
*   Usage:   [get_last_posts]
*	
*	Custom Shortcode with Custom Query Loop for Custom post Types and Taxonomies and Stuff
*
*/
function get_the_last_posts( ) {
     $qquery = new WP_Query(array(
          'post_type' => 'post',
          'posts_per_page' => 5
     ));
     while ($qquery->have_posts()){
               $qquery->the_post();
          ?>

          <h2>
               <?php echo get_the_title(); ?>	
          </h2>
          <p>
               <?php echo get_the_content(); ?>	
          </p>
          <p>
               <?php  echo get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'name' , true ); ?>
          </p>

          <?php
     }
          wp_reset_postdata();
}
add_shortcode( 'get_last_posts', 'get_the_last_posts');

this example only shows latest 5 post and title and content and example customfield value.

another similar useful plugin Custom Content Shortcode – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org