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.
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