Include the post categories in the listing

Display Posts can include a list of terms associated with each post in the listing. These can be categories, tags, or any custom taxonomy.

If you set category_display="true" it will include a listing of the categories. You can also list tags ( category_display="post_tag") or any custom taxonomy ( category_display="taxonomy_name").

Here’s an example from this site. I use a taxonomy called “dps_filter” to categorize tutorials based on what filter they use.

Shortcode

[display-posts category_display="dps_filter" category_label="Filters used: "]

Result

• Display posts as a select dropdown Filters used: display_posts_shortcode_output, display_posts_shortcode_wrapper_close, display_posts_shortcode_wrapper_open
• Remove “by” when displaying author name
• Display specific posts
• Reversed Ordered List Filters used: display_posts_shortcode_wrapper_open
• Display image from post content if no featured image Filters used: display_posts_shortcode_output
• Add extra text after title Filters used: pre_display_posts_shortcode_output
• Use the WordPress date format Filters used: shortcode_atts_display-posts
• Add Post ID class to each listing item
• Add class to current post for styling Filters used: display_posts_shortcode_post_class
• Display post count as title of listing Filters used: do_shortcode_tag, shortcode_atts_display-posts

Removing category links

If you don’t want the category names to be clickable to their archive pages, use the following code:

This code snippet goes in a core functionality plugin or Code Snippets.

// Remove category links
add_filter( 'display_posts_shortcode_category_display', 'strip_tags' );

Filters used:
display_posts_shortcode_category_display