Wordpress Shortcode to call latest posts - php

Question

I created a custom page template to display the latest 12 posts with their respective title and excerpt, but I tought that It would be easier if I could call this with a shortcode.
This is the loop in "post-grid.php" which calls to those 3 things.
<section class="post-grid">
<?php
$grid = array('post_per_page' => 12);
$query = new WP_Query( $grid );
while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();
?>
<div class="grid-posts">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2><br>
<?php the_post_thumbnail('featured'); ?><br>
<?php the_excerpt() ?><br>
</div>
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
</section>
How can I create a shortcode that executes that loop?
I know how to add a shortcode using
add_shortcode('postGrid', 'postGrid');
function postGrid()
{
//Code here
}
But im not sure how to implement the above as a function. I appreciate your help!

Answer 1

<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'posts_per_page' => 12,
'paged' => $page,
);
query_posts($args);?>
hope this will help you :)
Point related to add Post Thumbnail:
// check if the post has a Post Thumbnail assigned to it.
<?php if (has_post_thumbnail() ) {
the_post_thumbnail();
} the_content(); ?>
Hope this help you :)

Answer 2

Since you aren't editing any code - you are creating your own - just put all that code in the call back function as is and it should work.
add_shortcode('postGrid', 'postGrid');
function postGrid()
{
<section class="post-grid">
<?php
$grid = array('post_per_page' => 12);
$query = new WP_Query( $grid );
while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();
?>
<div class="grid-posts">
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2><br>
<?php the_post_thumbnail('featured'); ?><br>
<?php the_excerpt() ?><br>
</div>
<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
</section>
}