This plugin allow you to display post list in your page or post by using shortcode. Author: ibnuyahya Author URI: http://www.ibnuyahya.com Copyright: Released under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE How to use just put this shortcode in your post or pages [cat totalposts=”3″ category=”1,3″ thumbnail=”true” excerpt=”true” ] totalposts – your total number of post to display. default is -1 category – category id. use comma , for multiple id thumbnail – set true if you want to display thumbnail. default is false date – set true if you want to display post date. default is false. Uses format set in WordPress Settings > General > Date Format excerpt – set true if you want to display excertp. default is true orderby – your post will order by . default post_date . check https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts for detail thumbnail * create custom field key as thumbnail-url and put your thumbnail url in the value area style at your own * you need to style your category-post-shortcode plugin in your style.css example .cat-post{ width:100%; } .cat-post-list{ display: block; margin-bottom: 20px; position: relative; } .cat-post-images{ float:left; width:140px; display:block; } .cat-content{ width:350px; float:right; } .cat-post-title{ display: block; width:100%; } .cat-post-date{ display: block; width:100%; } .cat-clear{ clear:both; } more info or sample, please visit http://ibnuyahya.com/wordpress-plugins/category-post-shortcode