Title: GUI for List Category Posts Author: zymeth25 Published: October 5, 2018 Last modified: March 16, 2023 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/gui-for-lcp/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2494565) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/gui-for-lcp/assets/icon.svg?rev=2494565) # GUI for List Category Posts By [zymeth25](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zymeth25/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gui-for-lcp.2.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/gui-for-lcp/#description) * [Reviews](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/gui-for-lcp/#reviews) * [Installation](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/gui-for-lcp/#installation) * [Development](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/gui-for-lcp/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/) ## Description This plugin adds a graphical shortcode creator for the [List Category Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/) plugin by Fernando Briano. The creator is available in WordPress editor by clicking the ‘LCP’ button of the editor’s toolbar. This means you can use the shortcode creator in: * Post Editing Screen * Text Widgets * Gutenberg’s ‘Classic’ block * and wherever the WYSIWYG editor is used in plugins and themes Make sure you have read the [LCP plugin’s detailed documentation](https://github.com/picandocodigo/List-Category-Posts/wiki) as well as its readme to understand its features and potential. This is important because even though the GUI provided here tries to make things easily understandable on the front-end, it _does not_ explain all features of the base plugin in detail. ### How to use the plugin Clicking the ‘LCP’ button opens a modal window with a form. The shortcode creator has two sections, divided in two tabs: 1. Selection options 2. Display options ‘Selection options’ allow you to choose which posts to include while ‘Display options’ manage what information about selected posts is displayed and what [HTML & CSS customizations](https://github.com/picandocodigo/List-Category-Posts/wiki/HTML-&-CSS-Customization) are applied. Once you are happy with your selected options, just click the ‘Insert into editor’ button located at the bottom of the modal window. It will automatically insert a properly formated List Category Posts shortcode into WordPress editor. You can change the position at which the shortcode is inserted by moving the cursor in the editor. ### List Category Posts parameters reference Below is a list of shortcode creator’s sections together with corresponding shortcode parameters. This is intended to help you navigate List Category Post’s documentation. ### Selection options * **Categories**: `id`, `categorypage`, `child_categories` * **Tags**: `tags`, `exclude_tags`, `current_tags` * **Custom taxonomies**: `taxonomy`, `terms`, `taxonomies_and`, `taxonomies_or` * **Post type & status**: `post_type`, `post_status` * **Custom fields**: `customfield_name`, `customfield_value` * **Exclude posts**: `exclude_posts` * **Author**: `author_posts` * **Date**: `monthnum`, `year`, `after`, `before` * **Search**: `search` * **Post title firts character**: `starting_with` * **Offset**: `offset` * **Parent post**: `post_parent` ### Display options * **Pagination, Number of posts & Order**: `pagination`, `numberposts`, `order`,` orderby` * **List-specific options**: `conditional_title`, `catlink`, `catname`, `category_description`,` morelink`, `class` * **Post-specific options**: `author`, `comments`, `content`, `customfield_display`,` customfield_display_separately`, `customfield_display_glue`, `customfield_display_name`,` customfield_display_name_glue`, `date`, `date_modified`, `excerpt`, `excerpt_overwrite`,` excerpt_strip`, `excerpt_size`, `display_id`, `post_suffix`, `posts_morelink`,` tags_as_class`, `title_limit`, `link_titles`, `no_post_titles`, `thumbnail`, ` force_thumbnail`, `thumbnail_size` * **Template**: `template` ### Development GUI for List Category Posts is open source software. You can find the development version of the plugin on [Github](https://github.com/klemens-st/gui-for-lcp). All suggestions and contributions are welcome 🙂 Fork it, read the respository’s readme and start helping with the development! This is a very early version of GUI for List Category Posts so users’ feedback is _more than welcome_ 🙂 ### Support the plugin If you have found this plugin useful and would like to support its further development please consider [sponsoring it on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/klemens-st/) or [donating on PayPal](https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=BX4TN5Z4MSX52) 🙂 ### User Support Please use the support forum for questions about **using** the plugin. Use Github issues for discussing **code changes** and **bugs**. ## Screenshots * [[ * The ‘LCP’ button in WordPress editor. Works in text widgets, too. * [[ * Modal window opened by the button. * [[ * Example usage. ## Installation Please note that in order for your generated shortcodes to work you need to have the [List Category Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/) plugin installed and activated. ## FAQ ### My shortcodes don’t work Make sure you have [List Category Posts](https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/) installed and activated. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1aacb22d52c91f4f9ae6c66f882e248518d762b46870e1834b4118ea1c44d627? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I think this plugin is dead](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-think-this-plugin-is-dead-2/)󠁿 [bokibe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bokibe/) December 22, 2025 Shame, I need a plugin like this. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8c271d4fd9ff6cca243ce4bbbd638005ee1c5d8bce675fab468327c647fd821e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-10944/)󠁿 [estr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/estr/) July 15, 2021 Thank you for developing the plugin! [ Read all 2 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “GUI for List Category Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ zymeth25 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zymeth25/) [Translate “GUI for List Category Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gui-for-lcp) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gui-for-lcp/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gui-for-lcp/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gui-for-lcp/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gui-for-lcp/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 * Initial plugin release. #### 1.0.1 * Fixed a typo in readme.txt. #### 2.0.0 * Full overhaul of build tools and dependencies. * Added a donate link 🙂 ## Meta * Version **2.0.2** * Last updated **3 years ago** * Active installations **600+** * WordPress version ** 4.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.1.10** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gui-for-lcp/) * Tags * [categories](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[gui](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gui/) [list](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/list/)[posts](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/) * [Advanced View](https://brx.wordpress.org/plugins/gui-for-lcp/advanced/) ## Ratings 3 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gui-for-lcp/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ zymeth25 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zymeth25/) ## Support Got something to say? 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