Not very elegant, but it does the trick:
Version 1:
In functions.php of your childtheme:
add_shortcode('my-featured-articles', 'my_featured_articles');
function my_featured_articles() {
global $wp_query;
$temp_query = $wp_query;
$args = array (
'numberposts' => 10);
// feel free to input whatever params you want in the $args array,
// see WP_Query class documentation for that
$wp_query = new WP_query($args);
ob_start();
do_action('__loop');
$output = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
$wp_query = $temp_query;
return '</article></div>'.$output.'<div><article>';
}
In your page just write [my-featured-articles] and make sure it’s not contained in any html tag from that page (div, span, table) or it will generate layout problems.
Version 2:
Alternatively, you could create a template file starting from index.php from customizr folder, copying it to your child theme folder, adding
global $wp_query;
$temp_query = $wp_query;
$args = array (
'numberposts' => 10);
// feel free to input whatever params you want in the $args array,
// see WP_Query class documentation for that
$wp_query = new WP_query($args);
before the line do_action(‘__loop’); and
$wp_query = $temp_query;
right after that line. Save it with a custom name (my-custom-layout.php) in your child theme folder, upload and select it as the page template from the page atributes in edit page, dashboard. If you do it this way, you no longer need to edit functions.php of your child theme and it will no longer matter what you write in the page content, as it will never be displayed. Instead, the list of posts will show, nicely formatted according to theme layout.
Cheers.
