[Plugin: List category posts] Template system: how to add a 'read more' link to each post?

OK if anybody’s interested, it’s :
$lcp_display_output .= '<a href="' . get_permalink($single->ID).'">Read more</a>';

thanks – just what I was looking for.

Hi, I was looking for this too, but could someone please tell me where to put this script in order to make the thing work.

many thanks

Hi, you have to put it in a template. See template system in ‘other notes’ section of the plugin page. A template is a php file that tells the plugin how to list your posts. For example, you choose to display title, excerpt, featured image and a ‘read more’ link for each post.
1. Create a folder named list-category-posts in your theme folder.
2. Create a php file named myownpostlist.php inside this folder
3. Add this code :

<?php
$lcp_display_output = '';
$lcp_display_output .= '<ul>';
foreach ($this->catlist->get_categories_posts() as $single):
$lcp_display_output .= '<li>';
$lcp_display_output .= '<h1>'.$this->get_post_title($single).'<h1>';
$lcp_display_output .= $this->get_thumbnail($single);
$lcp_display_output .= $this->get_excerpt($single, 'p', 'your p style');
$lcp_display_output .= '<br /><a href="'.get_permalink($single->ID).'">Read more</a>';
$lcp_display_output .= '</li>';
endforeach;
$lcp_display_output .= '</ul>';
$this->lcp_output = $lcp_display_output;
?>

Of course you can style each element by adding class parameters relating to your CSS, etc.
Then in the page where you want to display your post list, just add the shortcode which must contain the call to the template file like this :
[catlist id=your-cat-id template=myownpostlist]
Good luck.

I really appreciate your help with this.

I followed your instructions but can’t get the ‘Read more’ link to display unfortunately.

I created the folder and php doc with the above code. I wasn’t sure where to put so have tried in the themes folder but when that didn’t work tried putting the php doc in the plug ins folder where the list-category-posts folder already exists.

I tried the shortcode [catlist id=4 template=myownpostlist] as well incorporating into a more detailed version I’d already created:
[catlist id=4 template=myownpostlist date=yes date_tag=span date_class=lcp_date excerpt=yes excerpt_size=180 excerpt_tag=p excerpt_class=lcp_excerpt numberposts=12 ]

I just get an error on the page where the list of posts should be yet it works fine without thetemplate=myownpostlist bit :

$lcp_display_output = ''; $lcp_display_output .= '
'; foreach ($this->catlist->get_categories_posts() as $single): $lcp_display_output .= '
'; $lcp_display_output .= ''; endforeach; $lcp_display_output .= '
'; $this->lcp_output = $lcp_display_output;

This is the url if it’s any use:
https://www.caribbeansailingschool.net/

The theme is Cushy by Woo Themes.

Any further help that could get this working would be very much welcome!

many thanks again

OK then :

1. Your template MUST be placed in a folder named list-category-posts inside your theme folder, as the plugin will look after the template file in this location and nowhere else. I guess for you it’s :
https://www.caribbeansailingschool.net/wp-content/themes/cushy/list-category-posts/myownpostlist.php

2. The error probably comes from the fact that you should not close the php tag (my error):

<?php
$lcp_display_output = '';
$lcp_display_output .= '<ul>';
foreach ($this->catlist->get_categories_posts() as $single):
$lcp_display_output .= '<li>';
$lcp_display_output .= '<h1>'.$this->get_post_title($single).'</h1>';
$lcp_display_output .= $this->get_thumbnail($single);
$lcp_display_output .= $this->get_excerpt($single, 'p', 'your p style');
$lcp_display_output .= '<br /><a href="'.get_permalink($single->ID).'">Read more</a>';
$lcp_display_output .= '</li>';
endforeach;
$lcp_display_output .= '</ul>';
$this->lcp_output = $lcp_display_output;

See above : the last ?> is not here anymore. (Close the <h1> tag too if you do use it, as I have made the mistake in my previous message : $lcp_display_output .= '<h1>'.$this->get_post_title($single).'</h1>';)
Try this.

3. When adding the shortcode to your page, you should not add additional parameters that override the functions you have defined in your template. For example, if you write in your template

$lcp_display_output .= $this->get_excerpt($single);
you do not have to add excerpt=yes
into the shortcode syntax.

Hope it helps.

Thank you – I found this very helpful and after some playing around with the code I managed to get there. I even learnt a bit of php along the way!

Your help was much appreciated.

@suddensway: Hi, I was looking for a way to get a nice thumbnail shown together with post excerpts and I noticed you have exactly what I’m looking for in your students’ feedback list posts on your webpage https://www.caribbeansailingschool.net/ I would really like to ask you how you did that cause I have no idea where to start. When I add thumbnail to my list category post shortcode it shows something like this: https://serviziovolontarioeuropeo.it/prova/
Thanks!

I added this functionality on version 0.28. Just add the param “posts_morelink”:

posts_morelink – Include a “read more” link after each post. It receives a string of characters as a parameter which will be used as the text of the link. Example: [catlist id=38 posts_morelink=”Read more about this post”]

Please let me know how it works out for you ??

Thanks for the request!
Regards,

Thank you! In the meanwhile I edited my own template so I worked it out in another way, but it’s good to know for the future!

Hi, how to add link to category where post is? for each post?

thanks

SweetKiller there’s no way to show the category link for EACH post, only for each list, check the catlink parameter.

plugin does not supported this function or it is not possible?

Thanks picandocodigo! I actually did it applying CSS class alignleft to thumbnail.