Dynamic content organization with flexible display options.

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This plugin shows a list of subpages, with display options for content or excerpts, buttons and links, featured images, and layout. Enter the shortcode [subpagelist] in any page to generate the list. An example shortcode and all shortcode attributes are displayed below.

Example Subpagelist Shortcode

[subpagelist exclude=”3,5″ layout=”3col” link=”true” orderby=”title” order=”ASC” show=”excerpt” thumbnail=”thumbnail”]

Shortcode Attributes Include:

  • exclude: A comma-separated list of the page IDs to exclude from display. (default: none)
  • layout: Set this attribute if you would like to list the pages in columns; accepts “2col”, “3col” or “4col”. (default: 1 column)
  • link: Hyperlink the page title; accepts “true” or “false”. (default: true)
  • link_text: The “more link” text to display. Accepts “your custom text”. (default: “(more…)”)
  • orderby: Accepts any orderby parameter as [defined in the codex](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#order-orderby-parameters). (default: menu_order)
  • order: Accepts ASC or DESC as [defined in the codex](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#order-orderby-parameters). (default: ASC)
  • post_parent: Override the parent page ID to pull in a different list of subpages; accepts any page ID. (default: current page ID)
  • show: Display “excerpt”, “content”, or “none”. (default: excerpt)
  • show_children: Optionally display an unordered list of the child page’s children; accepts “true” or “false”. (default: false)
  • thumbnail: Optionally show the subpage’s featured image; accepts “thumbnail”, “medium”, “large” or “false”. (default: false)
  • thumbnail_align: Optionally force the alignment of the featured image. Leave blank to inherit the suggest alignment for the given layout; accepts “center”, “left”, “right”, “none”. (default: false)

Installation

Download, Install and Activate

In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Add New to install Subpagelister, or:

  1. Download the latest version of the plugin.
  2. Unzip the downloaded file to your computer.
  3. Upload the /subpagelister/ directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory of your site.
  4. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

Screenshots

Sample shortcode output of [subpagelist link="button" link_text="Keep Reading" orderby="title" show="excerpt" thumbnail="medium" thumbnail_align="left"]
Sample shortcode output of [subpagelist link=”button” link_text=”Keep Reading” orderby=”title” show=”excerpt” thumbnail=”medium” thumbnail_align=”left”]
Sample shortcode output of [subpagelist layout="3col" link="button" link_text="Keep Reading" orderby="title" show="none" thumbnail="medium"]
Sample shortcode output of [subpagelist layout=”3col” link=”button” link_text=”Keep Reading” orderby=”title” show=”none” thumbnail=”medium”]
Sample shortcode output of [subpagelist layout="2col" orderby="title" show="excerpt" thumbnail="true"]
Sample shortcode output of [subpagelist layout=”2col” orderby=”title” show=”excerpt” thumbnail=”true”]