Description
Custom Post Listing empowers you to easily create and manage shortcodes to display posts from any post type — including blog posts, portfolios, and WooCommerce products — with complete layout and design flexibility.
Whether you’re building a blog grid, a portfolio showcase, or a product catalog, this plugin gives you full control — no coding required.
🚀 Key Features
- Unlimited Shortcodes – Create and manage multiple post listing shortcodes with unique layouts and settings.
- Custom Post Type Support – Select and display posts from any post type — including your own custom ones.
- Flexible Display Options – Choose what to show: featured image, title, buttons.
- Responsive Column Layouts – Set the number of columns per row to create clean, modern grid layouts.
- AJAX-Powered Loading – Enjoy faster and smoother browsing with AJAX-based post loading.
- Lightweight & Developer-Friendly – Optimized for performance and easy integration into any WordPress theme.
🎯 Perfect For
- Blog post grids
- Portfolio listings
- WooCommerce product showcases
- Testimonials, team members, and more
💡 Why You’ll Love It
Custom Post Listing saves you hours of manual shortcode creation and template coding.
Build beautiful, flexible, and dynamic post listings right from the admin panel — and display them anywhere using a simple shortcode.
License
This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. You are free to modify and redistribute it under the same license.
Screenshots
Admin page for post listing information 
Admin page for creating custom post listing shortcodes. 
Admin page short code listing 
Front post listing with 2 column with ajax post listing 
Front post listing with 3 column with ajax load more listing 
Admin page with edit short codd
Installation
- Upload the plugin folder to
/wp-content/plugins/directory, or install directly from the WordPress Plugins page. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Go to Custom Post Listing in your WordPress admin menu.
- Create a new shortcode and configure your display settings.
- Copy and paste the generated shortcode (e.g.
[cplist_ajax_post_list id="123"]) into any page or post.
FAQ
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Can I use this plugin with custom post types?
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Yes, you can select any registered post type (including custom ones).
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Does it support AJAX loading?
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Yes! The plugin uses AJAX to load posts dynamically for better performance.
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Can I customize the display layout?
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Yes, you can customize columns, colors, and visibility of fields like title, image, date, etc.
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Contributors & Developers
“Custom Post Listing” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.2
- Fixed Generic function/class/define/namespace/option names
- Fixed Data Must be Sanitized, Escaped, and Validated
1.0.1
- Changed code as per plugin standart
- Changed plugin slug
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Added shortcode generator for post listings.
- Included AJAX support for dynamic loading.
- Added customizable layout and style options.