Latest News

This short code display the latest news

// Add Shortcode
function latest_posts_shortcode( $atts , $content = null ) {

	// Attributes
	extract( shortcode_atts(
		array(
			'post' => '1',
			'order' => 'DESC',
			'orderby' => 'title',
		), $atts )
	);

	// Code
   $latest_news .= '<h2>' . $content . '</h2>';
   $latest_news .= '<ul>';
   query_posts(array('orderby' => $orderby, 'order' => $order , 'showposts' => $posts));
   if (have_posts()) :
      while (have_posts()) : the_post();
         $latest_news .= '<li><a href=" '.get_permalink().' ">'.get_the_title() . ' </a> <br>';
         $latest_news .='<span class="date">' .get_the_date('d  M') . '</span>';
         if($exc === true)$latest_news .='<p class="excerpt">' . get_the_excerpt() . ' </p>';
         if($thumb === true)$latest_news .='<div class="post_img">'. get_the_post_thumbnail( $thumbnail->ID, 'thumbnail' ) . '</div>';
         if($aut === true)$latest_news .='<span class="author">' . get_the_author() . '</span><br>';
         $latest_news .='<span class="comments">' . 'there are ' . get_comments_number() . ' comments</span></li>';

      endwhile;
   endif;
   $latest_news .= '</ul>';

   wp_reset_query();
   return $latest_news;
}
}
add_shortcode( 'latest-posts', 'latest_posts_shortcode' );