The blog shortcode displays posts. The options for this shortcode are shown below.
| Option | Default | Example | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
| columns | 3 | columns="5" | The number of columns of posts can be 1 to 6 | 
| posts | (empty) | posts="1,15,19" | A comma separated list of post IDs to show | 
| categories | (empty) | categories="1,5,12" | A comma separated list of category IDs to show posts from | 
| category__and | (empty) | category__and="1,5,12" | A comma separated list of category IDs to show posts from, the posts must be in ALL specified categories | 
| category__not_in | (empty) | category__not_in="1,5,12" | A comma separated list of category IDs to exclude posts from | 
| author | (empty) | author="5" | Show only posts from the user with this ID | 
| show_title | 1 | show_title="0" | Show the title of the post, 1 is true 0 is false | 
| show_meta | 1 | show_meta="0" | Show the post meta data, 1 is true 0 is false | 
| show_date | (empty) | show_date="0" | Show the post meta data, 1 is true 0 is false, an empty string will inherit the option from the theme options panel | 
| show_description | 1 | show_description="0" | Show the post description (excerpt), 1 is true 0 is false | 
| description_length | (empty) | description_length="40" | The length of the excerpt in words | 
| full_description | 0 | full_description="1" | Show the full post content instead of the excerpt, 1 is true 0 is false | 
| show_read_more | 1 | show_read_more="0" | Show the “Read More” button below the post, 1 is true 0 is false | 
| read_more | (empty) | read_more="Continue Reading" | The text for the “Read More” button | 
| image | 1 | image="0" | Show the post thumbnail image, 1 is true 0 is false | 
| image_type | (empty) | image_type="left" | The type of featured image. 
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| image_width | 0 | image_width="200" | The width of the featured image, set to 0 for full width | 
| image_height | 0 | image_height="200" | The height of the featured image, set to 0 to automatically scale | 
| paging | 0 | paging="1" | Posts will be spread over multiple pages, 1 is true 0 is false | 
| max | -1 | max="9" | Number of posts to show, or posts per page if paging is on, -1 to show all | 
| offset | 0 | offset="10" | Number of post to displace or pass over | 
| orderby | ‘date’ | orderby="comment_count" | Specify the order of the posts 
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| order | DESC | order="ASC" | The direction of above ordering, ASC for ascending, DESC for descending | 
Examples
[[blog]]
[[blog categories="7,30" show_title="0" show_meta="0" image_type="left" image_width="200" paging="1" max="6"]]
