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Get Latest Post

By Paul Schreiber

Active Installs

70+

Last Updated

April 7, 2016

First Released

February 5, 2011

Download History (Last one month)


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This plugin adds the ability to put a shortcode tag in any static page or post and have it display an excerpt from your latest blog post.

There are no settings or options.

It generates markup like this, which you can style as desired:

<div class='latest-post'>
<p class='title'><a href='http://www.mysite.ca/blog/post'>Look ma, no hands!</a></p>
<p class='excerpt'>Today I rode a bicycle &hellip;<a href="http://www.mysite.ca/blog/post">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span></a></p>
</div>
  1. Upload the plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory and unzip it.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Place [get_latest_post] in your pages.

No FAQ provided.

Changelog

0.3

  • More WordPress VIP coding standards
  • refactored in to class
  • updated “tested up to” to 4.3.1

0.2.2

  • WordPress VIP coding standards; updated “tested up to” to 4.1

0.2.1

  • Updated “tested up to” to 3.9.1

0.2

  • Call wp_reset_query() at the end.

0.1

  • Initial release.
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Available Versions

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Plugin Info

  • Version: 0.3
  • Last Updated: April 7, 2016
  • Active Installs: 70+
  • WordPress Version: 3.0.4 or higher
  • Tested up to: 4.5.33
  • PHP Version: or higher
  • Tags:    
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