Your list names and values

Available names

  • right-#-list places the list in the right column.
  • left-#-list places the list in the left column.
  • bottom-#-list places the list below the main content.

Associated values

  • cat is the only mandatory parameter and is the ID number of the post category you want to display (see “Categories” below).
  • type indicates how much of each post to display and can take the value: full, excerpts or titles. If not specified, the default value is titles.
  • order indicates whether to list the posts by ascending or descending date order and takes the value: ASC or DESC. If not specified, the default value is DESC.
  • showposts indicates how many posts to list and takes an integer value (or -1, meaning display all). If not specified, the default value is 5.
  • heading specifies an <h2> heading to insert. If not specified, the default value is empty (no heading displayed). Special characters (eg: apostrophes) should be preceded with a backslash: heading=BSR’s History
  • format specifies various codes to modify how the post content is arranged. Eg: if if format contains the character d, then the date is not output.
  • status is used mainly for Events listings. By setting status=future, only fortcoming events will be shown.