category_name= parameter to select the category of posts to be displayed.
Without any parameters the shortcode just produces a list of the most recent posts.
[bw_posts]
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You can control what is returned by using parameters.
e.g. To get “related posts” you may choose to list posts with the same category name.
Even though this is a “shortcode example” we can still do that.
should list the posts with a category_name of ‘example
[bw_posts category_name='example']
See also
- Where the [bw_posts] shortcode produces a simple list, the [bw_pages] shortcode will produce a summary of pages, posts or custom post types.
