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Is this a wordpress.com site or a .org site?<br />
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If .org, which plugin are you using to get the shortcode?
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Is this a wordpress.com site or a .org site?

If .org, which plugin are you using to get the shortcode?

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its a wordpess site using the twenty twelve theme
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its a wordpess site using the twenty twelve theme

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Haven't answered my questions.<br />
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Is this self hosted or hosted through wordpress.com? Twenty Twelve exists on both.<br />
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If self hosted, which plugins are installed?
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Haven't answered my questions.

Is this self hosted or hosted through wordpress.com? Twenty Twelve exists on both.

If self hosted, which plugins are installed?

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self hosted. &nbsp;wordpress shortcodes plugin is installed but i don't think its the reason why [recent-posts] works. &nbsp;Doesn't that shortcode come with Wordpress?
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self hosted.  wordpress shortcodes plugin is installed but i don't think its the reason why [recent-posts] works.  Doesn't that shortcode come with Wordpress?

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Doesn't that shortcode come with Wordpress?
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Nope :)<br />
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Self-hosted WordPress doesn't come with any shortcodes out of the box...they are added in by coding, themes, and plugins. &nbsp;Wordpress.com is a different story. Which shortcode plugin is this...there are two or three people who make one?
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> Doesn't that shortcode come with Wordpress?


Nope :)

Self-hosted WordPress doesn't come with any shortcodes out of the box...they are added in by coding, themes, and plugins.  Wordpress.com is a different story. Which shortcode plugin is this...there are two or three people who make one?

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this is the link to the plugin: <a href="http://synved.com/wordpress-shortcodes/" rel="ugc">http://synved.com/wordpress-shortcodes/</a>
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this is the link to the plugin: http://synved.com/wordpress-shortcodes/ [http://synved.com/wordpress-shortcodes/]

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i am using the shortcode [recent-posts] on a page and its working perfectly. &nbsp;However, instead of all posts appearing, I want only posts from a certain category to appear. &nbsp;How do I code this?
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i am using the shortcode [recent-posts] on a page and its working perfectly.  However, instead of all posts appearing, I want only posts from a certain category to appear.  How do I code this?

wordpress recent posts with category

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