{"id":8984,"date":"2020-07-10T08:23:18","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T12:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/?page_id=8984"},"modified":"2026-03-26T14:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:13:22","slug":"display-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/news-events\/creating-posts\/display-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Display News Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News Posts do not display anywhere on your site by default. In order for visitors to see them, they must be added to a page using one of the display options below.<\/p>\n<p>All news displays show posts in reverse chronological order (newest first).<\/p>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>News Archive Page<\/h2>\n<p>A News archive page provides a simple way to display all news posts on your site.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Automatically displays all published news posts<\/li>\n<li>Uses the URL: your-site-url\/news<\/li>\n<li>Displays posts in reverse chronological order<\/li>\n<li>Cannot be filtered by category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This page has already been created on many SOM sites. If your site does not have one, you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/getting-help\/website-help-request\/\">submit a request to the Web Team<\/a><\/strong> to have it added.<\/p>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Cells Plugin<\/h2>\n<p>The Cells plugin provides the most flexible way to display news posts.<\/p>\n<p>Using a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/cells\/syndication\/news\/\">News Syndication Cell<\/a><\/strong>, you can control how and where news appears on your site while taking advantage of built-in layouts and styling.<\/p>\n<p>This option allows you to display:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Posts from your site<\/li>\n<li>Posts from other SOM websites<\/li>\n<li>A combination of posts from multiple SOM sites<\/li>\n<li>Posts filtered by category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cells are recommended because they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide consistent, pre-styled layouts<\/li>\n<li>Are responsive by default<\/li>\n<li>Allow greater control over design and placement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Theme Shortcode<\/h2>\n<p>The SOM theme includes shortcode for displaying news posts. There are 3 options that display published posts in different layouts.<\/p>\n<p>To use them:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click the\u00a0<strong>Shortcodes<\/strong>\u00a0button in the editor.<\/li>\n<li>Select\u00a0<strong>Recent Blog Posts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Choose from one of the three layout options.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-display-options.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the WordPress editor with the display options for posts highlighted, links to full-size image.\" width=\"600\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-display-options.png 1051w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-display-options-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-display-options-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-display-options-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-display-options-600x252.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-display-options-560x235.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #333333;\">Recent Posts Thumbnails<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>This option inserts the following shortcode:<\/p>\n<p><code>[heels_posts posts=\"4\" category=\"\" tags=\"\" htag=\"h4\"]<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This displays posts in a\u00a0<strong>horizontal, card-style layout with images<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of posts shown is controlled by posts=&#8221;4&#8243;<\/li>\n<li>Posts will wrap to additional rows as needed based on available space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"color: #333333;\">Options<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>posts<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 modify this setting to control how many posts are displayed (posts=&#8221;8&#8243;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>category<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Add a category slug to filter results (example: category=&#8221;research&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>htag<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sets the heading level for post titles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2.png\" alt=\"An example of a news display using the Recent Posts Thumbnails shortcode, links to full size image.\" width=\"600\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2.png 1166w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2-765x1024.png 765w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2-768x1028.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2-1147x1536.png 1147w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2-600x803.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-posts-2-560x750.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color: #333333;\">Recent Posts List<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>This option inserts the following shortcode:<\/p>\n<p><code>[heels_list_posts posts=\"4\" category=\"\" tags=\"\" htag=\"h4\"]<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This displays posts in a\u00a0<strong>vertical list\u00a0with images<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #333333;\">Options<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>posts<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 modify this setting to control how many posts are displayed (posts=&#8221;8&#8243;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>category<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Add a category slug to filter results (example: category=&#8221;research&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>htag<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sets the heading level for post titles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-lists-posts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15627\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-lists-posts.png\" alt=\"An example of a news display using the Recent Posts List shortcode, links to full size image.\" width=\"600\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-lists-posts.png 1168w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-lists-posts-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-lists-posts-1024x822.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-lists-posts-768x617.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-lists-posts-600x482.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/heels-lists-posts-560x450.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"color: #333333;\">Isotope Posts<\/h3>\n<div class=\"row  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>This option inserts the following shortcode:<\/p>\n<p><code>[iso_posts posts=\"20\" category=\"\" tags=\"\" htag=\"h4\"]<\/code><\/p>\n<p>This displays posts in a\u00a0<strong>(Pinterest-style) grid layout with images<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #333333;\">Options<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>posts<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 modify this setting to control how many posts are displayed (posts=&#8221;8&#8243;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>category<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Add a category slug to filter results (example: category=&#8221;research&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><strong>htag<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sets the heading level for post titles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1.png\" alt=\"An example of a news display using the Isotope Posts shortcode, links to full size image.\" width=\"600\" height=\"1120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1.png 1183w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1-161x300.png 161w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1-549x1024.png 549w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1-768x1433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1-823x1536.png 823w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1-1097x2048.png 1097w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1-600x1120.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/iso-posts-1-560x1045.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Filtering For Categories and Tags<\/h2>\n<p>Your site should already have categories as well as posts assigned to to some of those categories. Filtering is the next step if you wish to control which posts appear in a display. See our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/news-events\/filter\/\">Filter News and Events<\/a><\/strong> documentation if you don&#8217;t have existing categories.<\/p>\n<p>The theme shortcode options, mentioned above, need the slug of the category that you wish to filter for. A slug is the URL-friendly version of a category.<\/p>\n<p>For Example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Category Name: Research News<\/li>\n<li>Slug: research-news<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can find slugs under:\u00a0<strong>Posts \u2192 Categories<\/strong>, in the <strong>Slug<\/strong> column.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"imgBorderMed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-category-slugs.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of the WordPress dashboard showing the Post Categories screen with the Slug column highlighted, links to full-size image.\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-category-slugs.png 1056w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-category-slugs-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-category-slugs-1024x718.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-category-slugs-768x538.png 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-category-slugs-600x420.png 600w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/419\/2026\/03\/post-category-slugs-560x392.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Copy the slug of the category you wish to filter for and paste it into the shortcode.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p><code>[heels_list_posts posts=\"4\" category=\"research-news\" tags=\"\" htag=\"h4\"]<\/code><\/p>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Heading Level<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>htag<\/strong> setting (htag=&#8221;4&#8243;) in the theme shortcode options listed above, controls the heading level used for all post titles in the display.<\/p>\n<p>The default (<strong>htag=&#8221;4&#8243;<\/strong>) sets all titles to a <strong>Heading 4<\/strong>. This may need to be changed depending on content above the news display. Using proper heading structure improves accessibility, SEO and page readability. See our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/userguide\/styling-content\/headings\/\">Headings<\/a><\/strong> documentation for more detailed information.<\/p>\n<p>Headings should follow a logical structure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always use headings in descending order (H2 \u2192 H3 \u2192 H4)<\/li>\n<li>Do not skip heading levels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How To Determine the Heading Level Needed<\/h3>\n<p>Is there a heading above the news display?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If no \u2192 use a <strong>Heading 2<\/strong> (<strong>htag=&#8221;h2&#8243;<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li>If yes \u2192 use the next level down<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr  style=\"margin:40px 0\"class=\" rule-thin osc-rule\" \/>\n<h2>Display Posts with Modular Cards<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>Modular Cards feature is being phased out in favor of the Cells Plugin<\/strong>, which includes the Card layout (available under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/webguide\/cells\/syndication\/\">Syndication<\/a>) along with additional design options. It also offers a more user-friendly experience. If your site currently uses Modular Cards, consider transitioning to the Cells Plugin for enhanced functionality and long-term support.<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.2 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uncch.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Embed.aspx?id=aa037612-8109-465b-909c-adf900d4a5d5&#038;autoplay=false&#038;offerviewer=true&#038;showtitle=false&#038;showbrand=false&#038;captions=true&#038;start=0&#038;interactivity=all\" height=\"478\" width=\"850\" style=\"border: 1px solid #464646;\" 0=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"autoplay\" title=\"How to Posts with Modular Cards\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Posts do not display anywhere on your site by default. In order for visitors to see them, they must be added to a page using one of the display options below. All news displays show posts in reverse chronological order (newest first). 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