{"id":273,"date":"2015-07-26T09:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-26T09:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docs.contentviewspro.com\/?p=273"},"modified":"2024-02-23T08:27:20","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T08:27:20","password":"","slug":"create-shortcode","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/contentviewspro.com\/documentation\/article\/create-shortcode\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create View shortcode?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can create unlimited View shortcodes to display your posts, pages, custom post types in beautiful grid\/list layouts.<\/p>\n

To start, in the left menu of your Admin dashboard, click on Content Views >> Add View<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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In the View page, please follow 3 simple steps below:<\/p>\n

– Step 1<\/strong> : in Filter Settings<\/strong> tab, filter your desired content (post, page, product, etc.) by ID, category, tag, author, keyword, and so on.<\/p>\n

– Step 2<\/strong> : in Display Settings<\/strong> tab, select one from many beautiful layouts to display your content. You can customize the layout with many useful settings.<\/p>\n

– Step 3<\/strong> : Save the View, then paste the generated shortcode [pt_view id=\"UNIQUE_ID\"]<\/code> to anywhere you want to display your grid\/list (Classic editor, Gutenberg editor, Text widget, Page builder — click here to read more details<\/a>).<\/p>\n

You also can add this code <?php echo do_shortcode('[pt_view id=\"UNIQUE_ID\"]'); ?><\/code> to theme files.<\/p>\n

Notices:<\/h2>\n
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  • Please DO NOT<\/ins><\/strong> wrap the View shortcode inside <pre><\/pre><\/code> tag like this
    \n<pre>[pt_view id=\"UNIQUE_ID\"]<\/pre><\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    This is the video demonstrates 3 above steps:<\/h2>\n