Child Pages Shortcode

This shortcode will output a list of pages which are child pages of either the current page, or a page specified in the parent_id shortcode parameter. It can be used to automate the production of archive or listing pages.

Shortcode options

parent_id

[boolean – default ID of current post/page]
This can be included if you want to show a list of child pages of a different page than the one you enter the shortcode into.

show_excerpt

[boolean – default true]
This will include the excerpt for the posts/pages in the list.

show_thumb

[boolean – default true]
This will include the fewatured image (if one is set) for the posts/pages in the list.

thumb_size

[string – default featured-post
This is used to set the size of the thumbnail used.

thumb_class

[string – default alignright
This will set a CSS class for the thumbnail used.

title_tag

[string – default h3
This will set the HTML tag used for the title for the posts/pages in the list.

read_more

[string – default ”
This will insert a link to the post/page using the text given – otherwise only the title and thumbnail (if used) will link to the post/page.

class

[string – default ”
This sets a CSS class on the list’s outer ul wrapper.

li_class

[string – default ‘clearfix
This sets a CSS class on the list’s individual li elements.

exclude

[string – default ”
This should consist of a comma-separated list of page/post IDs to exclude from the list.