Choosing which posts to include in the table
Posts Table Pro comes with lots of options for choosing which posts are included in the table. You can display posts with a specific category, tag, post type, status, custom taxonomy term, custom field or date (year, month or day). You can also show or hide specific posts from the table based on their ID, and exclude certain categories.
Available options
You can select the most popular options directly in the table builder when you create a new table. Some additional advanced options are available in the shortcode.
- Category - Lists posts from a specific category
- Tag - Lists posts with a specific tag
- Term - Lists posts with a specific custom taxonomy term
- Custom field - Lists posts with a specific custom field value
- Post type - Lists posts with a specific post type (e.g. products, events, or projects)
- Status - Lists posts with a specific status (e.g. publish)
- Year - Lists posts published in a specific year (shortcode only)
- Month - Lists posts published in a specific month (shortcode only)
- Day - Lists posts published on a specific day of the month (shortcode only)
- Author - Lists posts by a specific author/user
- Include - Lists specific posts in the table based on ID
- Exclude - Excludes specific posts from the table based on ID (shortcode only)
- Exclude category - Excludes entire categories of posts from the table (shortcode only)
- Exclude term - Excludes posts with specific taxonomy terms from the table (shortcode only)
- MIME type - Lists media library files with a specific file extension (table builder only)
Can I list categories and sub-categories separately?
All posts are displayed in a single list, regardless of whether they are in a parent category or child category.
If you want to list posts separately based on their category, then we recommend adding multiple tables to the page. Each table should list posts from a different category or subcategory. You can divide up the page by adding the category name as a subheading above each table.
MIME type
If you're using Posts Table Pro to display files directly from the WordPress media library (instead of displaying another post type), then you can use MIME types to list specific file types in the table. For example, you might want to create a table that only lists image files or PDF's. We have a separate article about how to do this.
Can I list users with Posts Table Pro?
Unfortunately Posts Table Pro can't list users because users are not a post type in WordPress and are stored in a different database table. Instead, we recommend that you create a custom post type and use it to store your members. We have an in-depth tutorial about how to create a member directory with Posts Table Pro.