Demo — Show Post In lightbox

Lists posts from a category. Click a headline and the post opens in a popup over the page, so the visitor never loses their place. Good for a news or notices block on a home page.

A plain list with dates

[ostlist catid="2" limit="5" showdate="Y"]

Newest three, no dates

[ostlist catid="2" limit="3"]

Ordered by title instead of date

[ostlist catid="2" limit="5" orderby="title" order="ASC" showdate="Y"]

Notes

Options: catid, limit (1–100), showdate, showthumbnail, orderby, order, catnotin, postnotin. There is also a “Show Posts By Category” widget for sidebars.

Press Escape or the close button to shut the popup — focus returns to the link you came from. Drafts and private posts never appear, even for a logged-in editor.