{"id":116286,"date":"2020-03-11T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/latest-post-shortcode-link\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T00:14:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:14:03","slug":"latest-post-shortcode-link","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/latest-post-shortcode-link\/","author":13837114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"2.3","stable_tag":"2.3","tested":"6.8.5","requires":"1.0","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Latest Post Link Shortcode","header_author":"Sommie Njoku","header_description":"This plugin creates a shortcode for you to turn your last WordPress post into a link.","assets_banners_color":"626065","last_updated":"2025-10-24 00:14:03","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/TheDevOne","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/latest-post-link-shortcode\/","header_author_uri":"","rating":5,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":80,"downloads":3349,"num_ratings":1,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0":{"tag":"1.0","author":"njokusomto","date":"2020-09-01 23:50:29"},"2.0":{"tag":"2.0","author":"njokusomto","date":"2023-07-20 08:19:17"},"2.3":{"tag":"2.3","author":"njokusomto","date":"2025-10-24 00:14:03"}},"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":1},"assets_icons":{"icon-128x128.jpg":{"filename":"icon-128x128.jpg","revision":2259056,"resolution":"128x128","location":"assets","locale":"","width":128,"height":128},"icon-256x256.jpg":{"filename":"icon-256x256.jpg","revision":2259059,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":"","width":256,"height":256}},"assets_banners":{"banner-1544x500.jpg":{"filename":"banner-1544x500.jpg","revision":2259054,"resolution":"1544x500","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":500},"banner-772x250.jpg":{"filename":"banner-772x250.jpg","revision":2259053,"resolution":"772x250","location":"assets","locale":"","width":772,"height":250}},"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0","2.0","2.3"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":{"screenshot-1.jpg":{"filename":"screenshot-1.jpg","revision":2259346,"resolution":"1","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1419,"height":710},"screenshot-2.jpg":{"filename":"screenshot-2.jpg","revision":2259347,"resolution":"2","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1432,"height":722}},"screenshots":{"1":"Plugin points buttons or links to the latest post on blog.","2":"Plugin usage in the Elementor page builder."}},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[107,599],"plugin_category":[44,54],"plugin_contributors":[182900],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-116286","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-comments","plugin_tags-spam","plugin_category-discussion-and-community","plugin_category-security-and-spam-protection","plugin_contributors-njokusomto","plugin_committers-njokusomto"],"banners":{"banner":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/latest-post-shortcode-link\/assets\/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=2259053","banner_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/latest-post-shortcode-link\/assets\/banner-1544x500.jpg?rev=2259054","banner_rtl":false,"banner_2x_rtl":false},"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/latest-post-shortcode-link\/assets\/icon-128x128.jpg?rev=2259056","icon_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/latest-post-shortcode-link\/assets\/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=2259059","generated":false},"screenshots":[{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/latest-post-shortcode-link\/assets\/screenshot-1.jpg?rev=2259346","caption":"Plugin points buttons or links to the latest post on blog."},{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/latest-post-shortcode-link\/assets\/screenshot-2.jpg?rev=2259347","caption":"Plugin usage in the Elementor page builder."}],"raw_content":"\n

This plugin creates a shortcode for you to turn your last WordPress post into a link. You can add this shortcode to your any link field or URL field in the post editor.<\/p>\n\n

Simply use shortcode [latestposturl] in your post editor to link to the latest post on your blog\/website. This shortcode works on popular post editors like the Classic Editor, Gutenberg Editor as well as third-party page builders like Elementor and Visual Composer.<\/p>\n\n\n

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.<\/p>\n\n

e.g.<\/p>\n\n

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  1. Upload the latest-post-shortcode-link.zip<\/code> file to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n
  2. Extract the zip file<\/li>\n
  3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n
  4. In your post editor, simply use a shortcode widget with shortcode [latestposturl] to create a link to the latest post on your blog\/website.<\/li>\n
  5. Enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n

    1.0<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Initial plugin release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      2.0<\/h4>\n\n
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      • Updated plugin for WordPress 6.1.1.<\/li>\n
      • Extended compatibility for popular page builders that support shortcakes including Elementor, Bricks, Divi, WP Bakery (Formerly Visual Composer).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        2.2<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Updated plugin for compatibility with WordPress 6.2.2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          2.3<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Updated plugin for compatibility with WordPress 6.8.3<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Create a shortcode to link to your latest WordPress post anywhere on your site.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/116286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116286"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/njokusomto"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=116286"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=116286"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=116286"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=116286"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceb.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=116286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}