Display news dynamically.
Similar to other dynamic content, you query ClarkU News to display a list of news anywhere else on the site. It uses the display-posts-multisite shortcode, and there are a few parameters specific to news:
- Events
blog_idis 37. - The events post type is
story - Stories Grid Template uses
template="stories-grid"to display eventsin a grid layout. - Stories List Template uses
template="stories-list"to display events as a list.
In addition, for showing recent news, we’ll be using attributes to short by date, and exclude older stories.
Examples
News list
[display-posts-multisite blog_id="37" post_type="story" include_excerpt="true" image_size="thumbnail" wrapper="div" include_date="true" date_format="F j, Y" include_excerpt_dash="false" posts_per_page="3" orderby="date" order="DESC" no_posts_message="There are no recent stories." date_query_after="2 years ago"]
Climate expert, astrophysicist to receive honorary degrees at May 18 Commencement April 9, 2026 Clark University’s 2026 Commencement exercises will be held on Monday, May 18. Honorary degrees will be awarded to Sir Andrew Steer and Dr. Wendy Freedman.
The climate crisis will be the focus of April 13 Clark forum April 9, 2026 New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will moderate a panel with Mindy Lubber, CEO of Ceres, and Lou Leonard, D.J.A. Dean of the School of Climate, Environment, and Society.
Will N.Y. and Conn. residents forgo greener, lusher lawns to protect their children and pets? April 9, 2026 Clark economist Robert Johnston contributes to new tool aimed at curbing fertilizer ‘hot spots’ and polluted waterwaysNews grid with search
[display-posts-multisite blog_id="37" post_type="story" include_excerpt="true" image_size="thumbnail" posts_per_page="6" orderby="date" order="DESC" no_posts_message="There are no recent stories." date_query_after="2 years ago" template="cards" aspect_ratio="3x2" show_search="true" show_search_taxonomy="categories" category_display="true"]
News grid by topic
Display a list of news articles by topic. In this case, alumni.
[display-posts-multisite blog_id="37" post_type="story" include_excerpt="true" image_size="thumbnail" posts_per_page="3" orderby="date" order="DESC" no_posts_message="There are no matching stories." template="cards" aspect_ratio="3x2" exclude="9222" taxonomy="topic" tax_term="alumni-stories" tax_operator="IN"]
