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"]
First-ever Cougar Pit Party offers food, fun, and a chance to cheer for Clark teams September 21, 2026 Featuring food trucks, swag, halftime performances, and Jonas the Cougar, the University’s first-ever tailgating event will showcase Clark Athletics and honor Hall of Fame inductees.
‘When Worcester thrives, Clark thrives’ September 17, 2026 Clark University and the Worcester Public Schools today signed a Memorandum of Understanding that formalizes and strengthens a decades-long partnership to improve educational opportunities for Worcester students, support educators, and create pathways to college and careers. 
Clark students work to revive the forgotten past September 17, 2026 During a summer internship at Preservation Worcester, Connor Dunham ’27 and Jenny Marks ’27 pored through archives to unravel forgotten history. News 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. Important: contact us if you’d like to query news by topic as additional configuration on your site necessary before this will work.
[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"]
