Loop Through Custom Post Types

[namtrok]

I have a Custom Post Type (via the Wiki plugin from WPMU Dev)

It works just fine in it's own environment, but I'd like to loop through it and display the 5 most recently updated Wiki pages (CPT). 

How do I loop through CPT for display? Should I go with a widget and add a new sidebar area? Do I need a new plugin or can I do this from a text widget? Can I create my own shortcode to insert this loop?

I'm sure it'd be easier to do this via a theme file but I need it displayed on pages in the middle of page content. Unless I create a shortcode (which I have no idea how to do ;) I don't see a more simple way to accomplish this.

Thanks for your help!

[Matt Meade]

It's just like writing your own custom loop except the post type will be your custom post type instead of "post".

I'll post code when I get back to my desk

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[Matt Meade]

Here is how to loop through them:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts

Just change this line:
'post_type'        => 'post',
To:
'post_type'        => 'your_custom_post_type',

There are examples further down the page on how to loop through them and output the data.

You should be able to do this as a shortcode to place in content.

Here is how you create shortcodes:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API

[Topher]

Check this out:

http://wpgr.org/2013/04/21/storing-complex-queries-in-transients/

That code creates a shortcode which loops through a CPT getting a
specified number, and bonus, stores it in a caching transient for speed.

The loop part is calling a template part, which is like a php include.

Let me know if you get stuck.

Topher

[namtrok]

Sorry Topher, that was way over my head! But I did become smarter by trying to figure it out!

Here's what I ended up using:

//[wikilist]

function wikilist_func( $atts ){

 $output = '';

global $post;

$output .= '<ul class="wikilist">';

$args = array( 'posts_per_page' => 7, 'post_type'=> 'incsub_wiki', 'orderby' => 'modified', 'order' => 'DESC' );

$myposts = get_posts( $args );

foreach ( $myposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); 

        $output .= '<li><a href="' . get_the_permalink($post->id) . '">' . get_the_title($post->id)  . '</a></li>';

endforeach; 

wp_reset_postdata();

$output .= '</ul>';

return $output;

}

add_shortcode( 'wikilist', 'wikilist_func' );

It works for my purposes! Thanks Matt and Topher!