Cashlin

And here’s a super stripped version of a custom template page with only the latest 4 entries showing. This is a working example. Just copy and paste the code within your own theme file where you want it to show:

<?php
/**
 * Template Name: Your Custom Template Page Title
 */

get_header();
otw_pfl_scripts_styles(); /* include the necessary srctips and styles */
?>

<div class="make-center">

<h1>Featured Portfolio Entries</h1>

<?php $style_width = '';
  if( get_option( 'otw_pfl_content_width' ) ) {
      $style_width = 'style="width:'.get_option('otw_pfl_content_width').'px;"';
  }
?>
        <div class="otw-row otw-sc-portfolio" <?php echo $style_width; ?>>
              <div class="otw-twentyfour otw-columns">

                  <ul class="otw-portfolio block-grid four-up mobile">

                  <?php if (is_page()) { $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1; query_posts('post_type=otw-portfolio&posts_per_page=4&paged='.$paged); } ?>
                  <?php if (have_posts()): while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                      <li data-type="<?php foreach(get_the_terms($post->ID, 'otw-portfolio-category') as $term) echo $term->slug.' ' ?>" data-id="id-<?php echo($post->post_name) ?>">
                          <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class('otw-portfolio-item'); ?>>
                            	<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>" class="otw-portfolio-item-link">
                            		<div class="image">
                                		<?php if ( has_post_thumbnail()) { ?>
                                		    <?php the_post_thumbnail('otw-portfolio-medium'); ?>
                                		<?php } else { ?>
                                            <div style="background:url(<?php echo plugins_url( '/otw-portfolio-light/images/pattern-1.png' ) ?>);width:<?php echo get_option('otw_pfl_thumb_size_w', '303'); ?>px;height:<?php echo get_option('otw_pfl_thumb_size_h', '210'); ?>px" title="<?php _e( 'No Image', 'otw_pfl' ); ?>"></div>
                                        <?php } ?>
                            		</div>
                            		<div class="title">
                            			<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
                            		</div>
                            		<div class="text entry-content">
                            			<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
                            		</div>
                            	<span class="shadow-overlay hide-for-small"></span></a>
                          </article>
                      </li>

                  <?php endwhile; ?>
                  </ul>

<?php else: ?>

    <article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
		<header class="entry-header">
			<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e( 'Nothing Found', 'otw_pfl' ); ?></h1>
		</header>

		<div class="entry-content">
			<p><?php _e( 'Apologies, but no results were found. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.', 'otw_pfl' ); ?></p>
			<?php get_search_form(); ?>
		</div><!-- .entry-content -->
	</article><!-- #post-0 -->

<?php endif; ?>

</div>	

<?php
get_footer();