Title: Categories shortcode not working
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Categories shortcode not working

 *  [lfccorreia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lfccorreia/)
 * (@lfccorreia)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/)
 * Good morning,
 * I need to display a category of events in one page, I am using the category shortcode
   but the list of events is displaying empty.
 * Anyone had this problem and knows how to fix it?
 * Thanks in advance
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-registration/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-registration/)

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 *  Thread Starter [lfccorreia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lfccorreia/)
 * (@lfccorreia)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/#post-5237450)
 * No one?
 *  [szwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/szwordpress/)
 * (@szwordpress)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/#post-5237452)
 * You have to use the Category name not the category ID as you parameter.
 * E.g. EVR_CATEGORY event_category_id=”Free Hands-On Workshop”]
 *  Thread Starter [lfccorreia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lfccorreia/)
 * (@lfccorreia)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/#post-5237453)
 * Thanks for your reply, but that’s how I am using the shortcodes and it isn’t 
   displaying the events by category.
 *  [szwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/szwordpress/)
 * (@szwordpress)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/#post-5237454)
 * I am not sure why it is not working for you. I am using an older version of the
   plugin so maybe things have changed since. Just to verify proper use, I recommend
   you go to the Events Category section and copy the shortcut as it is shown in
   the list and paste it on your page. In my case I missed type the entry and/or
   missed to include the []
 *  Thread Starter [lfccorreia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lfccorreia/)
 * (@lfccorreia)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/#post-5237455)
 * That’s what I have done when created a category, copy/paste of the shortcode 
   that is shown.
 * Just found this in the plugin forum:
    [http://wpeventregister.com/forum/index.php?topic=2598](http://wpeventregister.com/forum/index.php?topic=2598)
 *  [szwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/szwordpress/)
 * (@szwordpress)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/#post-5237457)
 * Thanks for the link. As I mentioned, since I made my own modifications to the
   plugin to fit my needs, I did not update it to the newer version that’s why I
   am not experiencing the issue. Since this is an important feature of the plugin,
   I am sure the author will fix it.
 *  Thread Starter [lfccorreia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lfccorreia/)
 * (@lfccorreia)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/#post-5237492)
 * Well, I have been waiting too long for a solution for this problem, anyone has
   any idea how to fix this problem? Sent an email to the support over two weeks
   ago and still no answer.

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 * Last reply from: [lfccorreia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lfccorreia/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-shortcode-not-working/#post-5237492)
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