Title: Category shortcode
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Category shortcode

 *  Resolved [ssetevoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssetevoy/)
 * (@ssetevoy)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-shortcode-7/)
 * Hi. Tried to show content from several categories. But this:
 * `[AWPCPSHOWCAT id=1,2,3]`
 * doesn’t work.
    And you wrote [here](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/specific-category-content),
   that it should.
 * Thx.
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 *  Plugin Author [AWP Classifieds Team](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awpcp/)
 * (@awpcp)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-shortcode-7/#post-6872236)
 * Hi ssetevoy,
 * Sorry that you ran into issues here!
 * That shortcode should work, but in order for it to work, you must use IDs that
   are valid categories for your AWPCP setup.
 * Look under Classifieds->Categories and you’ll find the IDs of the valid categories
   installed on your site. If you have none, you will need to create them.
 * If you are still having issues, can you show me what you see specifically? Does
   it work for just one ID but not multiple ones?
 *  Thread Starter [ssetevoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssetevoy/)
 * (@ssetevoy)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-shortcode-7/#post-6872243)
 * Yep, I understand that i must put here right IDs. It shows ads only from the 
   first id.
 * But can you tell me if you have the same shortcode (to show IDs) in your Business
   Directory plugin? I will use it instead of AWPCP because there is inlimited category
   levels.
 *  Plugin Author [AWP Classifieds Team](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awpcp/)
 * (@awpcp)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-shortcode-7/#post-6872255)
 * Yes, we support it in BD as well, the shortcodes for that are documented here:
   [http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/faq/valid-bd-shortcodes-2-1/](http://businessdirectoryplugin.com/support-forum/faq/valid-bd-shortcodes-2-1/)
 * But, before you give up on AWPCP, try it like this: id=”1,2,3″
 * Maybe it’s a parsing issue, which we can patch if that’s the case.
 *  Plugin Author [AWP Classifieds Team](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awpcp/)
 * (@awpcp)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-shortcode-7/#post-6872316)
 * OK, after investigation, it seems that we hadn’t properly added it at all, even
   though it was documented!
 * We’ve remedied that now in AWPCP 3.6.3, available today. 🙂

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 * [category](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/category/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last reply from: [AWP Classifieds Team](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awpcp/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-shortcode-7/#post-6872316)
 * Status: resolved