Title: Error in shortcode attribute examples
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Error in shortcode attribute examples

 *  [idratherdance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/idratherdance/)
 * (@idratherdance)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-shortcode-attribute-examples/)
 * The description for the plugin suggest the following shortcodes can be used:
 * > ■[academic-projects]: To view list of projects. You can use the ‘research_area’
   > attribute here to list all projects under that particular research area. e.
   > g. [academic-research-areas research_area=’research area 1′]
 * However the attribute needs to be spelled ‘research-area’ with a dash rather 
   than an underscore in order to work. (I suspect this is true for the ‘show_cat’
   shortcode someone else was having troubles with as well.)
 * Took me hours to figure this out. Still think I will end up uninstalling this
   plugin as the hierarchy of research areas, projects and team members is a mess
   to navigate.
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