Issue with Categories shortcode?

  • Resolved sarahsas

    (@sarahsas)


    3 months, 1 week ago

    Hi again,

    I’m having an issue displaying the categories shortcode, is this a pro-only feature, I cannot find any reason in the documentation why it wouldn’t render. But see page above, the shortcode is rendering as text when I add [wpdm_categories]

    I have 3 categories all with at least 1 document in them. Any idea why isn’t not rendering?

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Support Tahasin

    (@tahasin)

    3 months, 1 week ago

    Hello @sarahsas

    Thanks for reaching out.

    Please try using this shortcode
    [wpdm_category id="category_slug1,category_slug1" template="link-template-default" toolbar="1" paging="0" orderby="title" order="asc" items_per_page="20" cols=3 colspad=1 colsphone=1]
    You will find the category slug here Downloads > Categories > Slug Column(from categories table)
    Please check and let me know.

    Regards

    • This reply was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by Tahasin.
    • This reply was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by Tahasin.
    Thread Starter sarahsas

    (@sarahsas)

    3 months ago

    Hi @tahasin this is not a realistic solution long-term, given it would need to be manually updated anytime a new category is added? Shouldn’t the shortcode automatically detect all the categories and display them to view what’s IN the categories?

    Sorry, to clarify, I am trying to display a list/grid of download categories such that the user can click the category and be taken to the archive page to display all the downloads WITHIN that particular category. Is this not possible?

    • This reply was modified 3 months ago by sarahsas.
    Plugin Support Tahasin

    (@tahasin)

    3 months ago

    • The shortcode [wpdm_category id="category-slug"] is designed to display one or more specific categories. You need to enter the desired category slug(s) inside the id attribute. If you create a new category later, you’ll need to manually add its slug to the shortcode in order for it to appear.
    • [wpdm_categories] would be a better fit for your requirements, as it can dynamically display all categories. Please note that this shortcode requires the WPDM Directory add-on to work.

    Thread Starter sarahsas

    (@sarahsas)

    3 months ago

    Ah ok thank you. The add-on is the key.

    Plugin Support Tahasin

    (@tahasin)

    3 months ago

    Welcome!!

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