Title: ORDERBY doesnt work in shortcode
Last modified: May 18, 2020

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# ORDERBY doesnt work in shortcode

 *  Resolved [rex2630](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rex2630/)
 * (@rex2630)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-doesnt-work-in-shortcode/)
 * Hello, whats wrong in this code? Because it doesnt work :/
    [product_categories
   limit=”1″ orderby=”menu_order”]

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 *  [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
 * (@lorro)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-doesnt-work-in-shortcode/#post-12855582)
 * If the limit is 1 you will get only 1 category, so it can’t be in order. Use -
   1 if you want them all. Ensure have you used ordinary quotes, not smart quotes:
   `[
   product_categories limit="-1" orderby="menu_order"]`
 *  Thread Starter [rex2630](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rex2630/)
 * (@rex2630)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-doesnt-work-in-shortcode/#post-12857706)
 * Does it work for you? It doesnt work for me
 *  [Peter Lawrenson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
 * (@lorro)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-doesnt-work-in-shortcode/#post-12858939)
 * Yes, works fine for me.
 *  Plugin Support [slash1andy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slash1andy/)
 * (@slash1andy)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-doesnt-work-in-shortcode/#post-12860961)
 * It also works for me on my site. It looks like in your example they are smart
   quotes. I would recommend copying [@lorro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lorro/)
   response example exactly.

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 * Last reply from: [slash1andy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/slash1andy/)
 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-doesnt-work-in-shortcode/#post-12860961)
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