Title: [Plugin: Mini Loops] Shortcode Questions
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Mini Loops] Shortcode Questions

 *  [Ozias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozias/)
 * (@ozias)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mini-loops-shortcode-questions/)
 * I am using the mini loops plugin and its associated shortcode.
 * Is it possible to use both categories= and tags= at the same time. For example,
   I would like to use categories=42 tags=active so only posts that are from category
   42 and have been assigned the tag active will show.
 * Second, I am having difficulties making my list bulleted. My understanding is
   that the tag defines an unordered list (a bulleted list) however I am having 
   difficulties getting the before_items and after_items arguments to work, assuming
   that is where my problem lies. Where should I be placing these arguments and 
   how should they be formatted?
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mini-loops/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mini-loops/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Kailey (trepmal)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trepmal/)
 * (@trepmal)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mini-loops-shortcode-questions/#post-2335364)
 * Sorry for the late reply.
 * You can use categories and tags together, but you do have to use their IDs, not
   slugs.
 * To make a bulleted list using the `[miniloop]` shortcode, you could do this:
 *     ```
       [miniloop before_items='<ul>' after_items='</ul>']<li class="[class]">[date format="F j, Y"]<br /><a href="[url]">
       [title]</a>
       [excerpt length=90 space_between=1 after="..." after_link=1]</li>[/miniloop]
       ```
   
 * However, because of some of the processing that WP applies to the post content,
   sometimes there are rendering errors.
 *  Thread Starter [Ozias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ozias/)
 * (@ozias)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mini-loops-shortcode-questions/#post-2335365)
 * Thank you for the response.
 * I was able to use categories and tags together using IDs as you indicated. Thank
   you!
 * Unfortunately the bulleted list just doesn’t work for me. I will live without,
   the big one was getting the categories and tags working.
 * Great plugin! Thanks again.
 *  Plugin Author [Kailey (trepmal)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trepmal/)
 * (@trepmal)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-mini-loops-shortcode-questions/#post-2335377)
 * I’ve just released v0.9
 * This version has a better way of handling the item format inside the `[miniloop]`
   shortcode.
 * Based on the previous code I posted you could do this:
 * Create a custom field named ‘ml_format’ with this content
 *     ```
       <li class="[class]">[date format="F j, Y"]<br /><a href="[url]">
       [title]</a>
       [excerpt length=90 space_between=1 after="..." after_link=1]</li>
       ```
   
 * Then adjust the shortcode like this:
 * `[miniloop before_items='<ul>' after_items='</ul>'][ml_format][/miniloop]`
 * If the bullets still don’t show up, it’s probably a CSS issue rather than a markup
   or plugin issue.

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