Title: Require Multiple Categories
Last modified: August 16, 2019

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# Require Multiple Categories

 *  Resolved [HelpMeLisa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helpmelisa/)
 * (@helpmelisa)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/require-multiple-categories/)
 * Is there a way to require multiple categories in the short code, so instead of
   the , for Category A AND Category B I would like to only show the posts with 
   BOTH categories.

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 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/require-multiple-categories/#post-11850652)
 * Yes, you can accomplish that using a taxonomy query: [https://displayposts.com/2019/01/07/taxonomy-queries/](https://displayposts.com/2019/01/07/taxonomy-queries/)
 * `[display-posts taxonomy="category" tax_term="category-a, category-b" tax_operator
   ="AND"]`

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 * Last reply from: [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/require-multiple-categories/#post-11850652)
 * Status: resolved