Title: Selecting multiple categories with the shortcode
Last modified: February 5, 2018

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# Selecting multiple categories with the shortcode

 *  [mgreis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mgreis/)
 * (@mgreis)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/selecting-multiple-categories-with-the-shortcode/)
 * How can I select for multiple categories using the shortcode?
 * I’m using an alternate post type I created.
 * I’ve tried separating the category IDs with commas, but that doesn’t work:
 * `[rpwe post_type="volunteer_role" cat="200,24"]`
 * Thanks!

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