Title: Shortcode attributes not working Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Shortcode attributes not working * [beccalm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccalm/) * (@beccalm) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-attributes-not-working-1/) * Hi, I’m trying to implement testimonials into a site for a client, but I’m coming up with a couple problems. Any assistance you can offer is greatly appreciated! * First, some additional attributes to the shortcode are not working properly for me. I can change the number of posts that appear on a page, but the num_words, more_tag, and link_testimonials do not appear to be changing anything. Here is my shortcode: `[ic_do_testimonials display='list' num_words='40' link_testimonials ='yes' more_tag='Read More']` I have not installed any plugins or made any major changes since installing this plugin. * Secondly, when I click to go to the next page of testimonials, I get a 404 error. It tries to add “/2” to the end of the url, but there’s nothing there. * Thanks for taking a look! * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Thread Starter [beccalm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccalm/) * (@beccalm) * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-attributes-not-working-1/#post-5183350) * Update: worked around the first problem by customizing the testimonials-loop- template.php file; still looking for help on the second issue. * [Patrick Jackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjackson1972/) * (@pjackson1972) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-attributes-not-working-1/#post-5183565) * Hi Beccalm, * Thank you for posting, and I’m sorry you’re experiencing these issues. * I did a little testing, and confirmed there seems to be a conflict: when listing the testimonials, the link_testimonials feature doesn’t work. So, that’s a new bug to us, and I’ve reported it. * I wasn’t able to reproduce a case where the num_words and more_tag features were broken, though, so I’d be interested to learn more about your configuration so I can uncover any new bugs. * The second issue you reported sounds like you’ve hit the permalinks problem mentioned in the [installation notes](http://wordpress.org/plugins/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/installation/). While that references the testimonial link, the next and prev links also have this issue. * Basically, if you’re using the default permalinks, then some links created by this plugin won’t work. The only way I can think of to fix this right now would be to use one of the [Pretty Permalink options](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks#Choosing_your_permalink_structure). * This is a known bug, and is definitely on the short list of things to fix. * Thread Starter [beccalm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccalm/) * (@beccalm) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-attributes-not-working-1/#post-5183566) * Hi Patrick, * Thanks for the reply! I’ve just set up my page to show all testimonials on one page until that bug gets resolved. * As far as my configuration, here are the details: Wordpress v3.9.2 IvyCat testimonials v1.4.2 Wordpress theme: Dandelion v3.0.0 Other active plugins: Disable Comments v1.1 Google Maps Ready! v1.1.3 Ninja Forms v2.7.6 Pexeto’s Latest Posts Loader v1.0 Photo Gallery v1.1.29 * I was able to get around the second issue by customizing the template, but just for your reference for bug-checking I already had pretty permalinks turned on. * Thanks! * [Patrick Jackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pjackson1972/) * (@pjackson1972) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-attributes-not-working-1/#post-5183567) * Thank you for the information, beccalm. I’ll do some more checking. Is there a publicly accessible link to your testimonials page? * Thread Starter [beccalm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccalm/) * (@beccalm) * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-attributes-not-working-1/#post-5183599) * Here’s the link to the test site: [http://pbwebtest.com/gmb/testimonials/](http://pbwebtest.com/gmb/testimonials/) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Shortcode attributes not working’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1194441) * [IvyCat AJAX Testimonials](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ivycat-ajax-testimonials/reviews/) ## Tags * [List display](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/list-display/) * [pagination](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pagination/) * [permalink](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/permalink/) * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [beccalm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beccalm/) * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-attributes-not-working-1/#post-5183599) * Status: not resolved