Title: Shortcode help
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Shortcode help

 *  Resolved [hannahas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahas/)
 * (@hannahas)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/)
 * Hi there,
    I recently installed Arconix, and I need to create different portfolios
   for different pages. I’ve created different features, but I’m totally confused
   as to how to create shortcodes to include or exclude the different tags. Could
   you give me an example of what one should look like? Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/arconix-portfolio/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/arconix-portfolio/)

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 *  Plugin Author [John Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgardner03/)
 * (@jgardner03)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744050)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for using my plugin and I apologize for the trouble you’re having.
 * The 2 shortcode tags you’ll primarily work with are `terms` and `operator`. For
   purposes of this example I’ll be using the terms found on the plugin’s [demo site](http://demo.arconixpc.com/arconix-portfolio/).
 * Let’s say I wanted to set up a portfolio page that only showed items from the“
   Villain” group. My shortcode would look like so:
 *     ```
       [portfolio term="villain" operator="IN"]
       ```
   
 * The other way to configure the portfolio is if I wanted to show all items except
   for “Marvel”. That shortcode would look like so:
 *     ```
       [portfolio term="marvel" operator="NOT IN"]
       ```
   
 * Does that help?
 *  Thread Starter [hannahas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahas/)
 * (@hannahas)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744124)
 * Hi there! Thanks so much for your response. I tried this, and unfortunately it’s
   still showing all of the items, with the option to choose. For example, on the
   page below, I only want to display the Biographies feature. I used this shortcode
   based on your example: [portfolio term="Biographies" operator="IN"]
 * [http://www.linkedinsummaries.com/executive-biographies/executive-biographies-examples/](http://www.linkedinsummaries.com/executive-biographies/executive-biographies-examples/)
 * Am I doing something wrong?
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [John Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgardner03/)
 * (@jgardner03)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744131)
 * I just checked the demo site and I am also unable to get the term filtering working(
   it was working previously so I must have broke it accidentally) so it’s not likely
   you’re doing something wrong. Give me a little time to investigate and I’ll get
   it working for you.
 *  Thread Starter [hannahas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahas/)
 * (@hannahas)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744133)
 * Awesome, thanks so much!
 *  Plugin Author [John Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgardner03/)
 * (@jgardner03)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744135)
 * Issue is resolved and will be released as part of v1.4.0 which should be ready
   to go in the next 48-72 hours. Thank you for your patience.
 *  Thread Starter [hannahas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahas/)
 * (@hannahas)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744190)
 * Awesome, thank you! I assume there’ll be a notification to update the plugin 
   when it’s ready?
 *  Plugin Author [John Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgardner03/)
 * (@jgardner03)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744191)
 * That’s correct. I plan on having the release out on WordPress tonight and a blog
   post and documentation update tomorrow.
 *  Thread Starter [hannahas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahas/)
 * (@hannahas)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744215)
 * Hi John,
    Thanks for the update! I made the switch in WordPress, but I’m still
   seeing all features showing on my site. Is there something I need to adjust to
   get it to filter? Thanks!
 * [http://www.linkedinsummaries.com/linkedin-summaries/linkedin-summaries-examples/](http://www.linkedinsummaries.com/linkedin-summaries/linkedin-summaries-examples/)
 *  Plugin Author [John Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgardner03/)
 * (@jgardner03)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744221)
 * I apologize for the continued troubles. I’m currently investigating trying to
   get to the root of the trouble. The filtering works in my development environment
   so it’s proving difficult to debug. I’ll have a true fix asap
 *  Plugin Author [John Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgardner03/)
 * (@jgardner03)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744222)
 * I just realized the source of this trouble is likely that there’s a typo in my
   original example to you. Here’s what I originally provided in my initial reply:
 *     ```
       [portfolio term="villain" operator="IN"]
       ```
   
 * Here’s what I should have provided
 *     ```
       [portfolio terms="villain" operator="IN"]
       ```
   
 * Please note the ‘s’ after `term`. The parameter should be plural and I noted 
   it singular.
 * I truly hope that’s the problem because I’m likely to go crazy if not.
 *  Thread Starter [hannahas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahas/)
 * (@hannahas)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744234)
 * Hi John,
 * Hmmmm, it doesn’t look like it’s changed, even with the edit. :/ Unless I’m missing
   something? Here’s the shortcode I used, and here’s the page:
 * [portfolio terms="LinkedInSummaries" operator="IN"]
 * [http://www.linkedinsummaries.com/linkedin-summaries/linkedin-summaries-examples/](http://www.linkedinsummaries.com/linkedin-summaries/linkedin-summaries-examples/)
 * Thanks for all your help and hard work!
 *  Plugin Author [John Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgardner03/)
 * (@jgardner03)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744236)
 * The terms field very specifically requires the slug value of the feature, which
   does not have capital letters in it. Can you go to [http://linkedinsummaries.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=feature&post_type=portfolio](http://linkedinsummaries.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=feature&post_type=portfolio)
   and make sure you are grabbing the value from the “slug” column?
 *  Thread Starter [hannahas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahas/)
 * (@hannahas)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744237)
 * You were right, I didn’t have the slug in place, just the feature name. The slug
   is linked-in-summaries, and I changed the shortcode to: [portfolio terms="linked-
   in-summaries" operator="IN"].
 * Unfortunately, the page is still showing with all displayed: [http://www.linkedinsummaries.com/linkedin-summaries/linkedin-summaries-examples/](http://www.linkedinsummaries.com/linkedin-summaries/linkedin-summaries-examples/)
 *  Plugin Author [John Gardner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgardner03/)
 * (@jgardner03)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744239)
 * hmm… would you be willing to let me access your site to do some additional testing?
   If so, please create an admin user and use the e-mail address of john[at]arconixpc.
   com. thanks
 *  Thread Starter [hannahas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hannahas/)
 * (@hannahas)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-help-11/#post-5744240)
 * Sure! I created a new user and said to send it to you via email. Let me know 
   if you don’t receive. Thanks for your help!

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