Title: Shortcode options
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Shortcode options

 *  Resolved [TelB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/telb/)
 * (@telb)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-options-11/)
 * Hiya,
    This looks to be a useful plugin – Thank you.
 * Please see the site: <p>[Total Business Training Blog](http://totalbusinesstraining.com/blog/)
   </p>
 * I have tried maniuplating the shortcode for over a day now trying to get the 
   following configuration:
 * Show Related Posts (3 options)
    Show Related Pages (3 options) Show Related Products(
   3 options)
 * (They are all held together ie the common factor is the category that they are
   indexed in.)
 * May I please ask what kind of shortcode would produce this kind of result?
 * As always, Many Thanks for your plugin and also for any kind support!
    Cheers
   TelB
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 *  Plugin Author [Mickey Kay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcguive7/)
 * (@mcguive7)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-options-11/#post-6618778)
 * Hi there TelB,
 * Well first of all, are you certain that the category taxonomy is shared across
   all post types? I only ask because, by default, this taxonomy is only enabled
   for posts, so you would’ve had to enable it for pages and products as well. Assuming
   you’ve done that, then your shortcodes would respectively look like:
 * `[ssrp post_types="post" number_of_posts="3"]`
    `[ssrp post_types="pages" number_of_posts
   ="3"]` `[ssrp post_types="products" number_of_posts="3"]` (assuming `products`
   is the post type slug)
 * If you truly are using the native category taxonomy across all 3 posts types,
   then you shouldn’t need to specify the shortcode’s `taxonomy` attribute since
   it defaults to category.
 * Let me know if this solves it for you, or if you still have questions.
 *  Thread Starter [TelB](https://wordpress.org/support/users/telb/)
 * (@telb)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-options-11/#post-6618788)
 * Hiya Mickey,
    Very good of you indeed to provide a reply! 🙂 Much appreciated
   indeed!
 * Yes, I do have a common taxonomy albeit that I have had to create it manually.
   So, there is not a single database index covering all the instances. Rather, 
   I have had to create the taxonomy individually for each post-type.
 * This implementation can be viewed at:
    [Total Business Training](http://totalbusinesstraining.com/)
 * So, the taxonomy going across posts, pages, forums, RSS etc is all indivudal 
   and separate from each other.
 * Cat1-1
    Post1 Post2 Post3
 * Cat1-2
    Page1 Page2 Page3
 * Cat1-3
    Forum1 Forum2 Forum3
 * I have activated your plugin and am playing now with your kind asvice above
 * Cheers
    TelB
 *  Plugin Author [Mickey Kay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcguive7/)
 * (@mcguive7)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-options-11/#post-6618796)
 * Hi again TelB,
 * Unfortunately, this won’t work, as the taxonomy must be shared across all post
   types, not just individually recreated for each one. You can try my solution,
   but I’m doubtful that it will work given the setup you’ve described.
 * I’m marking this as resolved for now.

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 * Last reply from: [Mickey Kay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcguive7/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-options-11/#post-6618796)
 * Status: resolved