Title: Shortcode Parameter – Too many characters?
Last modified: January 30, 2022

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# Shortcode Parameter – Too many characters?

 *  [juniojeff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juniojeff/)
 * (@juniojeff)
 * [4 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-parameter-too-many-characters/)
 * Hello,
 * For some reason, when I put a short such as:
 * [display-posts image_size=”medium” include_author=”true” exclude_current=”true”
   category=”Diseases and Pests” posts_per_page=”40″”]
 * It shows no articles even though there is one article under that category. This
   same shortcode works for all my other categories. The article under that category
   is definitely filed under the category (confirmed in other ways) and the spelling
   is correct. I’ve tested a bunch and the only thing I can think of is that the
   category has too many characters and it is somehow triggering it not to pass 
   through to the shortcode parameter?
 * Do you know if this is an actual issue?
 * Thanks,
    Jeff

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