Title: ShortCode Setting
Last modified: October 18, 2016

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# ShortCode Setting

 *  Resolved [pablow3v](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pablow3v/)
 * (@pablow3v)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-setting/)
 * Hi, I know that I can use the shortcode [catposts] to put the posts ina page 
   but I want to choose one category or more. Is there a setting to complement the
   shortcode?
 * Thanks for the support.
    PabloW3V

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 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Floeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kometschuh/)
 * (@kometschuh)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-setting/#post-8324447)
 * Hello PabloW3V, what’s your question? How to use the shortcode and set the widget
   options which is placed by shortcode? So you can read this: [http://tiptoppress.com/use-shortcode-to-add-category-posts-widget-to-the-content/](http://tiptoppress.com/use-shortcode-to-add-category-posts-widget-to-the-content/)
 * The question is how to use two or more categories? We support multi category 
   selection only in our premium widget. Our premium widget has many more options,
   multi selection for categories is one: [http://tiptoppress.com/term-and-category-based-posts-widget/](http://tiptoppress.com/term-and-category-based-posts-widget/)
 * **Another tip is**: You can try the new 4.7 beta 1 code which supports till this
   beta 1 multi shortcode widget instances. So you can try set many widgets above
   and choose different categories, like a category split layout.
    Downlaod Category
   Post Widget 4.7 beta 1: [https://github.com/tiptoppress/category-posts-widget/releases](https://github.com/tiptoppress/category-posts-widget/releases)
   Blog post for using multi shortcode: [http://tiptoppress.com/new-4-7-multiple-shortcodes/](http://tiptoppress.com/new-4-7-multiple-shortcodes/)
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by [Daniel Floeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kometschuh/).
 *  Thread Starter [pablow3v](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pablow3v/)
 * (@pablow3v)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-setting/#post-8325356)
 * I put the shortcode and I went to the customize page but didn’t show the item“
   Category Posts Shortcode”. I tried in the preview version and the publishing 
   version but it didn’t change.
 * Do you know something that i can do or it is a “conflict” with the theme?
 * [Customize page Image (Google+) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Avy7OSUzMk-3Y0WyQ3gIwCYXa6RyHX5dh2WZuvRzkmhb4-CSbzDd_oKWMLD_4pyKwZl3V9wPdg=w1920-h1080-rw-no)
 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Floeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kometschuh/)
 * (@kometschuh)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-setting/#post-8325409)
 * Make a Theme test you can change your Theme and use one which is delivered with
   WordPress like TwentySixteen, TwentyFifteen
 * I tried out, but it works for me: You have to save the site or post and also 
   after adding the shortcode click save.
    But for me “Drafts” work and without 
   saving I have no page to show or if I don’t save I can’t change to customizer.
 * Is the widget works added to the widget area as normal widget? I mean, have you
   activated the widget in the admin panel: PlugIns > Installed PlugIns
 * If you use a free Theme can you give us the name of the used Theme?

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 * Last reply from: [Daniel Floeter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kometschuh/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-setting/#post-8325409)
 * Status: resolved