Title: [Simple Sitemap] Manipulating Shortcode
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# [Simple Sitemap] Manipulating Shortcode

 *  [John Wes Green](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fightingartshealthlab/)
 * (@fightingartshealthlab)
 * [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-sitemap-manipulating-shortcode/)
 * Hi Everyone,
 * I am trying to create a user-friendly sitemap page but am finding it more difficult
   than it needs to be. On this page I am using three short codes:
 * [simple-sitemap exclude=”5, 104, 173, 2087, 2085, 2410, 176, 30040, 32326, 32168,
   36186″]
   This is my primary navigation. When I use the simple-sitemap-menu code
   I get the high level pages but cannot get the child pages to appear. When I use
   this version I cannot get them to appear in the order of my primary navigation.
 * [simple-sitemap-group taxonomy=”category” exclude_terms=”Where We’re Headed, 
   Lifestyle”]
   These are my posts. I want to show all my posts by the different 
   categories they appear under. Unfortunately based on the way I’ve tagged the 
   post two high level tags are appearing which is creating redundancy. I need to
   remove Lifestyle and Where We’re Headed. In addition I cannot get the categories
   to appear in the order that they are laid out in the primary navigation
 * [simple-sitemap-menu menu=”3″] This is my footer
 * I submitted a support ticket but have not heard anything back, so not sure it
   is supported. Which is frustrating because I just paid for the Pro level support.
   Part of me wants to build this page with section heads (h2 titles) then insert
   targeted shortcodes for content that appears in that section. Alot more work 
   and more complexity but I feel like if I stick with this plugin I will have to
   consider that direction. At this point, if there is not an easy fix to what should
   be a standard approach to building a sitemap I am open to switching to another
   app if there is one better than this one.
 * Thank you for your patience, understanding and suppport.
 * John
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   to see the link]_

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 * Last reply from: [John Wes Green](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fightingartshealthlab/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-sitemap-manipulating-shortcode/)
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