Title: Syntax for formdata shortcut
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Syntax for formdata shortcut

 *  [wolfart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wolfart-1/)
 * (@wolfart-1)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-for-formdata-shortcut/)
 * Where can I find the syntax for the shortdata shortcut? The FAQ page seems to
   have some problems:
 * [http://www.campbellhoffman.com/question/putting-submission-data-on-a-post-or-page/](http://www.campbellhoffman.com/question/putting-submission-data-on-a-post-or-page/)
 * Many thanks,
    Erik
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-form-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-form-manager/)

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 *  [GenealogyCoach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samatva/)
 * (@samatva)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-for-formdata-shortcut/#post-4616252)
 * Hi wolfart,
    That page does seem broken. I have used a few [formdata] options
   and have found a few threads where they are discussed.
 * Basically: `[formdata form-1]` i.e: `[formdata (slug)]`
 * To show only some columns: `[formdata form-1 table show="foo,bar,blah"]`
 * From two years ago ( [http://goo.gl/BYjftB](http://goo.gl/BYjftB) ):
 * Version 1.4.16 lets you display the submitted data with the ‘formdata’ shortcode.
   I will be putting an article in the FAQ, but basically it works as follows:
 * `[formdata (form slug)]`
 * You can also add options, like if you want to show 10 items per page, do:
 * `[formdata (form slug) dataperpage=10]`
 * Or, if you want to sort the results by something other than the timestamp, for
   example by an item with the nickname ‘item-1’:
 * `[formdata (form slug) orderby="item-1"]`
 * You can also make the list sorted in ascending, rather than descending order:
 * `[formdata (form slug) order=ASC]`
 * If you have a particular template you would like to use, other than the default
   summary, and the template’s filename is ‘my-custom-template.php’:
 * `[formdata (form slug) template='my-custom-template']`
 * Of course, you use as many of the above options as you want:
 *     ```
       [formdata (form slug) dataperpage=10 orderby="text-1" order=ASC template="my-custom-template"]
       ```
   
 * Hopefully that explains it.

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