Title: USP Display Posts
Last modified: April 4, 2018

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# USP Display Posts

 *  Resolved [bobmuirhead26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobmuirhead26/)
 * (@bobmuirhead26)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usp-display-posts/)
 * Hi
 * I’m trying to get a page to display just the posts generated from USP. Sometimes
   I will write posts (as author “kendaltri”) which will list on the main WP posts
   page but I also want users to generate their own content (in this case race reports)
   that will display away from the main posts page.
 * I have setup a specific category and user for the USP posts and set these up 
   in the settings so all posts will be posted from author “racer” in category “
   usp. I have then used shortcode [usp_display_posts userid=”racer”] but it still
   displays posts from both authors, I have also tried with the userid set to it’s
   numerical value too without luck.
 * Is it possible to display posts from only 1 category or can you help with the
   userid issue??
 * Many thanks for the great plugin
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fusp-display-posts%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usp-display-posts/#post-10144586)
 * Glad to help:
 * “Is it possible to display posts from only 1 category or can you help with the
   userid issue??”
 * This is a great question, but not something currently possible with the free 
   version of USP. It may however be a feature of the pro version in a future update.
 * Let me know if I can provide any further infos, glad to help however possible.
 *  Thread Starter [bobmuirhead26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobmuirhead26/)
 * (@bobmuirhead26)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usp-display-posts/#post-10144601)
 * Hi Jeff
    Thanks for the quick reply.
 * The “Display Form” page in the settings offers suggestions that the [usp_display_posts
   userid=”racer”] would work?
 * Is this not the case? Or is it just not working for me for some reason?!
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usp-display-posts/#post-10144621)
 * Your question asked about categories, which are not supported by that shortcode.
   If instead you are asking how to display posts from a specific user, then you
   can use the `userid` attribute, using any valid user ID as the attribute value(
   i.e., “racer” won’t work because it is not a numerical ID). Note also that whichever
   user is assigned must have some submitted posts to display, otherwise no posts
   will be displayed.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/).
      Reason: typo
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/).
      Reason: it's late
 *  Thread Starter [bobmuirhead26](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobmuirhead26/)
 * (@bobmuirhead26)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usp-display-posts/#post-10144654)
 * Hi
 * I’ve tried the actual ID number too but the page continues to display posts from
   all authors?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Jeff Starr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/specialk/)
 * (@specialk)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/usp-display-posts/#post-10146565)
 * With the free version, the “Author” of submitted posts is defined under the plugin
   setting, “Assigned Author”. So the ID of whichever user specified in that setting
   is the ID that will be assigned as the Author of all submitted posts. So as long
   as the following are both true, the display-posts shortcode should work:
 * 1) The user ID of the “Assigned Author” is used as the `userid` attribute in 
   the shortcode
 * 2) There are some submitted posts that are “Publish” status (i.e., not Draft,
   Pending, etc.)
 * Hope this helps!

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