Title: WordPress 6.0 shortcode [wpdm_category] is broken Last modified: May 27, 2022 --- # WordPress 6.0 shortcode [wpdm_category] is broken * Resolved [ahpcservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahpcservices/) * (@ahpcservices) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-6-0-shortcode-wpdm_category-is-broken/) * Hello, * After upgrading to WordPress 6.0, the shortcode `[wpdm_category]` began having big issues on all the pages where I use it. * It only shows one download on first row, at a random position (seemingly depending on shown category). * Using PHP 8.0 Wordpress 6.0 Shortcode sample : `[wpdm_category id="logos" title ="1" desc="1" toolbar="1" paging="0" items_per_page="9999" template="link-template- bsthumnail" cols=4 colspad=2 colsphone=1]` * Fiddling with the shortcode attributes, or the displayed category never solved this. Only rolling back to WordPress 5.97 solved the display problems. Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Thread Starter [ahpcservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahpcservices/) * (@ahpcservices) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-6-0-shortcode-wpdm_category-is-broken/#post-15684501) * I forgot: Download Manager Version 3.2.41 * [BSF – Humayon Kabir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humayonk/) * (@humayonk) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-6-0-shortcode-wpdm_category-is-broken/#post-15685226) * Hi [@ahpcservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahpcservices/) * Greetings and Welcome to the support forum. * I have tested your provided shortcode with `WordPress 6.0` in our test environment, and it appears that the shortcode is working fine. * Please have a look at this [reference screencast](https://www.loom.com/share/2dbe6cffb3bd480c8de2cc0e862c1548). * There can be a conflict with another third-party plugin. Can you please enable/ disable other plugins for checking? * You may also switch the theme to another default WordPress theme, `Twenty Twenty- One` for checking. * Feel free to reach back and report your findings. * Best Regards * Thread Starter [ahpcservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahpcservices/) * (@ahpcservices) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-6-0-shortcode-wpdm_category-is-broken/#post-15685740) * Hello [@humayonk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humayonk/) * Thanks for taking the time to help me. * After investigating a little more, it seems that the problem is less serious and a little more subtle than I thought. * Actually, it’s not that some downloads are not shown, but that they’re inaccessible for download to administrators (my theme is hiding all downloads that are not available to the current user). * There is still a bug, where one of them (not always the same one) is still accessible whereas all or none should be. * It goes as follows: – Each of my downloads is explicitly made available to some user roles (via the “authorize access” box) – In WordPress **5**, administrators seem to have implicit access to all downloads (they’re considered to have all roles I suppose) – In WordPress **6**, it seems they don’t – But using the `[ wpdm_category]` shortcode, admins always retain access to one of the displayed download posts (not always the first one) – If I explicitly add one of the authorized roles to an admin, then they have access to the downloads authorized to this role, plus a random one that is not * So I have a temporary workaround by adding to all my admin accounts, all the roles that I’m using to setup download authorizations. * [BSF – Humayon Kabir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humayonk/) * (@humayonk) * [4 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-6-0-shortcode-wpdm_category-is-broken/#post-15687057) * Hi [@ahpcservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahpcservices/) * Thank you for your reply. * To understand the scenario better, it will be very cooperative if you record me reproducing your issue using a tool like [this](https://www.loom.com/)? * It helps me to figure out the issue quickly and squash it immediately. * Thank you * Thread Starter [ahpcservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahpcservices/) * (@ahpcservices) * [3 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-6-0-shortcode-wpdm_category-is-broken/#post-15692233) * HI [@humayonk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humayonk/) * While setting up a test environment to capture you a screencast, I discovered that the problem seems to come from the WPML plugin. * So I’ll be investigating on that side… * Thanks a lot. * [BSF – Humayon Kabir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/humayonk/) * (@humayonk) * [3 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-6-0-shortcode-wpdm_category-is-broken/#post-15692523) * Hello [@ahpcservices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahpcservices/) * Glad to hear that you found the root cause. * Feel free to reach back and report your findings. * Have a good day. 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