Title: Event_cat does not work Last modified: November 21, 2020 --- # Event_cat does not work * Resolved [Christian Strasser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswebdesigns/) * (@cswebdesigns) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/) * Hi there, * I have 2 event categories (upcoming-events, shows-conferences) and want to use the vsel for an overview of upcoming-events on one page and on another page I want to show only the shows-conferences events. * On the page for the upcoming events I am using the shortcode [vsel event_cat=” upcoming-events” posts_per_page=”30″] and on the page who should listed the shows- conferences events, I am using the shortcode [vsel event_cat=”shows-conferences” posts_per_page=”30″ no_events_ext=”Currently there are no shows & conferences planned.”]. * But on both pages the vsel plugin shows always all events in the future. What is wrong there? * Thank you in advance and best regards Christian Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Thread Starter [Christian Strasser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswebdesigns/) * (@cswebdesigns) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13691971) * Additionally information to the categories: Both categories are created as parent- categorie. That means none of them has a parent. I think this should be fine(?). * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13692997) * Hi Christian, * It should work. Did you add the category slug as variable for the cat attribute? * Guido * Thread Starter [Christian Strasser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswebdesigns/) * (@cswebdesigns) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13694010) * Hi Guido, * did you see the shortcodes in my request? The the event_cat attribute is included in both. * [vsel event_cat=”upcoming-events” posts_per_page=”30″] * [vsel event_cat=”shows-conferences” posts_per_page=”30″ no_events_ext=”Currently there are no shows & conferences planned.”] * Is something missing there? * Christian * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13694530) * Hi Christian, * Yes I did. I meant, is “shows-conferences” the slug of the event category? * But now I think it might be caused by something else, the type of quotation marks you’re using in your shortcode: opening/closing double quote instead of straight double quote. * Guido ps. `no_events_ext` should be `no_events_text` * Thread Starter [Christian Strasser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswebdesigns/) * (@cswebdesigns) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13695106) * Hi Guido, * I am not sure what are you meaning with “slug of the event category”, but I have two main categories: upcoming-events (7 events) and shows-conferences (1 event). * And I tried it with ″…″ and ”…”. It is wired… If I use the normal “…” (shift + 2), it ignores the categories and shows all events, does not matter which category. If I use the straight ”…” it shows only one event from the upcoming-events category. * I have no clue how I could fix it and what would be wrong. I additionally have installed the plugin WP Timeline. Maybe this is a problem? But actually it should not… * Best regards * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13695285) * Hi, * With slug I mean the last part of the URL. But it’s also there at the category page in dashboard. * You did add the straight double quotes for each of the attributes? This is how it should be. Otherwise shortcode breaks. * That plugin hooks into the post query. So yes, there’s a chance it affects the event list. But I have to test it myself to be certain. * Guido * Thread Starter [Christian Strasser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswebdesigns/) * (@cswebdesigns) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13697430) * Hi Guido, * of course, I replaced every of the “. * Also, I tried the VSEL plugin on a different homepage, where is no other timeline or event plugin installed. The categories don’t work there either. * From my point of view the plugin is not working as it should (with the categories). So, I have the only choice to delete it and use another one. Pity! I would have liked the simple design and the maintenance. But without categories it doesn’t make sense for my homepage. If that works reliably, the plugin will come into question again for me. * Nevertheless, thank you for your answers. * Best regards Christian * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13698983) * Hi Christian, * I don’t know why it’s not working over there, but over here it works flawlessly. For years. * I’m willing to take a look at your site but in that case I need a temp admin login. If you agree with this, please let me know how I can reach you outside this forum. * Guido * Thread Starter [Christian Strasser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswebdesigns/) * (@cswebdesigns) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13699020) * Of course, that would be great. * How can I send you the login data? I don’t want to post it here. * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13699071) * I agree, never post (temp) login here. * Can I reach you via your website? Because I don’t want to post my email address here. * Guido * Thread Starter [Christian Strasser](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cswebdesigns/) * (@cswebdesigns) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13699125) * Write me your mail to [info@cs-webdesigns.de](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/info@cs-webdesigns.de?output_format=md) please. * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13699186) * Have send you an email! * Guido * Plugin Author [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * (@guido07111975) * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13701612) * I’m marking this topic resolved. Not clear what went wrong but it’s working now. * Guido Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘Event_cat does not work’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/very-simple-event-list/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1415754) * [VS Event List](https://wordpress.org/plugins/very-simple-event-list/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/very-simple-event-list/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/very-simple-event-list/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/very-simple-event-list/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/very-simple-event-list/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/very-simple-event-list/reviews/) ## Tags * [categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/categories/) * [events](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/events/) * 13 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Guido](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guido07111975/) * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/event_cat-does-not-work/#post-13701612) * Status: resolved