Title: Exclude category in shortcode
Last modified: June 17, 2020

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# Exclude category in shortcode

 *  Resolved [Lee Beetles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbeetles/)
 * (@lbeetles)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-category-in-shortcode-2/)
 * Is it possible to exclude categories in the [jobs] shortcode?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Cena (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cena/)
 * (@cena)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-category-in-shortcode-2/#post-13010932)
 * Hi [@lbeetles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbeetles/),
 * There is, but not elegantly.
 * You can use the `categories` parameter, which will only display the categories
   you list there. For example, say you have 5 categories, then:
 * `[jobs categories='cat1', 'cat2', cat4', cat5]` will display all categories except
   cat3.
 * Hope that helps!
 * Best,
    Cena

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 * Last reply from: [Cena (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cena/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exclude-category-in-shortcode-2/#post-13010932)
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