Title: Featured properties shortcode no longer working Last modified: October 12, 2018 --- # Featured properties shortcode no longer working * [nmcmahon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nmcmahon/) * (@nmcmahon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/) * I was previously using the [featured_properties] shortcode within one of my templates, and had a file called “property-overview-featured-overview.php” in my theme directory which worked correctly. * Since the update, the shortcode is now using the property-overview template, so its not displaying how I would like (although it is showing the correct properties). Looking at the documentation, it would seem the [featured_properties] is now a legacy shortcode and [property-overview featured=true] should be used. Using this still doesn’t use the correct template. * Do I need to rename my template file? Or how can I detect if featured=true has been passed so I can add some logic into the property-overview.php template file. * Thanks! Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Plugin Contributor [MariaKravchenko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariakravchenko/) * (@mariakravchenko) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10774635) * Hello. * Try to rename the template to property-overview-featured-shortcode.php. * Let me know if that helped. * Regards. * Thread Starter [nmcmahon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nmcmahon/) * (@nmcmahon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10785371) * Hi [@mariakravchenko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariakravchenko/), * Apologies – that was a typo in my original post. My file is already called “property- overview-featured-shortcode.php”, but the [featured_properties] shortcode is still using the “property-overview.php” file instead. * Thanks, * Niall * Plugin Contributor [MariaKravchenko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariakravchenko/) * (@mariakravchenko) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10789065) * Can you provide more information about which version did you update from and to. And also which theme do you use. * Thanks * Thread Starter [nmcmahon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nmcmahon/) * (@nmcmahon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10791773) * I am not sure what version I was on before. Have updated to version 2.3.8. I think it was version 2.2 before but can’t be sure. * I am using a custom theme. The previous version allowed me to duplicate the shortcode files from the plugin into my theme so it would use them. * If the “property-overview-featured-shortcode.php” file doesn’t work, is there any way of telling if featured=true has been passed to the [property-overview] shortcode? That way I could update the property-overview.php file to display the properties differently when its featured. * Plugin Contributor [MariaKravchenko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariakravchenko/) * (@mariakravchenko) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10792364) * Yes, exact [property_overview featured=true] will display featured properties. * Thread Starter [nmcmahon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nmcmahon/) * (@nmcmahon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10792513) * I am aware of that, but it is using the “property-overview.php” template file. Is there any way within that file I can check for the featured=true? * That way I could update the template file to display the properties how I want to (how I currently have them in my “property-overview-featured-shortcode.php” file). * Plugin Contributor [MariaKravchenko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariakravchenko/) * (@mariakravchenko) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10792613) * It seems no, but not sure I fully got your idea. * Also, do not see the reason why that not working for you anymore. * Can you detect what else was done except the wp-property update? * Plugin Contributor [MariaKravchenko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariakravchenko/) * (@mariakravchenko) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10792628) * Got one idea: Do you have Legacy Featured widgets enabled in Main tab? * Thread Starter [nmcmahon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nmcmahon/) * (@nmcmahon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10792776) * It wasn’t ticked, but after ticking it, that sadly did not make any difference. It still uses the property-overview.php template, not the property-overview-featured- shortcode.php. * Nothing was done other than the update. * My idea would be that in the property-overview.php, if I can tell if the featured =true option was passed, I could add some logic and testing “if($featured == true) { … }” for example. Then I could display the output differently (in the same way I used to do in the “property-overview-featured-shortcode.php” template). * Plugin Contributor [MariaKravchenko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariakravchenko/) * (@mariakravchenko) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10792817) * Ok, understood your idea, but unfortunately, there is no way to do that. * Did you put template to the root folder of the child theme? * Thread Starter [nmcmahon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nmcmahon/) * (@nmcmahon) * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10795686) * Yes. Its directly in my theme. Same location as the property-overview.php file which is working. It just doesn’t seem to want to use the property-overview-featured- shortcode.php file. * Where is the source code for the [featured_properties] shortcode? Perhaps I could try and follow the code and see why it isn’t using the right file… * Plugin Contributor [MariaKravchenko](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariakravchenko/) * (@mariakravchenko) * [7 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/featured-properties-shortcode-no-longer-working/#post-10803539) * Here is some info, which I got from the developer [https://screencast.com/t/qMSSdKL0FoN](https://screencast.com/t/qMSSdKL0FoN)`[ featured_properties]` shortcode is reffering to `[property_overview]` using parameters` template` and `$args[ 'featured' ] = 'true';` `Property overview` is using the following [https://screencast.com/t/d9kiF3ZhNop](https://screencast.com/t/d9kiF3ZhNop) * Try to name the file `property-overview-property-overview-featured-overview.php` * Regards. 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