Title: Groups options not working Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Groups options not working * Resolved [rassoodock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rassoodock/) * (@rassoodock) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/) * Hi Brett, I’ve added groups and included them in the shortcode, however all staff continue to appear. * Hope you can shed some light on this as with that working it’s a fantastic plugin. * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-staff-list/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-staff-list/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 18 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/) * (@brettshumaker) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480374) * Hey Rassoodock, * You should just be able to add a new group from the ‘Groups’ page and then, while editing each staff member, check the box for that group and update the post. ( Groups work just like WordPress Categories). * Say if your group was called “Nashville Office” the appropriate shortcode would be `[simple-staff-list group="Nashville Office"]` * That _should_ pull all staff members that have the “Nashville Office” group checked. * Let me know if that helps or if you still can’t get it to work. * Thanks and I’m glad you like my plugin! Brett * Thread Starter [rassoodock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rassoodock/) * (@rassoodock) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480382) * Hi Brett, * Still no joy unfortunately: * [simple-staff-list group=”Management”] * I’ve added two staff members and two groups, assigned one member to each group, but still they’re both appearing. * Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/) * (@brettshumaker) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480383) * Hi Rassoodock, * I’ve found the problem. There’s a little bug in `simple-staff-list>_inc>admin- utilities.php` * If you feel comfortable editing that file, you can fix it immediately. Otherwise I’ll be issuing an update tonight to fix it. * There’s a line in that file (line 57, I believe) that says: `array_push($names, $term->name);` * You need to edit it to say: `array_push($names, strtolower($term->name));` * That should fix the error. * Let me know what you find. Sorry about that! Thanks! Brett * Thread Starter [rassoodock](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rassoodock/) * (@rassoodock) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480416) * That’s perfect Brett, thanks! * Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/) * (@brettshumaker) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480417) * No problem! Glad I could help. If you have a few minutes, would you mind [rating my plugin](http://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/simple-staff-list?rate=5#postform) for me? I would really appreciate it! * Again, I’ll issue an update for the plugin this evening. * Thanks! Brett * [rdaileyus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdaileyus/) * (@rdaileyus) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480477) * Brett, I am having a similar issue. I have two categories that are not pulling in and another category pulling in from several. * I do have some people who fall into more than one category. The short code is correct, so perhaps the issue is having people in more than one category? * Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/) * (@brettshumaker) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480479) * [@rdaileyus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdaileyus/) I just checked it out on my test environment and it worked with having a person in multiple groups. However, if you have an empty group, the plugin will pull in ALL staff members by default. * [rdaileyus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdaileyus/) * (@rdaileyus) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480482) * Still struggling here. I deleted and recreated a group and I am having the same issues. * It is odd because it is only on a few groups; others populate fine. Three of the groups have characters (& and /) in the title, but one is just two words. * Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/) * (@brettshumaker) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480483) * Hmm…that’s strange. Do you mind pasting in exactly how you’re using the shortcodes on your pages so I can take a look? * I just tried using a group called “People & Robots” and used the shortcode `[ simple-staff-list group="People & Robots"]` and it worked fine for me. So I don’t think that special characters should throw it off. * [rdaileyus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdaileyus/) * (@rdaileyus) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480484) * I ended up deleting the group and the page, then recreating the group while withing a staff profile. I then recreated the page with the short code and it worked fine. * Not sure why, but I had to do this with several pages. * Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/) * (@brettshumaker) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480485) * That is strange. As long as you place a staff member inside a group, whether the group was created while editing/adding a staff member, it should work fine. I’m just using a custom post type with a custom taxonomy to set all of that up. * Either way, I’m glad you were able to get it working! * Brett * [BrokenFish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokenfish/) * (@brokenfish) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480498) * I am having the same problem. I have the most updated version (updated it today). I tried deleting everything and starting over, but for both my groups it shows all members. * using short code * [simple-staff-list group=”Board”] * and * [simple-staff-list group=”Staff”] * Any suggestions? * Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/) * (@brettshumaker) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480499) * BrokenFish: Do you have a link where I can see the behavior? Or do you have a non-administrator login for your site so I can try to see what’s going on? * As long as you don’t have all members in both groups, and I’m sure you don’t, then they shouldn’t be showing up. But I would like to take a look at this from the WordPress dashboard to see if I can figure out what’s going on. * Thanks! Brett * [BrokenFish](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brokenfish/) * (@brokenfish) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480500) * Sure thing * victimsupportservices.org * user1 Vss123 * TIA- I really appreciate you taking a look at it! * Plugin Author [Brett Shumaker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brettshumaker/) * (@brettshumaker) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/groups-options-not-working/#post-3480501) * Figured it out. * On the pages where you’re using the shortcodes, the text `group="Board"` and ` group="Staff"` is in bold. That will, essentially, make them not work properly since that is technically turning the shortcode into `[simple-staff-list group="Board"]` which is no bueno. * Un-bold those bits of the shortcode and you should be good to go! 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