Title: help=1 flag for summarize_posts shortcode does nothing
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# help=1 flag for summarize_posts shortcode does nothing

 *  Resolved [nowton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowton/)
 * (@nowton)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help1-flag-for-summarize_posts-shortcode-does-nothing/)
 * Minor bug: if configuring MCE using functions.php the summarize_post button is
   not being inserted in the editor.
 * Major issue: as per title, we are creating a page and listing custom posts in
   it using shortcode, but have been unable to show categories on the posts. Setting
   help=1 on the query does not show anything.
 * Please advise, thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-type-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-content-type-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [fireproofsocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireproofsocks/)
 * (@fireproofsocks)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help1-flag-for-summarize_posts-shortcode-does-nothing/#post-4753084)
 * The latest version of the plugin (on the dev branch) fixes the problem with the
   help flag.
 * Not sure if I can advise you of anything re the categories: that’s a difficult
   query because there is a one to many relationship to the categories and summarize-
   posts can only show 1:1 relationships. The only real solution there is to use
   PHP (either the GetPostsQuery class that the summarize-posts shortcode uses or
   the built-in WP equivalents), then look up the categories associated with each
   post as you loop over them.
 * Hope that helps.
 *  Thread Starter [nowton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowton/)
 * (@nowton)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help1-flag-for-summarize_posts-shortcode-does-nothing/#post-4753292)
 * Will try the dev-branch on local development. For production I resorted to actually
   building an archive for the custom post type. Thanks.
 *  Plugin Contributor [fireproofsocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireproofsocks/)
 * (@fireproofsocks)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help1-flag-for-summarize_posts-shortcode-does-nothing/#post-4753296)
 * The trunk (i.e. the “dev branch” when I’m not using branches) is in a bit of 
   disarray at the moment, but an update is coming out soon. You may wish to review
   changes only to the SummarizePosts.php and GetPostsQuery classes.

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