Title: Load Posts Only Under Certain Categories Last modified: April 18, 2018 --- # Load Posts Only Under Certain Categories * Resolved [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/) * (@claytonchase) * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/) * Fantastic plugin so far! I had a question about sorting by specific post categories only. * I’m using this plugin as an A-Z Conditions table but only want to show post with specific categories so they can be organized by condition. Is that currently possible? * Thanks, Clayton - This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/). * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fload-posts-only-certain-categories%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Plugin Author [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/) * (@diddledani) * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10198808) * You can filter the results by term using a shortcode similar to: * ``` [a-z-listing post-type="post" taxonomy="category" terms="condition-yellow"] ``` * — Random aside: A: Go to yellow alert. B: But, sir, do we have to? A: Yes, just do it. B: But it means changing the bulb! * Plugin Author [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/) * (@diddledani) * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10198815) * There will be a fix landing shortly for using multiple terms in the `terms` attribute. Currently it’s broken, but soon it won’t be. * Thread Starter [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/) * (@claytonchase) * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10205884) * Thanks for responding! * I’m not too familiar with what a term in WordPress is. I’d like to show only certain categories. I’ll hopefully be using this for a conditions table. So if I can apply a certain category to a post (for example Antibiotics) then I can load all the specific categories I want to be displayed in the table. Here is the page which might help: [http://dogsnatu.staging.wpengine.com/dev/](http://dogsnatu.staging.wpengine.com/dev/) * I read up on terms but still don’t understand how those work. * Plugin Author [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/) * (@diddledani) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10225296) * My simple guide taxonomies and terms: - A Taxonomy is a group of Terms - A Term is a single thing that is used as a classifier by assigning it to one or more posts - “Categories” and “Tags” are examples of taxonomies. These are included by default in WordPress. - A single “category” or “tag” is an example of a term. These are placed into the taxonomy “categories” or “tags” respectively. - For example, say you’re showing pictures of Dogs, you could have a separate taxonomy called “Dog breeds” which has a term for each “Breed” of dog. These could then be used to classify the photos so that people can find all the dogs of a specific breed. * If you’re using the “Categories” taxonomy for your condition types then you want to use the example I originally gave, where you replace “condition-yellow” with the “slug” of each “Term” (Category) you want to display, separated by commas. The slug is shown on the “Term edit page” (Admin -> Posts -> Categories [or other taxonomy name] -> ). * Thread Starter [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/) * (@claytonchase) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10232878) * Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for the in-depth reply. So I’d like to sort by tag. I’m getting this error with this shortcode: [a-z-listing post-type=”post” taxonomy=”tag” display=”terms” terms=”good, paris”] * Here is a screenshot of the error: [https://imgur.com/a/Wbw4JVV](https://imgur.com/a/Wbw4JVV) [http://dev.kaolincreative.com/dev/](http://dev.kaolincreative.com/dev/) * I’m sure I’m just missing something simple. Thanks! * Thread Starter [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/) * (@claytonchase) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10235972) * Alright, so I figured out I wasn’t using the right term slug so I got that fixed. Is it possible to only display the terms I specify in the shortcode? This is my shortcode: [a-z-listing post-type=”post” taxonomy=”post_tag” display=”terms” terms=”good,paris”] – I’d like to only show the “good” and “paris” tags but instead I am getting all the post tags. * I hope that makes sense. URL: [http://dev.kaolincreative.com/dev/#letter-W](http://dev.kaolincreative.com/dev/#letter-W) * Thanks for the help! * Thread Starter [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/) * (@claytonchase) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10256190) * Haven’t heard anything back and just wanted to see if anyone has had luck doing this? * Plugin Author [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/) * (@diddledani) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10258333) * Hi, * It looks like you’re using conflicting parameters. `display=terms` will show the terms themselves, not the posts associated with those terms. It isn’t possible to limit the terms displayed in this mode, which you’re attempting to do with` terms="good, paris"`. - This reply was modified 8 years ago by [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/). * Thread Starter [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/) * (@claytonchase) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10258351) * So if I want to show the name Of the terms I select I just remove the display =terms and then I can list the terms via the terms= parameters? * Plugin Author [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/) * (@diddledani) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10258366) * No, You can only show all the terms from a taxonomy, or all posts associated with specific terms. You can’t filter the list of terms displayed when you’re showing term names instead of posts. * You can choose between: - Display All Term names from a specific taxonomy - Display Post names * - Optionally: filter by specific terms * - This reply was modified 8 years ago by [Dani Llewellyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/diddledani/). * Thread Starter [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/) * (@claytonchase) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10258383) * I see. Darn it. I know it’s pretty unusual to use this plugin like this but it’s the best I’ve been able to find. Any other suggestions? * Thread Starter [Clayton Chase](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonchase/) * (@claytonchase) * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/load-posts-only-certain-categories/#post-10258511) * I figured it out. Custom taxonomy 🙂 Thanks for the info and for developing such a solid plugin! 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