Title: Shortcode Example
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Shortcode Example

 *  Resolved [ninverso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninverso/)
 * (@ninverso)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-example-1/)
 * What would be a shortcode example for displaying events based on category?
 * I would like to display upcoming events categorized as “featured” on my home 
   page.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/)

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 *  [Dylan Barlett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dbarlett/)
 * (@dbarlett)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-example-1/#post-4176775)
 * `[events_list category="1"]`
 * See [http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/shortcodes/](http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/shortcodes/)
   and [http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/event-search-attributes/](http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/event-search-attributes/)
 *  Thread Starter [ninverso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninverso/)
 * (@ninverso)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-example-1/#post-4176788)
 * Thank you! I was entering the cat_slug instead of the actual name.

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 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last reply from: [ninverso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ninverso/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-example-1/#post-4176788)
 * Status: resolved