Title: Shortcode not working Last modified: June 8, 2020 --- # Shortcode not working * Resolved [Adi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webige/) * (@webige) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-338/) * Hi, * I am building a demo website and try to use your plugin for users notifications over new posts. * I am using in the page [stc-subscribe category_id_not_in=”188, 198”] but those 2 categories are not excluded. * It will be great if you can offer some support and I will be more than happy to repay your help with a bottle of wine. * Also, I have noticed that after the initial subscribe, if one user want s to subscribe to one more category…he will become he subscriber of the last one ( I will give an example to be more clear – User one is subscribed to category 1, and he decide to subscribe to category 2…He will have to select category 1& 2 from the form , because if he just choose category 2, he will become the subscriber of category 2 exclusively) * i hope to get some fast answer from you and maybe some help * Thank you for your time and for your work (building this plugin) * Best regards, * Adrian * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fshortcode-not-working-338%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Plugin Author [vandestouwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vandestouwe/) * (@vandestouwe) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-338/#post-12955972) * As for the shortcode I tested this myself and it works fine. I’m willing to investigate this but need Admin access to your site to do this. I also replied a during the weekend to [adrian@rawideas.ro](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-338/adrian@rawideas.ro?output_format=md) * As for the the subscribe to categories changes. This is how it is implemented but I see your point and will at the next release fill in the categories allready available for this particular user if the e-mail address is known. * Kind Regards, Sidney van de Stouwe [sidney@vandestouwe.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-338/sidney@vandestouwe.com?output_format=md) - This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [vandestouwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vandestouwe/). * Thread Starter [Adi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webige/) * (@webige) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-338/#post-12963427) * Thank you very much for your super fast response . I replayed to your email. Adrian * Plugin Author [vandestouwe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vandestouwe/) * (@vandestouwe) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-338/#post-12971886) * I inspected the short code on you site for stc and found that you where using a slug as name while you should have used the Category Name. On your first setup the index was of you used 188 and 198 and you should have used 18 and 19. You have now to working short codes on your page. * Thread Starter [Adi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webige/) * (@webige) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-338/#post-12982936) * All perfect now. Thank you Sidney. Probably the best support of a free plugin that I ever received. Right now this plugin solves a lot of issues. Thank you Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Shortcode not working’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/subscribe-to-category_b0acac.svg) * [Subscribe to Category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe-to-category/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe-to-category/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/subscribe-to-category/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/subscribe-to-category/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/subscribe-to-category/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/subscribe-to-category/reviews/) ## Tags * [multiple select](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multiple-select/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Adi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webige/) * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-338/#post-12982936) * Status: resolved