Title: Understanding Categorys
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Understanding Categorys

 *  Resolved [lindaandjon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindaandjon/)
 * (@lindaandjon)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categorys/)
 * I’m a bit confused by the import=”osm_l” import_osm_cat_incl_name=”XXX”]
 * I would like to have a map of all my posts and have geotagged the ones I want
   to show and included them in a sub category called Europe. Am I right in thinking
   the XXX should be Europe – if so why do my posts not show up? I’ve read some 
   posts that suggest only the parent category shows and my Europe is a sub category
   of Countries. Is this the reason?
 * I also don’t really understand what the import=”osm_1″ is . Would someone mind
   explaining this to me please?
 * many thanks for a great plugin,
    Jon
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/osm/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/osm/)

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 *  Thread Starter [lindaandjon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindaandjon/)
 * (@lindaandjon)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categorys/#post-5865377)
 * Update:
    I’ve managed to get my posts to show up in my map by leaving the import_osm_cat_incl_name
   out. I also found that I hadn’t tagged some of the posts properly too.
 * I’m still no really sure why using the import_osm_cat_incl_name=”Countries” wouldn’t
   work though and I’d still like to know what the osm_1 is for if anyone has a 
   chance to tell me please. Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [MiKa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photoweblog/)
 * (@photoweblog)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categorys/#post-5865615)
 * Hi lindaandjon,
 *  you can filter your posts/pages on parent category level:
 * import_osm_cat_incl_name…will show only this category
    import_osm_cat_excl_name…
   will show all except this category
 * import=”osm”…shows only the headline
    import=”osm_l”…shows the headline and the
   shorttext
 * If you copy/paste a shortcode you should check there is no stylinfo in your shortcode–
   best way is to change the editor mode from “visuell” to “text”. Or feel free 
   to create a testpage with your short and write also the shortcode with a * in
   the text. Post it here to check more details.
 * BR, photoweblog
 *  Thread Starter [lindaandjon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lindaandjon/)
 * (@lindaandjon)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categorys/#post-5865646)
 * Thanks for that, much clearer now :-). I assume it can’t show sub categories 
   yet?
 *  Plugin Author [MiKa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photoweblog/)
 * (@photoweblog)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categorys/#post-5865681)
 * Hi lindaandjon,
 *  yes – currently you can filter only to parent categories, which includes then
   all subcategories.
 * BR, photoweblog

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-categorys/#post-5865681)
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