Chris

The code is not very well tabbed to be easy to read, here is a reformatted version, with /*MOD*/ indicators tabbed further out too:

if($options['customkey_preventduplicatelink'] == TRUE) {  //Prevent duplicate links for grouped custom keywords

	$line = trim($line);
	$lastDelimiterPos=strrpos($line, ',');
	$url = trim(substr($line, $lastDelimiterPos + 1 )); 			/*MOD*/
	$keywords = substr($line, 0, $lastDelimiterPos);
	$keywords = str_replace(', ', ',', $keywords); 				/*MOD*/

	if(!empty($keywords) && !empty($url)){
		$kw_array[$keywords] = $url;
	}

	$keywords='';
	$url='';

} else {  //Old custom keywords behaviour

	$chunks = array_map('trim', explode(",", $line));
	$total_chuncks = count($chunks);
	if($total_chuncks > 2) {
		$i = 0;
		$url = trim($chunks[$total_chuncks-1]); 			/*MOD*/
		while($i < $total_chuncks-1) {
			if (!empty($chunks[$i])) $kw_array[$chunks[$i]] = $url;
			$i++;
		}
	} else {
		list($keyword, $url) = array_map('trim', explode(",", $line, 2));
		$keywords = str_replace(', ', ',', $keywords); 			/*MOD*/
		if (!empty($keyword)) $kw_array[$keyword] = $url;
	}

}

I take that back, I found where it is supposed to not link the text if it would link to itself. But I found the problem, working on fixing it now.

It has to do with whitespace around the links and keywords. Quick solution is to remove all spaces around custom keywords and their urls.

I.E.
change
Badan si Badun, http://belajar.indonesiamengajar.org/2012/09/badan-si-badun-alat-peraga-anatomi-tubuh-manusia/
to
Badan si Badun,http://belajar.indonesiamengajar.org/2012/09/badan-si-badun-alat-peraga-anatomi-tubuh-manusia/

This also affects using multiple keywords per line, the link will include the space

E.G.
if you add Home Remedies as a keyword:
Badan si Badun, Home Remedies, http://belajar.indonesiamengajar.org/2012/09/badan-si-badun-alat-peraga-anatomi-tubuh-manusia/
and it is in the text, it would come out as:
<a href="http://belajar.indonesiamengajar.org/2012/09/badan-si-badun-alat-peraga-anatomi-tubuh-manusia/"> Home Remedies</a>

Working on adding some trim functions everywhere so we don’t have this problem.

I ham having the same issue. Looking through the code, I found out that the setting only works to stop it from linking the page title to the same page.

I.E. – if the page title is “Home Remedies” then it will not link the words “Home Remedies” on that page back to itself.

No solution yet, just wanted to explain what was happening. I’m looking for a way to mod the plugin so it also doesn’t link custom keywords to their respective pages.

Basically, if a post is in more than one category but you only want to display posts from one of those categories, you have to specify the id of the desired category.

[catlist id=9]

The rest just gives you more advanced options.

That is correct, it is not possible to do it that way. You would have to use the id of the category you want (or the name with a mod) instead of categorypage.

i.e. you want posts in category id 9 but not posts also in category 10:

[catlist id=9,-10]

Alternatively, there is a modification you can make to use the name setting instead. I’ve posted the updated changes here.

i.e you want posts in category-a but not posts also in category-b:

[catlist name=category-a,-category-b]

+1 for wanting this feature.

The code has changed since this was posted, it is now in two places, near lines 143 and 154. Here is the full if/else block in that area, with the modifications (MOD) shown:

if (preg_match('/\+/', $this->params['name'])):
        $categories = array();
        $cat_array = explode("+", $this->params['name']);
        foreach ($cat_array as $category) :
          // $id = $this->get_category_id_by_name($category); // MOD - replaced with the following mod
          // MOD
          $id='';
          if(strpos($category, '-')===0){
            $id='-';
          }
          $id .= $this->get_category_id_by_name($category);
          // MOD END
          $categories[] = $id;
        endforeach;
        $this->lcp_category_id = $categories;

      elseif (preg_match('/,/', $this->params['name'])):
        $categories = '';
        $cat_array = explode(",", $this->params['name']);

        foreach ($cat_array as $category) :
          // $id = $this->get_category_id_by_name($category); // MOD - replaced with the following mod
          // MOD
          $id='';
          if(strpos($category, '-')===0){
            $id='-';
          }
          $id .= $this->get_category_id_by_name($category);
          // MOD END
          $categories .= $id . ",";
        endforeach;

        $this->lcp_category_id = $categories;

      else:
        $this->lcp_category_id = $this->get_category_id_by_name($this->params['name']);
      endif;

I’d like this too, but until then, here is an interesting idea…

We can use multi-page pages with a separate shortcode for each page, and use the offset setting. Something like:

[catlist name=mycategory]
<!--nextpage-->
[catlist name=mycategory offset=10]
<!--nextpage-->
[catlist name=mycategory offset=20]
...

You would have to keep up with how many posts you have and update the page with another page break and shortcode periodically, but it works!