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  • October 17, 2018 at 7:52 am #450029

    Angela Beale
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    Post count: 29

    Hi,

    Thinking of having regular members and featured ones. Here are my questions

    1. Is there a way to show the “Featured Members” using a shortcode?
    2. How do i set a member as a featured member?

    October 17, 2018 at 10:53 am #450053

    Alex Rollin
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    “Featured” is one of the ‘features’ of the Pricing and Payments options.

    If you don’t need or use other pricing features, you can also try using a category like “Featured”, and then use a shortcode or widget to display them like:

    If “Featured” category is id=5

    

    
[gd_listings post_type="gd_staff" layout=5 category="5" post_number="10"]

    

    https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-shortcodes/#listings
    

		
	
    


    

			
				

    

	
    

		October 18, 2018 at 1:22 am

		
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    Angela Beale
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    Hi Alex, yes featured members are members who paid extra — can i use the same shortcode then?
    

		
	
    


    

			
				

    

	
    

		October 18, 2018 at 9:55 am

		
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    You will need to use a category to specify those members or make the price package and listing “featured”. If you are already using pricing and want to use ‘featured’, then the shortcode is like:
    

    show_featured_only
    

    

    
[gd_listings post_type="gd_staff" show_featured_only=true layout=5 category="5" post_number="10"]
    

		
	
    


    

			
				

    

	
    

		October 19, 2018 at 3:28 am

		
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    Angela Beale
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    Thanks Alex, also is there a way to set the featured functionality for a limited time only? 
    

    e.g A user selects ‘Featured’ plan – it will add $49 dollars to the original plan but will be featured for about 6 months only. 
    

		
	
    


    

			
				

    

	
    

		October 19, 2018 at 1:52 pm

		
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    “Featured” is part of the price package, so, the status lasts as long as the price package, it doesn’t have a separate timer. 
    

		
	
    


    

			
				

    

	
    

		October 23, 2018 at 12:24 am

		
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    Angela Beale
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    Gocha thanks
    

		
	
    


    

			
				

    

	
    

		October 23, 2018 at 12:52 am

		
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    Im just going to add the featured member as a separate package. is there a way to limit this plan to 16 members only?
    

		
	
    


    

			
				

    

	
    

		October 23, 2018 at 12:37 pm

		
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    I’m sorry, there isn’t a way to limit the count that is built in to GD. 
    

    It would be a customization, but a developer could probably write a query to check if there are 16 or less of that post type with that package that are currently published, then hide or show a menu item for that “add listing” page in the menu. That would be one way to go about it, and I am sure there are others. I have not heard of a membership plugin that has a feature like that exactly.
    

    You can find custom project support here: https://geodirectoryexperts.com/experts/
    

		
	
    


    

			
		
	
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