Is it possible to do an AND listing via shortcode?

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  • April 20, 2016 at 11:38 am #166777

    CHRISTOPHER MACKAY
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    Hi,

    I’d like to provide a number of listings, grouped by either a tag or a category. At the moment, I can’t see a way to do this. More detail:

    I have a number of Places in my database. All Places have a descriptive Category applied (a class of sorts, like bistro, café, licenced dining, etc.), as well as a rough geographical Category (very loosely-defined clusters of regional communities, specifically not regions or neighbourhoods, e.g. Springfield Area, Smallville Region).

    I cannot see a way, using what’s listed on https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-shortcodes/, to display a list of Places that satisfy 2 Categories, e.g. “Bistros in the Smallville Region”. I’ve tried using tags, too, in place of a second Category, but the only mention of Tags on the shortcodes page relates to Related Listings, which doesn’t seem relevant.

    Any suggestions?

    April 20, 2016 at 5:23 pm #167067

    Paolo
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    With the GD Listings shortcode you can add as many category ids as you want: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs/core-shortcodes/#listings

    You just need to separate them with a comma.

    Let me know if I misunderstood your question.

    Thanks

    April 21, 2016 at 1:55 pm #167987

    CHRISTOPHER MACKAY
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    Hi, Paolo,

    Thanks for your reply.

    Sorry; I think I explained poorly.

    What this is returning is everything from 2 Categories.

    I only want the overlap of things that are in *both* Categories.

    I would think that “everything that’s in Category A if it’s also listed in Category (or Tag) B” would be closer to what I need.

    Is there no way to use Tags? (If not, I am confused as to why they are they there. Are they included as a generic WordPress taxonomy that’s not specifically addressed by the GeoDirectory plug-in?)

    April 21, 2016 at 9:07 pm #168289

    Paolo
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    Hi,

    no that is not possible. Tags isn’t a parameter for the shortcodes because nobody ever requested it.

    If you request here: https://wpgeodirectory.com/requests/ and many other members vote for it, we will difinitely consider adding it.

    Thanks

    April 21, 2016 at 9:15 pm #168292

    CHRISTOPHER MACKAY
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    Post count: 37

    Thanks for the reply.

    Promises of “maybe, later” are of no use to me today when I have a site to finish.

    Setting aside tags, then, is there really no way to do something this basic using GeoDirectory?

    April 21, 2016 at 9:21 pm #168293

    Paolo
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    Hi,

    I’m sorry to disappoint you.

    Personally I’ve never seen a shortcode with such parameters.

    Thanks

    April 22, 2016 at 7:53 pm #168969

    CHRISTOPHER MACKAY
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    I can’t believe that there isn’t a shortcode that can do boolean intersection. This is what databases are *for*.

    April 23, 2016 at 12:32 am #169117

    Paolo
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    I didn’t say it is not possible, it is not available because in 2 years nobody ever requested something similar, nor we saw the necessity.

    As I said, I’ve never seen a plugin offering shortcodes with such parameters, so it must be something not many people really need.

    Thanks

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