Using blogs for products instead of pages

[kslaught]

Hi! I am new to this plugin. thought I would try using blogs. That way, I thought I could organize my site by wordpress categories. So I created a wp category, then add the post to it, and added the short code to the post to display all PRODUCTS within a PRODUCT category (I created two product categories. . When I go directly to the post I see the products. When I click on the category on the sidebar I get text instead.

Can you not use WP blogs and categories? Should I stick to a static page design? I hope this is clear enough, and really appreciate any feedback. Thanks!!

[kslaught]

I figured out it is because of excerpts. It goes to the excerpt first. I wonder if there is a way to bypass that? I can always create an excerpt, but that’s an extra mouse click for the customer.

[amin007]

Shortcodes in excerpts don’t get filtered (it actually depends on how the theme is doing the excerpt). The proper way is to add excerpt to the post when you write the post if your theme is using excerpt. Can you please post the exact shortcode you are using (there are a few variations that can show all products from the category)?

[kslaught]

[wp_eStore_category_products:category_id:1:end]

I did not put the short code in the excerpt, only in the post.

[kslaught]

I’m going to go in a different direction, with a different theme, so let’s close this out. I love the plugin – I got it working in one day and have practically no experience. Thanks!!!

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