Category shortcode not showing pdf’s

Hi @lauyen ,

Make sure you have added the PDF source to the flipbooks. They are currently blank.

Best Regards,
Deip

@deip thanks for replying. Yes I’ve uploaded all the PDF files and linked them to their category.

@lauyen , @iamnocremile Are the individual shortcodes for those working?

@deip, yes they are. I just updated my test page with some individual PDF’s that should appear in the categories.

@lauyen , Now try adding these books with post id 114, 123 to the category 2007 or 2008 and see if the category is still working.

@deip They are already in those categories

@lauyen If they are already in the categories, yet not showing them. Then we may need to look into your WordPress admin area.

We also suggest removing all other PDF from the 2007 categories and only adding these two PDFs in the 2007 category to check if they are working.

You can contact us through https://dearhive.com/contact-us/ for private messages.

@deip Hm, there is something in the background.

Now I updated the plugin from 1.7.5.1 to 1.7.6.1, and magic happened, category shortcode works for the 4 books. Ok, there is another (empty) category, so let’s test it.

I have 4 books (with PDF source). Now 2 books (3, 4) in category A, and 2 books (1, 2) in category B. Category shortcode works with category A, but not works with category B, after category setting changed on 2 books.

For testing purpose, I disabled all plugins (except DearFlip), and changed the theme to another, but nothing happened. After that, I disabled post revision feature (via wp_config) and deleted revisions (from wp_posts table), but nothing happend. Finally I changed category settings on all books, and now book 1, 3 are in category A, and 2, 4 are in category B. Category A shortcode still working, but category B shortcode not changed, shows one empty book cover.

Is there a cache method in the background?

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@iamnocremile my plugin was already updated but I didn’t get any magic ??

@lauyen, @deip Got it! Category slug must start with a letter.

@iamnocremile That’s is a great find. We will look into it further and see if this is our plugin limitation or WordPress limitation. If yo have any researched material that you had been to, please share them – it would be of great help.

Have a good day,
Deip

@deip In inc/shortcode.php this part is the key:

if ( $ismulti ) {
  $limit = isset( $attr['limit'] ) ? (int) $attr['limit'] : 5;
  $ids   = array();
  $books = explode( ',', $atts['books'] );
  foreach ( (array) $books as $query ) {
    $query = trim( $query );
    if ( is_numeric( $query ) ) {
      array_push( $ids, $query );
    } else {...}

Because of is_numeric( $query ) condition, we can use books=”id” to show a single book, or books=”id1, id2, id3, …” to show some books. If category slug is a number, for example a year (what I used), the plugin interpret as book id.

Suggested solution: for category shortcode change attribute books to category.

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