When using [display-posts taxonomy=...] twice on a page, only the first shortcode is rendered

[dnaaun]

When using [display-posts taxonomy=...] twice on a page, only the first shortcode is rendered

[billerickson]

You need to wrap the shortcode settings in quotes for the shortcode to work. Try using this instead:

[display-posts taxonomy="content-type" tax_term="project"  taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]
<p> Some html ...... </p>
[display-posts taxonomy="content-type" tax_term="publication"  wrapper="ol" content_class="aligncenter" include_title="false" include_content="true" taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]

[dnaaun]

Hi @billerickson , I appreciate very much the support!

I tried out wrapping the shortcode settings in quotes. But that is apparently not the issue, because it still doesn't work.

Even more interestingly, putting down the exact same shortcode settings twice works perfectly fine! This makes me think that this is more related to how the query is being constructed. To demonstrate, both A and B work just fine, but C(the original example) doesn't work.

A

[display-posts taxonomy="content-type" tax_term="project"  taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]
<p> Some html ...... </p>
[display-posts taxonomy="content-type" tax_term="project"  taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]

B

[display-posts taxonomy="content-type" tax_term="publication"  wrapper="ol" content_class="aligncenter" include_title="false" include_content="true" taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]
<p> Some html ...... </p>
[display-posts taxonomy="content-type" tax_term="publication"  wrapper="ol" content_class="aligncenter" include_title="false" include_content="true" taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]

C

[display-posts taxonomy="content-type" tax_term="project"  taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]
<p> Some html ...... </p>
[display-posts taxonomy="content-type" tax_term="publication"  wrapper="ol" content_class="aligncenter" include_title="false" include_content="true" taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]

[billerickson]

That's really strange. It sounds like something may be interfering with the queries.

I recommend you try the Health Check plugin so you can view the page with only Display Posts active for your user. More information: https://displayposts.com/2019/04/20/using-health-check-plugin-to-find-theme-and-plugin-conflicts/

[dnaaun]

Thanks again @billerickson . The issue is, I'm working on a Multisite platform with limited access to one site. This means I cannot install any plugins.
The only way I can see myself debugging further is to spin up a Wordpress installation of my own, install DPS, install a taxonomy plugin, add some taxonomies, and try to recreate the scenario above. I'll do that tomorrow and let you know.

[dnaaun]

You were right. On a clean install of wordpress and a custom type/taxonomy plugin, using DPS twice on a page works just fine. I'll take it up with IT. Thanks!

To be complete, this was what did work on a clean install of Wordpress(note how I had to specify the post type):

[display-posts post_type="page" taxonomy="content_type" tax_term="project" taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]

<p> some html ... </p>

[display-posts post_type="post" taxonomy="content_type" tax_term="publication" wrapper="ol" content_class="aligncenter" include_title="false" include_content="true" taxonomy_2="investigator" tax_2_term="john-doe"]