WordPress FAQ Plugin (CMFAQ) - Shortcodes

FAQ Shortcodes

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This user guide covers shortcodes available in the WordPress FAQ plugin.

FAQ With All Categories

To display FAQ with all categories use the shortcode [cm_faq]

• To show only selected lists, use the list  parameter with name or slug of the list

  [cm_faq list="general-wordpress,general-magento"]

  

All Questions

Use  [cm_faq_all]  to display a list with all questions. You can further customize this list with parameters.

Parameters

1. Show only questions from selected categories - use category  with name or slug or list of names or slugs of the categories

   [cm_faq_all category="WordPress,technology"]

   

2. Order displayed questions - use the orderby  parameter with voting or title value to order by voting or question title

   Example: 

   [cm_faq_all orderby="title"]

   

   [cm_faq_all orderby="voting"]

   

3. Limit the number of displayed questions - use number=x . By default, there's no limit.

   [cm_faq_all number="10"]

   

4. To enable or disable accordion view - use accordion attribute with 0 or 1 value to specify the accordion appearance of QA list items.

   If set active (1), it can overwrite general appearance settings and is configured via tab option Appearance > Accordion. You can choose separate icons for collapsed and expanded view and change the icon size.

   More information can be found here.

   [cm_faq_all accordion="0"]

   

   [cm_faq_all accordion="1"]

   

Example With All Parameters

[cm_faq_all category="Technology" orderby="title" number="3" accordion="1"]

Show Questions List From the Same Category

You can display the list of questions of the same category on the question page. It can be done using the shortcode[cm_faq_same_category_questions]

You can either add this shortcode to every question page, or to make it easier, you can place the shortcode as a widget to the sidebar. The list of related questions will be displayed only on the question pages. It will show only relevant questions from categories that the current question belongs to.

[cm_faq_same_category_questions]

Parameters

• Order displayed questions - use the orderby  parameter to sort the questions by one of the following parameters:
  • date - order by question publish date (default).
  • voting - order by question voting.
  • title - order by question title.
  • modified - order by question modify date.
  • menu_order - order by Order field of question post.
  • rand - random order.

[cm_faq_same_category_questions orderby="title"]

• Order direction - use the order  parameter to define the direction of sorting - either ascending (the value "asc") or descending (the value "desc"). The default order direction is ascending if used with orderby="title" , otherwise the default order direction is descending.

[cm_faq_same_category_questions orderby="title" order="desc"]

• Limit the number of displayed questions - use the number  parameter to limit the amount of displayed questions.

[cm_faq_same_category_questions orderby="rand" number="3"]

TIP

The title above the questions list can be change in the Plugin Labels settings.

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