Bill Erickson

Member Since: August 21st, 2008
Location: Georgetown, TX
Website: billerickson.net
Job Title: WordPress Developer
Employer: Erickson Web Consulting
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Bio

I’m a WordPress Developer, an entrepreneur, a husband, a father, an avid reader, and a winemaker living in Georgetown, TX.

For twelve years I have been building custom WordPress websites for businesses and individuals. I specialize in crafting easy-to-use backend experiences so my clients can easily manage their own website. I often work with attorneys, publishers, and nonprofits.

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Committed [2267526] to Plugins Trac:
update stable tag

5 days ago
Posted a reply to Post Type Attachment How To Display Image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry but this plugin does not support displaying the image for attachments. You could…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Feature Image Link, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
While this plugin does not support linking the image to external urls as-is, there are…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Add Read More button…? Take Two, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Sorry about that, just responded: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-read-more-button-3/#post-12566513 Let's keep it to one thread. Closing this one.

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Add Read More button…?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The excerpt_more parameter will only work if there's an excerpt included. You would need to…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Parameters not working after first 10 posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The default query settings are: - order = date - order = DESC When you…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Custom Post and Category Not Working, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you sure the 'category' taxonomy has been added to your custom post type? My…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Exclude current post?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
And yes, this does work for pages. The default post type is 'post', but you…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Exclude current post?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use the exclude_current parameter for that: [display-posts category="cats" exclude_current="true"]

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Random order by default?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Any attributes you type into the shortcode could be added to that function as a…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to display_posts_shortcode_post_class, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
display_posts_shortcode_post_class is a PHP filter, not a shortcode parameter. It is not added to the…

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Random order by default?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Here's a tutorial on customizing the default attributes: https://displayposts.com/2019/01/04/change-default-attributes/ Thanks

1 week ago
Posted a reply to Display post in tabs, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
This plugin does not load any JavaScript. It sounds like your theme is using JavaScript…

4 weeks ago
Committed [2254313] to Plugins Trac:
update to version 1.5

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to display post doesn’t work at more than 10 posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry for the confusion. You do not need to use the shortcode twice on…

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to Add Read More button…?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try this: [display-posts include_excerpt="true" excerpt_more="READ MORE" excerpt_more_link="true"]

4 weeks ago
Posted a reply to formatting post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I'm sorry, you're right, the parameter is image_size, not include_image. It's been a while since…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to formatting post text, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
If you set a featured image when creating your post, you can include that in…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Using plugin for native searches, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Display Posts does not affect the standard WordPress site search. You might check with Events…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to Taxonomy: Include two categories AND exclude one, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Display Posts has support for multiple taxonomy queries, which might work for you. Use the…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to how to display post source?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
How are you getting the content from the feeds to posts on your site? Maybe…

1 month ago
Posted a reply to List not displaying more than 10 posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Have you used the posts_per_page parameter to customize how many are displayed? By default it…

1 month ago
Committed [2239062] to Plugins Trac:
update tested to number

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Feature request: alternative alt tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately no, that wouldn't work. You're using a genesis filter to modify a Genesis function,…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Feature request: alternative alt tag, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Display Posts uses the standard WordPress core function for displaying the image. If you would…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to [display-posts] works sometimes and doesnt show more than 10, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It sounds like your theme or plugin is overriding the query parameters. Here's a tutorial…

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Display tags names, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use [display-posts category_display="post_tag"] For more information, see: https://displayposts.com/2019/01/08/include-the-post-categories-in-the-listing/

2 months ago
Posted a reply to Show last 30 days, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Try [display-posts date_query_after="30 days ago"]

2 months ago
Posted a reply to How to modify pagination URL for SEO?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
There's two different types of queries in WordPress. The "main" query is the primary content…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to how to show the Category “see all” button, use the Parameters?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately this plugin does not include an option to display a "See all" button linking…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Put 3 posts on top and rest orderby title, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I recommend using two separate shortcodes for that. For the main three, list their post…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to show woocommerce posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
It sounds like either a theme or plugin conflict. Something is filtering queries that use…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Add table to valid wrapper values and use partials to generate table rows, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately no, the list of approved values is hardcoded to ul, ol, and div (see…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Conditional display of post metafields, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
I think the simplest approach would be to add unique classes to the individual listing…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Shortcode Using Doubt, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately no, this plugin does not work that way. It does queries independent of the…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Future status will give 404, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
WordPress core does not allow future dated content to be visible to logged out users.…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to How to modify pagination URL for SEO?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately no, the paginated URL cannot be changed. It is built specifically this way so…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Support for this plugin, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Unfortunately I cannot promise timely responses to support requests. I only go through the support…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Totally different number for shared counts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
When editing a page, look in the right column for the Shared Counts metabox. It…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Using partials to display featured image, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Are you defining $attachment_id anywhere? That's probably your issue. Change $attachment_id to get_post_thumbnail_id(). Ex: echo…

3 months ago
Posted a reply to Scheduled posts not visible at time using w3tc, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The issue is your caching plugin is not aware that the page with the shortcode…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Format like standard WordPress Post, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Display Posts does not include any styling built-in, so you can customize the look with…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Can you use this to display Custom Post Types?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you can! You can use the post_type parameter to display a custom post type.…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to orderby only accepts 1 arg in filter shortcode_atts_display-posts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You're correct, the orderby parameter only accepts a single value. This is where the orderby…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Allow users to filter results by category, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The best way to implement category filtering is using FacetWP. Here's a tutorial on using…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to shortcode change?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
You can use the category_display parameter to display custom taxonomies as well. [display-posts category_display="true"] -…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Totally different number for shared counts, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The most likely issue is that one of the two service APIs were down when…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Share buttons bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The API is only queried when (a) the share button is shown for that page,…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Share buttons bug, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
The sharing URL is the same, but the social count is different. "Facebook" shows the…

4 months ago
Posted a reply to Offset Parameter?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Yes, you can use the offset parameter. Ex: [display-posts posts_per_page="1"] [display-posts posts_per_page="1" offset="1"] [display-posts posts_per_page="1"…

5 months ago