How to get display-posts to work with tags with spaces? [display-posts tag="tag with spaces&quo

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  jwsmarvin · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 7:50 am

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  When I try to use [display-posts tag="any tag with spaces"], nothing comes up. I tried replacing the spaces with %20 and  , but I still get nothing.

  Many of my tags have spaces. What’s the workaround?

  thanks,
  John

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 5:10 am

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  Hey John,

  I took a look at your site (http://dreadunicorngames.com/) and I see tags with spaces displayed on your posts.

  Could you explain your goal to me, and I maybe able to help further?

  Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much.

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  jwsmarvin · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 6:14 am

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  Thanks.

  Tags with spaces work as tags. When I use those tags with the [display-posts tag=""] shortcode they fail.

  Check out: http://dreadunicorngames.com/look/

  When using the tags “13th Age” and “The Sun Below”, the shortcode returns nothing. Both should return multiple posts.

  Thanks!

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 5:55 pm

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  Hey John,

  Thanks for the explanation. Very helpful. I see the trouble you’re having. You are using the the Tag’s title, rather than the actual slug.

  Your shortcode should read [display-posts tag="the-sun-below"]

  You’ll find the slug names for your Tags here (in the Slug column):
  https://dreadunicorngames.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag&paged=2

  I hope this helps! If you have any other concerns, drop me a note. Thanks much!

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  jwsmarvin · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 8:18 pm

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  Perfect! Thank you so much!

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 9:03 pm

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  My pleasure, John! Have a lovely day and happy blogging :)