I reworked my code to look like this and everything is working so far!
<?php
/**
* Shortcode: [deptlist department=""]
* Description: This is how stuff works with parameters
*/
function dept_option($atts){
extract(shortcode_atts( array(
'department' => 'Legal Studies',
), $atts ));
$myfinalcode = '"' . $department . '"';
$args1 = array(
'meta_key' => 'last_name',
'orderby' => 'meta_value',
'order' => 'ASC',
'exclude' => array(1,8,9),
'meta_query' => array(
'relation' => 'AND',
'department' => array(
'key' => 'department',
'value' => $myfinalcode,
'compare' => 'LIKE',
),
)
);
$subscribers = get_users($args1);
echo '<ul>';
foreach ($subscribers as $user) {
echo '<li>' . $user->display_name.' ['.$user->phone_number . ']</li>';
}
echo '</ul>';
// ENDING ROW
}
add_shortcode( 'deptlist', 'dept_option' );
?>
