My shortcode does not call the function

Question

I'm trying to make a shortcode with two parameters $number_posts and $category_name.

The shortcode is calling another function named bg_make_post_grid that uses those parameters as variables.

I added wp_die() to the function to see if it was being called, and it does not kill WordPress so I don't think the function is being called.

What am I doing wrong?

// Add Shortcode
add_shortcode( 'bg_recent_post_grid', 'bg_recent_post_grid_shortcode' );
function bg_recent_post_grid_shortcode( $atts ) {

    // Attributes
    $atts = shortcode_atts(
        array(
            'category_name' => 'uncategorized',
            'number_posts' => '1',
        ), $atts );

    return bg_make_post_grid ( $atts['number_posts'], $atts['category_name'] );

}


function bg_make_post_grid ( $number_posts, $category_name ) {

    $args = array(
        'numberposts' => $number_posts,
        'category' => $category_name,
        'orderby' => 'post_date',
        'order' => 'DESC',
        'post_type' => 'post',
    );

    $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );

    wp_die();

}

Answer 1

Please replace the old code with below code it will show you that it's working

add_shortcode( 'bg_recent_post_grid', 'bg_recent_post_grid_shortcode' );
function bg_recent_post_grid_shortcode( $atts ) {

    // Attributes
    $atts = shortcode_atts(
        array(
            'category_name' => 'uncategorized',
            'number_posts' => '1',
        ), $atts );

    return bg_make_post_grid ( $atts['number_posts'], $atts['category_name'] );

}


function bg_make_post_grid ( $number_posts, $category_name ) {

    $args = array(
        'numberposts' => $number_posts,
        'category' => $category_name,
        'orderby' => 'post_date',
        'order' => 'DESC',
        'post_type' => 'post',
    );

    $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts( $args );
    print_r( $recent_posts); die;

} 
 echo do_shortcode('[bg_recent_post_grid]');