To display listings of a specific category or type, or status, please use "term ID" attribute. For example,
[es_my_listing es_category="249"] - where 249 is ID of this category.
The same steps with other terms:
[es_my_listing es_status="status ID"]
[es_my_listing es_type="type ID"]
[es_my_listing es_label="label ID"]
