WP shortcode is ignoring passed value

Question

WP_Query in shortcode ignoring passed value

Been trying to get this to work for hours. No matter what I do WP uses the default value and ignores values passed into the function.

// Add Shortcode
function ima_featured_member( $atts ) {

    // Attributes
    $attributes = shortcode_atts(
        array(
            'numb' => '1',
        ),
        $atts,
        'featured'
    );

    $dirloop = new WP_Query( array( 
            'post_type' => 'member', 
            'post_status' => 'publish',
            'posts_per_page' => $attributes['numb'],
            'orderby' => 'title',
            'order' => 'ASC',
            'meta_query' => array (
                'relation' => 'AND',
               array (
                    'key'   => 'elc_member_featured',   
                    'value'  => '1',
                    'compare' => '=='
                )
            )
        ));

        if ($dirloop->have_posts())
        {
            $output = "\n";
            while ( $dirloop->have_posts() ) : $dirloop->the_post(); 

                    $output .= ''.get_the_title().'';

             endwhile;
            $output .= "\n";
        } 
        else
        { 
            $output = "nothing";
        }
        wp_reset_postdata();

        return $output;

}
add_shortcode( 'featured', 'ima_featured_member' );

[featured = '2'] doesn't pass. No errors, no warnings, just doesn't work. Any help or insite is much appreciated.

Answer 1

The shortcode_atts portion of the function seems fine.

But the correct way to call the shortcode with the parameter numb being 2 would be:

[featured numb='2']

and not

[featured = '2']