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realph

How can I get a custom post type I've setup to appear in the loop on my homepage, alongside my posts? I've got my custom post type acting as a post.

functions.php add_action('init', 'portfolio_register');

function portfolio_register() {

$labels = array(
  'name' => _x('My Portfolio', 'post type general name'),
  'singular_name' => _x('Portfolio Item', 'post type singular name'),
  'add_new' => _x('Add New', 'portfolio item'),
  'add_new_item' => __('Add New Portfolio Item'),
  'edit_item' => __('Edit Portfolio Item'),
  'new_item' => __('New Portfolio Item'),
  'view_item' => __('View Portfolio Item'),
  'search_items' => __('Search Portfolio'),
  'not_found' =>  __('Nothing found'),
  'not_found_in_trash' => __('Nothing found in Trash'),
  'parent_item_colon' => ''
);

$args = array(
  'labels' => $labels,
  'public' => true,
  'publicly_queryable' => true,
  'show_ui' => true,
  'query_var' => true,
  'menu_icon' => get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/article16.png',
  'rewrite' => true,
  'capability_type' => 'post',
  'hierarchical' => false,
  'menu_position' => null,
  'supports' => array('title','editor','thumbnail')
  ); 

register_post_type( 'portfolio' , $args );
  }

My post loop begins like this:

// If there's some posts, let's go get them
          if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();             

      // If a post background has been provided... let's go get it.
      if(get_field('sst_background_photo')) :

AndyHowells

When you say "alongside" do you mean, literally to the side of, like in a sidebar/separate module? Or do you want them to appear mixed in with other post types?

realph

@andy_unleash Sorry, I mean mixed within the normal posts on the homepage.

realph

So, I think I managed to do it. I added this before if(have_posts()):

// query the posts of your custom post types
          query_posts( array( 
              'post_type' => array(
                    'post',
                    'name-of-custom-post-type',
                  ),
                  'paged' => $paged ) // for paging links to work
                );

AndyHowells

You may want to use WP_Query, when I did codeboxers over Christmas I ran into trouble with pagination.

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