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Make Archives.php Include Custom Post Types

Archives.php only shows content of type 'post', but you can alter it to include custom post types. Add this filter to your functions.php file:

function namespace_add_custom_types( $query ) {
  if( is_category() || is_tag() && empty( $query->query_vars['suppress_filters'] ) ) {
    $query->set( 'post_type', array(
     'post', 'your-custom-post-type-here'
		));
	  return $query;
	}
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'namespace_add_custom_types' );

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  1. Karim

    Can I make the search to include custom posts too in the results?

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    • Rui

      Yes.

      Put this in your functions.php

      // Define what post types to search
function searchAll( $query ) {
	if ( $query->is_search ) {
		$query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'page', 'feed', 'custom_post_type1', 'custom_post_type2'));
	}
	return $query;
}

// The hook needed to search ALL content
add_filter( 'the_search_query', 'searchAll' );

      I also assume you already added ‘publicly_queryable’ => true, to the $args array of your CPT.

      hope it helps

  2. Mohit Kumar

    I am having issues in using this snippet. It gives me white screen of depth. I tried on wordpress forums too. But cant get to display custom post types in archives

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  3. Jonathan

    Thanks for posting this! It worked a treat.

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  4. alamedagraphik

    thanks for this code snippets to archived the custom post type.
    In the past i used a pluggin (“Simple custom post type archives”) to archive the custom post type and in my theme i had to use a file to display all custom posts type archive.
    but now it’s more simple!
    thank you again

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  5. Cav

    Can you give a slight bit more detail like…

    How does it know to only do this on the archives page? etc….

    Its a short snippet so I don’t think it would be much trouble. Thanks in advance.

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  6. David

    Solved that problem – getting custom post types to display in an archive page – however mega menu goes blank, some images not displaying on welcome page, welcome page slider menu/nav is not working…

    WP3.2.1, Magazinum Theme, Design Chemical Mega Menu, Custom Post Types UI

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  7. Imran Hunzai

    Thanks but I don’t think this addition to functions.php file will really altar to include custom post types. I agree with Cav. There must be a detailed tutorial.

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  8. cudjex

    thanks..

    i did it :)

    if( is_home() || is_tag() && empty( $query->query_vars['suppress_filters'] ) )

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  9. Jon B

    Also include ‘nav_menu_item’ if you don’t want your menus to disappear!

    function namespace_add_custom_types( $query ) {
  if( is_category() || is_tag() && empty( $query->query_vars['suppress_filters'] ) ) {
    $query->set( 'post_type', array(
     'post', 'nav_menu_item', 'your-custom-post-type-here'
		));
	  return $query;
	}
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'namespace_add_custom_types' );
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  10. Marcus J Wilson

    Thanks for the menu tip, Jon B – just what I was looking for.

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  11. Sangsaka

    I have 1 CPT called as “product”. This CPT has unique format/design ( not like regular wordpress posts ) but has same capability ( tags and categories). How can I separate this custom post type in homepage, archive, etc. ???

    Thanks, :)

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  12. Iryna

    Love it! Worked like a charm.
    Thanks guys!

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  13. Ana

    with suppress filters you can affect also the attachment pages

    A possible solution
    function my_get_posts( $query ) {
    if(!is_admin() || is_archive()){
    if (!is_post_type_archive() && $query->is_main_query() )
    $query->set( ‘post_type’, array( ‘post’, ‘page’, ‘post-format’, ‘video’, ‘slideshow’, ‘timeline’ ) );

    return $query;
    }
    }
    !is_admin – without this are affected also the searches in admin pages.
    A demo here:
    http://www.zurita-bach.com/
    At this moment I have only timeline as custom post

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  14. Ana

    Replace $query->$query->is_main_query()
    with $query->is_archive()

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  15. Riss

    Thanks Jon B you are the boss!

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  16. alvar

    I’ve found that this creates a problem querying a post_type and a cat.

    You can see this in the backend by visiting a category list for a custom post type:
    Click the Category menu item in a custom type, then click the number to see the posts in that cat.
    wp-admin/edit.php?category_name=some_cat&post_type=some_type

    You’ll see the posts displayed seem to be every type BUT the queried one.
    Even with Ana’s solution that is supposedly excluding admin.

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  17. Ana

    Hi alvar my final solution
    add_filter( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘my_get_posts’ );

    function my_get_posts( $query ) {
    if(!is_admin()){
    if (!is_post_type_archive() && $query->is_archive())
    $query->set( ‘post_type’, array( ‘post’, ‘page’, ‘post-format’, ‘video’, ‘slideshow’, ‘timeline’ ) );

    return $query;
    }
    }

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