[Plugin: List Related Attachments] Shortcode not working in archive view

in php, you will want to use do_shortcode

Baden, thanks for the suggestion. I also tried that but the shortcode doesn’t work with just the “Execute PHP on the hook?” checked. Nothing shows up. Am I missing something in my code?

<?php if (is_archive(‘rides’)) {
echo do_shortcode(‘[list-related-attach]’);
} ?>

Tlkativ,

You might want to brush up on your is_archive function:

is_archive() does not accept any parameters. If you want to check if this is the archive of a custom post type, use is_post_type_archive( $post_type )

So… what is ‘rides’ exactly? Is it a post type? A page slug?

Step 1: get this to work:

if (is_archive()) {
     echo 'Hey Dude';
}

Step 2. Once the above works, then just echo the do_shortcode as you posted above:

if (is_archive()) {
     echo do_shortcode('[list-related-attach]');
}

Hope this helps get you squared away.

Baden,

Thanks again. The ‘Hey Dude’ showed up perfectly (as expected), but as soon as I swapped in the shortcode, the code disappeared. ‘Rides’ is a custom post type but I am trying to get the attachments to show on a category archive page as you guessed. The post_type_archive call gave me the same results.

It seems like the Simple Hooks doesn’t recognize both php and shortcodes in the same field area. Is there something I can add to my functions.php file to help this along?

Sounds like an issue with Simple Hooks not dealing with do_shortcode. OK, then try this:

<?php
if (is_archive()) {
?>
     [list-related-attach]
<?php
}
?>

Baden,

That code above was what I started with and it didn’t work. However, after exploring the issue a little more, I noticed that the shortcode was working on certain archive pages and not on others. So, if I find out why that is I will post an update here. Thanks for your help.