horizondml

For anyone interested, this I what I ended up using

//make news page use archive template
add_filter('template_include', 'force_news_use_archive_template');
function force_news_use_archive_template($init) {
	global $post;
	if ($post->post_type == 'post' && !is_single()) {
		return dirname( __FILE__ ).'/archive.php';
	}
	return $init;
}

You still need a “dummy” page to display the posts in, which is not particularly intuitive, but this seems to be the best workaround.

Now if you visit mydomain.com/dummy_page you see the “posts” archive

I’m looking too – any joy??!