tactics

<?php if ( $related_posts ) : ?>
<ul>
  <?php foreach ( $related_posts as $post ) :
		setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
  <li>
    <?php the_post_thumbnail('thumbnail'); ?>
    <h4>
      <?php if ( get_the_title() ) the_title(); else the_ID(); ?>
    </h4>
    <?php the_excerpt(); ?>
    <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>">Read More</a> </li>
  <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php else : ?>
<p>
  <?php _e( 'No related posts found', 'related-posts-by-taxonomy' ); ?>
</p>
<?php endif ?>
<?php

I’m not manually creating an excerpt. These are the excerpts that wordpress automatically generates from the first few words in the post.

Yep. Scroll down to the bottom of the page. The first post has one, the second has four, the last one has none. Completely random…

https://violetweddings.com/wedding-styles/classic-fifth-avenue/

Note: should be “nbsp” between the quotes above

OK, I finally figured it out. Here it is:

<?php
$args = array(
‘post_type’ => array( ‘wedding-styles’ ),
‘order’ => ‘asc’,
‘orderby’ => ‘title’,
‘posts_per_page’ => -1
);

$loop = new WP_Query( $args );?>
<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();?>

I finally figured it out:

<?php
$args = array(
‘post_type’ => array( ‘wedding-styles’ ),
‘order’ => ‘asc’,
‘orderby’ => ‘title’,
‘posts_per_page’ => -1
);

$loop = new WP_Query( $args );?>
<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();?>

Anybody? I’ve been trying to figure this out for three days with no luck. There has to be SOME way to display custom posts types in more than one archive page.

Yes. I already have a custom post type template for my wedding-styles category, and it is successfully displaying the posts from that category. The code I pasted above is in another template called “archive-wedding-stationery.php”. I want it to show the same posts, just in a different format.

Thanks Michael, here’s what I’ve done:

1. I registered a new custom post type called “products” using the CPT UI
2. I created a new archive template called “archive-products.php” and uploaded it
3. I added the following code to that newly created template:

if(have_posts()) : ?>

<div id="archive-wrap" class="clearfix">
<div id="archive-entries-wrap" class="clearfix">

    <div class="grid-loader"><i class="icon-spinner icon-spin"></i></div>
    <?php
$args = array(
	'tax_query' => array(
		array(
			'post_type' => 'cars'
		)
	)
);
$postslist = get_posts( $args );
?>
      <?php
                if (have_posts()) {
                    while (have_posts()) {
                        the_post( );
                        $format = get_post_format();
                        if ( false === $format ) $format = 'standard';
                        wpex_hook_entry_before(); ?>

But it’s not working. What am I doing wrong?

My goof, you’re right, that works. Thanks Michael.

Thanks, but that’s not quite what I’m after. What I want is two different custom post type archives, that contain the same posts. So let’s say I have a custom post type category of “cars”, and in it I’ve created a corvette post, and a porsche post. I also have a custom post type category called “products”. I want the posts to appear in both category archive pages. Make sense?

I ended up just doing the child theme and adding the thumbnail to the excerpt template in that. Works fine. Thanks!

Nope, doesn’t work. But thanks.

Thanks Josh.

Thanks. I found one that does it: https://www.designsandcode.com/wordpress-plugins/search-filter-pro/