Can you paginate my custom post loop? WordPress
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We have a custom post type loop for a client's project. This portfolio CPT needs to display X number of posts per loop. The number will change depending upon which version of the portfolio template the client is using.
I am looking for a finished and tested solution that does not involve a plugin. The number of posts displayed at one time should be defined via theme option function; the format we use is included.
Thanks guys!
Current loop
<?php query_posts(array('post_type' => array('portfolio', 'orderby'=> 'menu_order'))); if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
--posts--
<?php endwhile; ?>
<nav>
<div><?php next_posts_link('« Older Entries') ?></div>
<div><?php previous_posts_link('Newer Entries »') ?></div>
</nav>
<?php endif; ?>
Theme option format
$settings['shortname_option_name']
Answers (2)
Maor Barazany answers:
Currently you can't paginate a custom post type without a plugin if you use permalinks.
Only if you use the WP default, you can paginate.
That is a known issue on WP3.0 and 3.0.1, they just didn't create a them hierarchy file for custom posts type, and thus all of these issues.
I think I saw in WP Dev blog that they intend to extend the template hierarchy in WP3.1 to include also file for custom-post-type's archive page, and then it will be simple as having pagination to any other posts archives.
Till 3.1, the [[LINK href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-custom-post-type-archives/"]]Simple Custom Post Type Archives[[/LINK]] just do the job of having this template file hierarchy enabled and doing the correct rewrites that should be done for this to work.
After activating it, create a template file to show your "archive" custom-post-type.
Take the archive.php (or index.php etc) from your theme, duplicate it and rename the file name to <strong>type-slug.php</strong>, Where <strong>slug </strong>is the value you gave as slug parameter when you registered your post type:
'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'news'),
i.e. if the slug is news, the filename would be type-news.php
Then, in the php file you created, find the loop (the line that starts with
if (have_posts()) : ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post();
and just before it add this line:
query_posts('posts_per_page=10&paged='.$paged.'&post_type=news');
Of course, put your post type name you really have, and change the posts_per_page you want. If you want the number of posts per page to be dynamic via your option page, just call it and assign it's value:
$per_page = $settings['shortname_option_name'];
query_posts('posts_per_page='.$per_page.'&paged='.$paged.'&post_type=news');
Oleg Butuzov answers:
yes why not.
what is page name (page slug ) that you had attache this post type query loop?