[Support request] Template for custom post types is not working

Hi there,

Thanks for the heads up, I just updated the article.

Let us know if you have any other questions 🙂

Hi there,

so are you not wanting a content-mycpt.php ?

So GP does handle that.
You have the Single template, which contains the Loop and the stuff outside the loop, e.g Header , Footer and other hooks.
Then the Content template which is litterally just the container for your post content.

I am not sure what the issue is. Can you explain a little on what you want to achieve ?

Ah ok. To cover:

generate_do_template_part is a function we implemented so you could hook in your own templates without the need for child themes. It’s what we use for the Block Element – Content Template.

You can see the function here:

https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/adfe090929b0515cdf894f4c6b722cfe8c0790dc/inc/theme-functions.php#L553

if the $template matches the core templates it returns a get_template_part callback.
It also has its own before > generate_before_do_template_part and after > generate_after_do_template_part hooks.

And the latter one is where we call the comments template:

https://github.com/tomusborne/generatepress/blob/adfe090929b0515cdf894f4c6b722cfe8c0790dc/inc/structure/comments.php#L192

So this does introduce choices.

You can either:

1. The traditional child theme methods and use get_template_part( 'content', 'winery' );
You will need to hook in the <?php generate_do_comments_template('single'); ?> in your content template.

2. Use the generate_do_template_part callback, and then you can do something like this:

// Disable the core template part
add_filter( 'generate_do_template_part', function( $do ) {
    if ( is_singular('winery') ) {
        return false;
    }
    return $do;
} );

// Hook in your own template.
add_action( 'generate_before_do_template_part', function() {
    if ( is_singular('winery') ) {
        get_template_part( 'content', 'winery' );
    }
} );

The latter method, probably makes more sense if you want to use the Block Element – Content template or take advantage of the extra GP hooks

So you did this:

2. In my child theme I copied over single.php and content-single.php

3. I renamed the two files single-winery.php and content-winery.php

At that point you would still have the original generate_do_template_part( 'single' ); in your single-winery template.
You can leave that as is.

And then the code i provided you add to your functions.php.

You’re welcome – thanks for your patience. Its something we need to make a little clearer 🙂