[Resolved] Custom post type archive slightly different from standard post type archive

[mkjj]

I’ve created a custom post type. Everything works fine with one exception: The archive page looks slightly different, and the images are larger. I checked the source code and found out that the standard archive page has an additional DIV with a class “generate-columns-container”, which can’t be found in the source code of the custom post type archive. I don’t use a custom archive template. Any ideas where this comes from?

[Leo]

Hi there,

Any chance you can link us to the site in question?

You can use the private information field.

Let me know 🙂

[mkjj]

Yeah, no problem. This is the standard blog page:

https://walterluebeck.com/blog/

This is the custom post type archive page, that is still in development. The images have the same size like the standard post images (500x334px):

https://walterluebeck.com/videos/

The images appear larger. The reason is that a DIV having a left margin is missing. I could change the template, but I would like to know why this happens.

Thank you.

[David]

Hi there,

you’re using CSS to create your CPT archive layout.
Instead you should be able to enable GP Columns for your CPT. See here:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-columns-in-the-blog/#adding-columns-to-your-custom-post-type

[mkjj]

Excellent, David! Thank you. There’s really a lot to learn about Generatepress. And I’m really impressed by the great features that the theme provides. Extremely powerful and yet lightweight. Fantastic work!

Mike

[David]

Glad we could be of help! And thanks for the great feedback.

[Author]

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