[Support request] Static page for custom post type archive

[Hilton]

I have created a custom post type ‘videos’, but I don’t want to use archive-videos.php to list the videos. I need to use a static page to list my videos because I would like to add content using the content editor along with WP Show Posts plugin.

I would like this structure:
http://www.example.com/videos —> It is a static page
http://www.example.com/videos/video-title —> it is single post type

I am currently using this functions for custom post type:

// REGISTER CUSTOM POST TYPES
//===== MBF_Videos Custom Type ======//
function custom_mbfvideo_type() {
    // Labels for Custom Post Type
    $labels = array(
        'name'                => _x( 'Videos', 'Post Type General Name', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'singular_name'       => _x( 'Video', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'menu_name'           => __( 'Videos', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'parent_item_colon'   => __( 'Parent post', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'all_items'           => __( 'Todos posts', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'view_item'           => __( 'Ver post', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'add_new_item'        => __( 'Adicionar novo item', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'add_new'             => __( 'Adicionar novo', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'edit_item'           => __( 'Editar', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'update_item'         => __( 'Atualizar', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'search_items'        => __( 'Buscar', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'not_found'           => __( 'Não encontrado', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'not_found_in_trash'  => __( 'Não encontrado na lixeira', 'mbfpress-child' ),
    );
     
    // Customize option for Custom Post Type  
    $args = array(
        'description'         => __( 'Videos do site Mysite', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'labels'              => $labels,
        'supports'            => array( 'title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'comments', 'revisions', 'custom-fields', ),
        'taxonomies'          => array( 'category', 'post_tag' ),
        'public'              => true,
        'show_ui'             => true,
        'show_in_menu'        => true,
        'show_in_nav_menus'   => true,
        'show_in_admin_bar'   => true,
	'show_in_rest'	      => true, // To use Gutenberg editor.
        'menu_position'       => 5,
        'can_export'          => true,
        'has_archive'         => true,
        'exclude_from_search' => false,
        'publicly_queryable'  => true,
	'menu_icon'           => 'dashicons-admin-site-alt2',
        'capability_type'     => 'post',
    );
    // Registering your Custom Post Type
    register_post_type( 'video', $args );
}
 
add_action( 'init', 'custom_mbfvideo_type', 0 );

[David]

Hi there,

i found this stack exchange answer which looks like it does what you require.

https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/a/165474

[Hilton]

Hi David,

From the following comment it sounds like this is a workaround. Let me ask it in a different way… if I wanted one archive page to have more flexibility for editing, where if possible within the admin I would edit it as if it were a page, what would be the best solution for that?

Thanks

[David]

You can’t edit an Archive page in WP.
The Answer that i linked to provides the method to use a ‘static’ page in in place of the term archive, whilst keeping the permalink structure. ( The following/last answer you can ignore – it isn’t connected to accepted answer )

[Hilton]

Hi David,

My site’s permalink structure is //mysite.com/post-example/. So using the function you suggested didn’t work for me because I don’t want the domain //mysite.com/videos/%type%/post-title/ but just //mysite.com/videos/post-title/.

With this function below, you can see that I got more or less what I wanted ( https://bit.ly/3p7oSHJ ). The problem was due to the url //mysite.com/videos/ ( https://bit.ly/3lfA0B3 ) that I would like to know how I could customize it showing a list of videos, and possibly using WP Show Posts on it.

An alternative I thought would be to disable the_loop on it, and use “Elements” to add a custom hook after (or before, whatever) the main content, but I don’t know if it is the best one.

function custom_mdvideo_type() {
    // Labels for Custom Post Type
    $labels = array(
        'name'                => _x( 'Videos', 'Post Type General Name', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'singular_name'       => _x( 'Video', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'menu_name'           => __( 'Videos', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'parent_item_colon'   => __( 'Parent post', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'all_items'           => __( 'Todos posts', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'view_item'           => __( 'Ver post', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'add_new_item'        => __( 'Adicionar novo item', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'add_new'             => __( 'Adicionar novo', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'edit_item'           => __( 'Editar', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'update_item'         => __( 'Atualizar', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'search_items'        => __( 'Buscar', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'not_found'           => __( 'Não encontrado', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'not_found_in_trash'  => __( 'Não encontrado na lixeira', 'mbfpress-child' ),
    );
     
    // Customize option for Custom Post Type  
    $args = array(
        'label'               => __( 'Videos', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'description'         => __( 'Videos from my website', 'mbfpress-child' ),
        'labels'              => $labels,
        // Custom Post Type supports features in the Post Editor
        'supports'            => array( 'title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'comments', 'revisions', 'custom-fields', ),
        // You can associate this Custom Post Type with sa taxonomy or custom taxonomy. 
        'taxonomies'          => array( 'category', 'post_tag' ),
        'hierarchical'        => false,
        'public'              => true,
        'show_ui'             => true,
        'show_in_menu'        => true,
        'show_in_nav_menus'   => true,
        'show_in_admin_bar'   => true,
	'show_in_rest'	      => true, // To use Gutenberg editor.
        'menu_position'       => 25,
        'can_export'          => true,
        'has_archive'         => true,
        'exclude_from_search' => false,
        'publicly_queryable'  => true,
	'rewrite' 	      => array('slug' => 'videos'),
	'menu_icon'           => 'dashicons-admin-site-alt2',
        'capability_type'     => 'post',
    );
    // Registering your Custom Post Type
    register_post_type( 'videos', $args );
}
 
add_action( 'init', 'custom_mdvideo_type', 0 );

[David]

Not sure if its necessary to disable the loop – however theres a method provided here ( albeit for search page the same applies for any template ):

https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/google-site-searchcustom-search-implementation/page/2/#post-1656373

As you already have hooks within the theme templates:

https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-visual-guide/

You could simply hook in your ‘custom’ content using hooks or Elements …

[Hilton]

Thanks David!

[Hilton]

It worked 😉

[David]

Glad to hear that!

[Author]

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