Title: archive-custom_type.php doesn't work Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # archive-custom_type.php doesn't work * Resolved [salgua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salgua/) * (@salgua) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/) * Hi * I’m relative new to WP. I’m using Custom Post Type UI to manage my custom post types. I created a CPT “product” and I checked the “Built-in Taxonomies -> categories”. I created some products and relative categories. I also set the option “Has Archive” to true. Following [this documentation page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types#Custom_Post_Type_Templates) in my theme folder I created a archive-product.php page with a single main loop like this: * ``` .... ``` * but wordpress load always the archive page instead of this. Any idea? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/) * (@tw2113) * The BenchPresser * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/#post-4701599) * The only things I can think of are issues with the post type slugs not matching between what’s registered and the file name, or visiting the wrong url archives. * I can’t confirm any of that at the moment though because of no link to visit. * Thread Starter [salgua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salgua/) * (@salgua) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/#post-4701669) * Thank you for your fast answer. I didn’t insert any link because I’m working on a local site. As you suggested I think that the problem is that I’m visiting the wrong url. In fact I want to filter my product custom post by category, but clicking on a category link the url is [http://mysite/category/mycategory](http://mysite/category/mycategory) that’s the standard post category url. I don’t have any category.php file and wordpress use the archive.php as fallback. My question is: how can I use standard categories to filter custom posts? I tried also using WP_Query in a category. php page, in this way: * ``` $args = array( 'post_type' => 'product' ); $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ``` * and `have_posts() ) : $the_query- >the_post(); ?>` but the returned loop is always empty. * Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/) * (@tw2113) * The BenchPresser * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/#post-4701676) * you’d need to use $the_query->have_posts() in the if statement, for that part. * If you explain more about the filtering needs, I can potentially offer a solution. * Thread Starter [salgua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salgua/) * (@salgua) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/#post-4701681) * I have a simple sidebar with the list of products categories, when I click on the category link I want to view only the products of this category, in the same way that it works for default posts. If I use $the_query->the_post() in the if statement it fetch all product posts without filter the current category * Thread Starter [salgua](https://wordpress.org/support/users/salgua/) * (@salgua) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/#post-4701684) * Hi Michael, I found [this](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/show-categories-filter-on-custom-post-type-list?replies=15) What do you think? Maybe is better to use custom taxonomies? * Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/) * (@tw2113) * The BenchPresser * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/#post-4701687) * The thread that you linked to is related to listings in the admin area, not the frontend, in case you were trying to copy/paste it directly. * Are you familiar with $_GET parameters? An idea to couple with your new WP_Query would be to use the sidebar to set the category slug or so and add it to the url: * ``` http://www.domain.com/?mycat=meow http://www.domain.com/?mycat=arf ``` * You could then grab that value and put it into the query arguments right before the query is made. * you’ll need to be careful with what you use in place of mycat because these can accidentally alter the original query for the whole page. * Hopefully that gives you an idea of how to proceed. * [Craig Pettit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pushdevadmin/) * (@pushdevadmin) * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/#post-4701824) * You should use the template hierarchy * the template file will be called taxonomy-posttype.php * or in my case taxonomy-portfolio.php Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘archive-custom_type.php doesn't work’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/custom-post-type-ui/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2744389) * [Custom Post Type UI](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-post-type-ui/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-post-type-ui/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-post-type-ui/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-post-type-ui/reviews/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Craig Pettit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pushdevadmin/) * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-custom_typephp-doesnt-work/#post-4701824) * Status: resolved