Custom Post Types with Search & Filter Pro

Anonymous

#10281

Hi Ross,

I have two separate pages that are each running a separate Filtering system. On one (Blog), I am looping through all of my Posts and the filtering system is working well. On the other (Thoughts), I am looping through a Custom Post Type:

<?php $args = array( 'post_type' => 'thoughts');
	$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
	while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
    <?php get_template_part( 'thought', 'search' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

and the filtering system does not return anything.

Oddly, if I change the Thoughts page template so that it loops through all Posts, regardless of post type

<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
	<?php get_template_part( 'content', 'search' ); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>

then the filtering system works properly.

Does Search & Filter Pro only work with a normal WordPress loop, or is there something behind the scenes that I can add/change to solve this issue?

Best,
Alex

Anonymous

#10282

Just saw your answer to “Search result filtering”, and the fact that there cannot be WP_Query in my loop. Is there a way around this, so that I can display only my custom post type initially, and then also use Search & Filter Pro?

Ross Moderator

#10283

Hey Alex

S&F uses the loop – it doesn’t mean you can’t use other queries but you must allow for the loop to proceed normally…

Usually you must reset the query – see the codex for nested queries and how to reset –

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_reset_postdata

🙂

Ross Moderator

#10284

PS the alternative is to use a shortcode for results – which you can place anywhere – but you must be confident with html/css to style the results yourself 🙂

Anonymous

#10285

A-ha, thanks for the info! I ended up hiding .type-posts in my CSS as a temporary solution (ick) so I’ll take a look at your suggestion instead! Thank you, as always!

All the best,
Alex

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