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1. flint_and_tinder
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Hi all,

   I've tried many different ways to get pagination working on my custom post archives to no avail. Can anyone help please? Here's where I'm at:

   Post type is called 'Projects' and has the slug amended to videos:

   function projects_post_type() {
       register_post_type('projects', array(
           'labels' => array(
               'name' => 'Projects',
     			etc.
           ),
   		'has_archive' => true,
   		etc.
           ),
   		'rewrite' => array(
       		'slug' => 'videos'
     		),
           etc.

   I have created a specific archive-projects.pho with the following loop:

   <?php  query_posts( 'post_type=projects&showposts=8&paged='.$paged );
     if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   post code etc.
            <?php endwhile; ?>
              </div>
                     <div id="nav-below" class="navigation">
                       <div class="nav-previous"><?php next_posts_link( __( '<span class="meta-nav">&larr;</span> Older posts', 'vimeodrome' ) ); ?></div>
                       <div class="nav-next"><?php previous_posts_link( __( 'Newer posts <span class="meta-nav">&rarr;</span>', 'vimeodrome' ) ); ?></div>
                     </div><!-- #nav-below -->
     <?php endif; ?>

   The first page of the archive displays ok but when I click 'older posts' I get a 404 error on .../videos/page/2

   I've treid resetting my permalinks (which are currently set top custom > /%postname%/) but it still won't work. All tutorials I've found state the code I've used above should work, so what am I doing wrong?

2. keesiemeijer
   moderator
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Try to set the $paged variable:
   

   $paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
   query_posts( 'post_type=projects&posts_per_page=8&paged='.$paged );

3. flint_and_tinder
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Thanks Keesiemeijer but it still doesn't work with that code.

   I have managed to get it to work in a slightly different way though, which is to alter 'has_archive' to be 'false', then to add a template name to the archive-projects.php and finally create a standard page called Videos and set it to use the archive-project template. This allows me to add the link to the dashboard set menus as well which is a bonus.

   However, ideally I rather not have to rely on the user creating a page for the archive and that the custom post archives just worked 'out of the box'.

4. flint_and_tinder
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   Forgot to add that in the example above where I created a Videos page for the 'projects' to appear, that I had to delete the
   

   'rewrite' => array(
       		'slug' => 'videos'
     		),

   part of the functions code.

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