Title: Adding custom post types to blog.
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adding custom post types to blog.

 *  [hpwg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hpwg/)
 * (@hpwg)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/)
 * Hello – I have a blog which displays the latest 6 “posts”, which is great, but
   I’d also like it to show the latest “recipes” which is a custom post type on 
   my website.
 * Just be clear, I want the latest 6 blog posts, whether that’s a post or recipe
   to be shown.
 * This is the code I currently have on my index.php. But it only shows “posts”,
   any idea how to add “recipes” to this too?
 *     ```
       <div id="left-area" class="clearfix">
                               		<?php
       									if (have_posts()):
       										while (have_posts()) :
       											the_post(); 
   
       											$post_type = get_post_type( $post->ID );
       											if($post_type = 'recipe')
       											{
       												get_template_part( 'inc/recipe-post' );
       											}
       											else
       											{
       												get_template_part( 'inc/standard-post' );
       											}
   
       										endwhile;
       									else :
       								?>
       					                               <div <?php post_class(); ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       										<h2 class="post-title"><?php _e('No Post Found !', 'FoodRecipe') ?></h2>
       								</div><!-- end of post div -->
   
       								<?php endif; ?>
   
       								<?php
       									// Pagination
       									theme_pagination( $wp_query->max_num_pages);
       								?>
       						</div>
       ```
   
 * Thank you

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 *  Thread Starter [hpwg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hpwg/)
 * (@hpwg)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/#post-3074843)
 * I’ve also removed the side bar php and would like to center the latest blog posts,
   at the moment they are all justified left, with a large white space on the ride
   for the side bar.
 * Is there an easy way to center the latest post feed and increase their width?
 * Thank you.
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/#post-3074844)
 * Try it with this in your theme’s functions.php:
 *     ```
       function my_post_queries( $query ) {
         // not an admin page and is the main query
         if (!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query()){
           // query the home page
           if(is_home()){
             $query->set('post_type', array('post','recipe'));
           }
         }
       }
       add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_post_queries' );
       ```
   
 * > Is there an easy way to center the latest post feed and increase their width?
 * Not without a link to your site.
 *  Thread Starter [hpwg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hpwg/)
 * (@hpwg)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/#post-3074845)
 * THank you so much for that, I’ll try it now.
 * Here is the site to help with the blog.
 * [http://onehandedcooks.com.au/hg](http://onehandedcooks.com.au/hg)
 * Basically with the blog, when there are widgets down the side bar, they are too
   close to the blog posts and it feel crammed.
 * Is there a way to left align the blog posts with the left of the nivo slider.
   And right align the widgets to the right hand side of the nivo slider.
 * [I’ve attached a rough mockup of what I mean here with lines to show where I’m trying to align.](http://tinypic.com/r/20gd2x2/6)
 * Thanks so much.
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/#post-3074847)
 * Change this in your theme’s stylesheet style.css:
 *     ```
       #left-area { width: 592px; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 31px; padding: 25px 0px 0px; }
       ```
   
 * to this:
 *     ```
       #left-area { width: 592px; float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 25px 0px 0px; }
       ```
   
 * And change this:
 *     ```
       #content #sidebar { width: 302px; float: right; margin: 0px 31px 0px 0px; padding: 41px 0px 0px; }
       ```
   
 * to this:
 *     ```
       #content #sidebar { width: 302px; float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 41px 0px 0px; }
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [hpwg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hpwg/)
 * (@hpwg)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/#post-3074856)
 * Thank you, I really I appreciate that. Both codes work perfectly.
 * It looks like I can finally launch my site. I was wondering if you could help
   me with these final points which I can move onto?
 * • How do I match the widget text size, to those of the blog post titles?
    • I
   would like to add a header above the first blog post “Blog”, where would I write
   this code? • I’m having some spacing issues with the blog posts, the end page
   numbers and horizontal lines. I’ve added <p> code, but can you recommend anything
   else to get consistent spacing between each post?
 * Thank you for all your help.
 *  Thread Starter [hpwg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hpwg/)
 * (@hpwg)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/#post-3074857)
 * Sorry – how do I make the side bar appear only on the main page, and not the 
   other pages, for example – [http://onehandedcooks.com.au/hg/?recipe_type=textured-food](http://onehandedcooks.com.au/hg/?recipe_type=textured-food)
 *  Moderator [keesiemeijer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/keesiemeijer/)
 * (@keesiemeijer)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/#post-3074858)
 * I’m sorry but I don’t have time right now. Create new topics for all these new
   questions.
    [http://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform](http://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting#postform)
 *  Thread Starter [hpwg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hpwg/)
 * (@hpwg)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-custom-post-types-to-blog/#post-3074859)
 * Sure – thanks for all your help – really got us going in the right direction.

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