Title: archive.php
Last modified: March 25, 2018

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# archive.php

 *  Resolved [allonestring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allonestring/)
 * (@allonestring)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-php-3/)
 * Hi
    [*] My aim is to make a book review website for a primary school – I’m testing
   your plugin on my own website first. I’d like to show the review CPTs in an isotope
   grid, with the grid items holding just author, title, star-rating and my own 
   category of which year-groups the book is suitable for. I’ve created a reviews
   page but whatever template I set it to, it’s using my archive.php instead. Have
   I missed something? Thanks
 * * insert gushing praise for fab plugin here!
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 *  Plugin Author [Kemory Grubb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w33zy/)
 * (@w33zy)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-php-3/#post-10113061)
 * Hello,
    [Thank you for using my plugin] Are going for something similiar to this
   [https://recencio.com/grid/](https://recencio.com/grid/) but without the book
   cover, plus more information?
 * Also, thanks for reminding me of the isotope library, that is what I had in mind
   when I created the review grid shortcode but I couldn’t remember the word “isotope”.
 *  Thread Starter [allonestring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allonestring/)
 * (@allonestring)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-php-3/#post-10114450)
 * Hi
    Yes, with as little text as possible in each grid cell – to be mobile-friendly.
 * My problem is that my reviews page is only using archive.php. I can set other
   pages to use my review-grid-page so I know that it’s there.
    Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Kemory Grubb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/w33zy/)
 * (@w33zy)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-php-3/#post-10115056)
 * The thing is, my plugin does really change the layout of WP pages, it only adds
   information to the existing design. It would be kinda impossible for me to match
   the style of every WP theme out there. Also, WordPress doesn’t really have an
   archive page that you can create manually, it is created automatically for taxonomies,
   think of the archive page as a “virtual” page. It is the reason you don’t see
   a “Categories” on the backend of your website.
 * With that said, to change the layout of the archive page for your theme you would
   have to edit it to match the design you have in mind.
 *  Thread Starter [allonestring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allonestring/)
 * (@allonestring)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-php-3/#post-10117180)
 * Hi
    So testing the [*] plugin on my own very customised theme is probably not
   the best idea. I’ve shown the very cool fetch feature to a colleague and am leaving
   it up to her to decide if we go ahead, in which case I’ll have a brand new site
   to play with. ☺
 * I considered changing archive.php, seeing that it’s the last template chosen 
   by WP to display pages and I may well do so. I still find it puzzling that your[*]
   plugin (on my website) won’t use another template.
    Thanks anyway!
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [allonestring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allonestring/).

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 * Last reply from: [allonestring](https://wordpress.org/support/users/allonestring/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/archive-php-3/#post-10117180)
 * Status: resolved