Title: Custom taxonomy returning 404 error Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Custom taxonomy returning 404 error * [Niklas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklasbr/) * (@niklasbr) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/) * I have this custom post type: * ``` add_action( 'init', 'ddcustom_create_post_types' ); function ddcustom_create_post_types() { register_post_type( 'mat', array( 'has_archive' => true, 'labels' => array( 'name' => __( 'Food', 'dd-custom' ), 'singular_name' => __( 'Food', 'dd-custom' ), 'menu_name' => _x( 'Foods', 'admin menu', 'dd-custom' ), 'name_admin_bar' => _x( 'Food', 'add new on admin bar', 'dd-custom' ), 'add_new' => _x( 'Add new', 'mat', 'dd-custom' ), 'add_new_item' => __( 'Add new food', 'dd-custom' ), 'new_item' => __( 'New food', 'dd-custom' ), 'edit_item' => __( 'Edit food', 'dd-custom' ), 'view_item' => __( 'View food', 'dd-custom' ), 'all_items' => __( 'All foods', 'dd-custom' ), 'search_items' => __( 'Search foods', 'dd-custom' ), 'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent foods:', 'dd-custom' ), 'not_found' => __( 'No foods found.', 'dd-custom' ), 'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No foods found in Trash.', 'dd-custom' ) ), 'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-cart', 'public' => true, 'rewrite' => array( // Prefixing with "dd-" to avoid clash with taxonomy which is used primarily 'slug' => 'dd-food' ), 'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', ), ) ); ``` * And then I register the following taxonomy: * ``` add_action( 'init', 'ddcustom_content_taxonomy' ); function ddcustom_content_taxonomy() { register_taxonomy( 'ratt', 'mat', array( 'hierarchical' => true, 'labels' => array( 'name' => _x( 'Food type', 'taxonomy general name', 'dd-custom' ), 'singular_name' => _x( 'Food type', 'taxonomy singular name', 'dd-custom' ), 'search_items' => __( 'Search food types', 'dd-custom', 'dd-custom' ), 'all_items' => __( 'All food types', 'dd-custom' ), 'parent_item' => __( 'Parent food type', 'dd-custom' ), 'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent food type:', 'dd-custom' ), 'edit_item' => __( 'Edit food type', 'dd-custom' ), 'update_item' => __( 'Update food type', 'dd-custom' ), 'add_new_item' => __( 'Add new food type', 'dd-custom' ), 'new_item_name' => __( 'New food type name', 'dd-custom' ), 'menu_name' => __( 'Food types', 'dd-custom' ), ), 'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'food' ), ) ); } ``` * The permalink structure is as follows: `/%category%/%postname%/` * However, visiting example.com/food only loads the 404.php page. What am I doing wrong? _Edit: the taxonomy is not empty, I have a few posts tagged in the taxonomy._ Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * [kewski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kewski/) * (@kewski) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5277702) * Look what happens when you set the default link structure, then use permalink structure you want * [markonikolic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markoof/) * (@markoof) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5277710) * Hi, * Try to re-set permalinks in Settings –> Permalinks * Thread Starter [Niklas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklasbr/) * (@niklasbr) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5277716) * Tried it on your recommendation but neither `example.com/?taxonomy=food` nor ` example.com/food` works. 🙁 * Thread Starter [Niklas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklasbr/) * (@niklasbr) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5277720) * [@markoof](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markoof/) * Thanks, but resetting didn’t work either, still loads the 404.php template file. * Worth noting is that the following URL:s _do_ work `example.com/food/taxonomy- term` where _taxonomy-term_ is the slug any term in the taxonomy. * Thread Starter [Niklas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklasbr/) * (@niklasbr) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5277725) * I found this article on Smashing Magazine which has a very interesting section: [Creating A Custom Landing Page For Taxonomy Archives](http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/08/27/customizing-wordpress-archives-categories-terms-taxonomies/)( scroll down a bit). It looks just like what I might need, but I can’t get it working either: * ``` add_filter( 'taxonomy_archive ', 'slug_tax_page_one' ); function slug_tax_page_one( $template ) { if ( is_tax( 'ratt' ) ) { // 'ratt' is lowercase taxonomy name in register_taxonomy() global $wp_query; $page = $wp_query->query_vars['paged']; if ( $page = 0 ) { $template = get_stylesheet_directory(). '/taxonomy-food.php'; } } return $template; } ``` * [Tribulant Software](https://wordpress.org/support/users/contrid/) * (@contrid) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5277898) * What happens when you set `hierarchical` to `false`? Does the 404 go away then? * Thread Starter [Niklas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklasbr/) * (@niklasbr) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5277926) * [@tribulant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tribulant/) Software * Thanks for your suggestion! I tried that, then I went to the Permalinks and re- saved, but it still does not work. * Thread Starter [Niklas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklasbr/) * (@niklasbr) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5277936) * Some clarification: * This works: `example.com/food/bagels` and shows all posts with the `bagels` category from the custom taxonomy with `food` slug. * However, `example.com/food` returns 404 not found. * This the current configuration: * ``` register_taxonomy( 'ratt', // taxonomy id array( 'mat' // the content type ), array( 'hierarchical' => false, 'labels' => array( // Removed for brevity ), 'public' => true, 'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'food', ), ) ); ``` * [typ90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/typ90/) * (@typ90) * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5278022) * [@niklas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklas/) have you figured out a solution? I’m getting the same issue. Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘Custom taxonomy returning 404 error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [custom taxonomy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-taxonomy/) * [taxonomy](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/taxonomy/) * [template tags](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/template-tags/) * 9 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [typ90](https://wordpress.org/support/users/typ90/) * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-404/#post-5278022) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics