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Firgured out on my own:

return $where .= " AND {$wpdb->posts}.post_status != 'private' AND {$wpdb->posts}.post_status != 'trash' ";

Hope it helps someone else.

I updated the code to be cleaner. Here’s what I have now:

function custom_query( $query ) {

	if ( ! is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() && is_category() || is_tag() ) {

		$query->set('post_type', array( 'post', 'attachment' ) );

			if( is_attachment() ) {
				$postype = 'inherited';
			} else {
				$postype = 'published';
			}
	$query->set('post_status', $postype );
	}
	return $query;
}
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'custom_query', 1);

Yes I am. I created a custom taxonomy and for some reason, when the SLUG changes, posts won’t display.

But I was just reading about a possible alternative way of doing this. The custom taxonomy is for attachments, and read how about how, in the newer version of WordPress, it’s easier to connect already registered Taxonomies (i.e. Categories), to already registered Post Types (Attachments).

Only issue then would be how to use a different template file for archives display when is_attachment?

Any idea how I can use a template file other than: category.php for any term when is_attachment?