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Loren Shumaker-Chupp
2,711 PointsNew Custom Post Type Posts not publishing.
I have been having issues making posts in new custom post types publish to a page. Every time I try and add a post to a custom post type and try and preview it, it 404s. I've tried creating multiple new types in CPT UI and corresponding Advanced Custom Fields rules. Each time I create one and make a new post the posts 404.
I've successfully added CPT in the past. I went into an old site I'd done this tutorial with, updated all of the plugins and WordPress to the same version as the site I'm having problems with, and tried doing the same thing. To my surprise the issue is prevalent there as well. However if I create a new post to the previous CPT I had on the old site, the new posts do not 404.
I can not figure out what I'm missing.
Colin Marshall
32,861 PointsPlease provide your code for your single-customposttype.php so we can have a look.
Loren Shumaker-Chupp
2,711 PointsHere's the single-testtype.php file I'm using. Testtype is the Custom Post Type I set up that seems to be 404ing. I've realized this is occurring when I add a second CPT. Is there a hierarchy or something that I need to be applying when using more than one CPT?
1 Answer
Colin Marshall
32,861 PointsSounds like a permalinks issue. Try going to Settings -> Permalinks and change it to something else, like default, save it, and change it back to what it was originally.
Loren Shumaker-Chupp
2,711 PointsThat was it! Thanks a lot.
Loren Shumaker-Chupp
2,711 PointsLoren Shumaker-Chupp
2,711 PointsAdditional information on what I've tried:
On the old site that has a working CPT: I copied all of the fields I had made in the working CPT and made a new one (with different field names and Post Type name) and it does not work. I created a single-posttypename.php file for it and copied it over from the working post type but posts on the new CPT still 404.
It must be an issue with the CPT UI that I'm setting up but even if I create settings identical to the old CPT that worked, it doesn't seem to help. However, I switched the new Custom Field's location rule so the PostType was equal to the old CPT and that CPT still works. But when I set the old Custom Field's location to the new CPT, posts on that new CPT still 404.