current-menu-item not added on page showing custom post type (rendered with archive template)

Question

1. I have setup a custom post type called 'expertizeom'
   1. I have setup a page called "expertize" and added to my custom menu (site main nav).
   2. The page is rendered with an archive called archive-expertizeom.php

The problem is that when i browse to that page everything is working fine but wordpress isn't adding the current-menu-item class.

can you help? Thanks

Francesco

Answer 1

If you using wp nav menu you can use this to add the current-menu-item class put this in your theme functions.php file and remember to change "mypageslug" to your wanted current page:

function additional_active_item_classes($classes = array(), $menu_item = false){
    global $wp_query;

    if ( $menu_item->post_name == 'mypageslug' && is_page_template('archive-expertizeom.php') ) {
        $classes[] = 'current-menu-item';
    }

    return $classes;
}
add_filter( 'nav_menu_css_class', 'additional_active_item_classes', 10, 2 );

This Code adds the class "current-page-item" if you are on a page with the template archive-expertizeom.php and the menu have a post_name that matches the post_name "mypageslug ie the slug of the wanted page.

Answer 2

In my case, i'm using magic-fields-2 plugin to create custom post types - i had just to activate the option "Hierarchical - Whether the post type is hierarchical. Allows Parent to be specified"

Answer 3

I've had the same problem and this worked for me:

query_posts('cat=3');
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
    get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() );
endwhile;
wp_reset_query();

wp_reset_query(); does all the magic :)