Custom Post Type - Main page for certain posts

Question

I've successfully added a custom post type.

register_post_type('case',
        array(
            'labels' => array(
                'name' => __('Cases'),
                'singular_name' => __('Case')
            ),
            'public' => true,
            'has_archive' => true,
            'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'thumbnail','custom-fields', 'page-attributes')
        )

    );

And I've created a page called "case" and I have my permalinks configured like this:

/%postname%

The problem I'm having now is that when I try to access url.com/case I don't get my page "case" but instead I'm looking at the custom post type "case". I think?

Every "case" has its own url --> url.com/case/xxx. I don't want to change this but instead be able to change the layout for the custom page "main" page that represents all the cases instead of a "page" called case.

Can this be done and how?

Answer 1

I got it by searching some more on google.

'has_archive' => true,

This line is vital.

Found out I had to rename my custom template pages to archive-"the custom type name" which in this case was.

archive-case.php

Because of this I could remove my "static" page called case and let the system pick the right template page for the custom post type.

Answer 2

In the arguments ($args) parameter of the register_post_type function, there is a variable named rewrite. By default it is true, try to set it to false.