I have a few different CPTs setup; 'jobs', 'events', 'products'. They are being displayed on various pages of the site, in sidebar or footer areas.
Using the following code, my CPT gets output, but all $args are ignored except 'post_type'. Posts are output as if 'posts_per_page' => -1.
If I leave 'post_type' empty, then blog posts are loaded and all of the args work as expected.
I have the same problem no matter which CPT I use for 'post_type'. Example of 'jobs' below:
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'jobs',
'posts_per_page' => 3,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'order' => 'DESC',
'orderby' => 'menu_order'
);
$wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post();
?>
// POST CONTENT
<?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>
CTP's are setup as follows:
add_action( 'init', 'm_jobs_init' );
function m_jobs_init() {
$labels = array(
'name' => __( 'Jobs' ),
'singular_name' => __( 'Job' ),
'menu_name' => __( 'Jobs' ),
'name_admin_bar' => __( 'Jobs' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add Job' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Job' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New Job' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Job' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Job' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Jobs' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Jobs' ),
'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Job' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No Jobs Found' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Jobs Found in Trash' ),
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'public' => true,
'publicly_queryable' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true,
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'jobs' ),
'capability_type' => 'post',
'has_archive' => true,
'hierarchical' => true,
'menu_position' => null,
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'page-attributes','post-formats' )
);
register_post_type( 'jobs', $args );
}
Additional notes as below:
I have one pre_get_posts filter that changes the output on the archive page. I tried removing that but nothing changed with this query.
I've also been through and checked any other wp_query loops are closing with wp_reset_postdata(); but to no avail.
I've also run var_dump($wp_query); which I can see doesn't look right, but not sure where errors are coming from. A truncated version reads:
object(WP_Query)[8153]
public 'query' =>
array (size=5)
'post_type' => string 'jobs' (length=4)
'posts_per_page' => int 3
'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7)
'order' => string 'DESC' (length=4)
'paged' => int 1
public 'query_vars' =>
array (size=65)
'post_type' => string 'jobs' (length=4)
'posts_per_page' => int -1
'post_status' => string 'publish' (length=7)
'order' => string 'ASC' (length=3)
'paged' => int 1
Where does this second block of data come from? This has 'posts_per_page' => int -1
and 'order' => string 'ASC'
which looks like it might be the cause of the issue.
pre_get_posts
, interfering with your query.