cutsom posts 404ing

Question

I can't stop my custom post types from sporadically 404ing.

It doesn't always happen and I can't predictably replicate the problem - as in sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't. However, once I clear the cache, the 404 always goes away and the URL works.

I have tried resetting and re-saving the permalinks, which are currently category/postname.

I have also tried playing around with the flush rewrite rules, setting them to blank and false, but nothing seems to cure the issue.

Here is my current code:

add_action('init', 'create_raceresults_post_type'); 

function create_raceresults_post_type() { 
register_post_type('raceresults', array( 
    'labels' => array( 
        'name' => 'Race Results', 
        'singular_name' => 'Race Results', 
        'add_new' => 'Add New Race Result', 
    'add_new_item' => 'Add New Race Result', 
    'edit' => 'Edit Race Result', 
        'edit_item' => 'Edit Race Result', 
        'new_item' => 'New Race Result', 
        'view_item' => 'View Race Result', 
        'search_items' => 'Search Race Result', 
        'not_found' => 'No Race Result found', 
        'not_found_in_trash' => 'No Race Result found in Trash' 
    ), 
    'public' => true, 
'exclude_from_search'=> false, 
'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'best-running-training-program', 'with_front' => true), 
'supports' => array( 
        'title', 
        'excerpt', 
        'title', 
        'excerpt', 
    'editor', 
    'custom-fields', 
    'revisions', 
    'thumbnail', 
    'author', 
    'page-attributes' 

    ), 
    'taxonomies' => array('category', 'post_tag') // this is IMPORTANT 
)); 
flush_rewrite_rules(); 
} 

Is there something I am missing or not trying? Here is an example of that custom post: http://runnersconnect.net/best-running-training-program/race-results-march-24-march-25/. I just tried it and it worked when I first published 60 minutes ago but just 404ed when I tried to check it.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Since you're hosted by WPEngine, I recommend contacting them directly and asking for advice. It might be that your CPT isn't reliably making it into their cache for some reason, but they can give you a better answer than any of us.

You should definitely escalate the ticket you've already submitted for the issue. If it's an intermittent problem that seems to resolve when you reset the cache, then it's directly related to the cache. And I know WPEngine uses some non-standard code ... so there's nothing we can do to help here.