[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13818: There should be index pages for custom post types

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#13818: There should be index pages for custom post types
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 Reporter:  frankieroberto   |       Owner:     
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  3.0
Component:  Template         |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:     
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Changes (by yeswework):

 * cc: yeswework (added)
  * priority:  normal => high
  * version:  => 3.0
  * component:  General => Template
  * milestone:  Unassigned => 3.0


Comment:

 We agree: this is a key omission and arguably needs to be remedied before
 WP 3.0's custom post types facility can be considered complete. It's
 logical that you'd expect, say, "books.php" (or even something like "type-
 books.php") automatically to receive a query containing all the entries
 for a corresponding custom post type "books", without having to do any
 custom coding. (This is the way it works for custom taxonomies.)

 Currently the only way to configure a default template for a
 custom_post_type is to jump through hoops in the way described in the
 following blog post: http://www.ballyhooblog.com/custom-post-types-
 wordpress-30-with-template-archives/
 (it involves adding custom rewrite rules AND hooking into the
 template_redirect to sort out which PHP template should be loaded.)

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