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

[WordPress Trac]

#13818: There should be index pages for custom post types
----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
 Reporter:  frankieroberto  |       Owner:  nacin      
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  accepted   
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  3.1        
Component:  Template        |     Version:  3.0        
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  needs-patch
----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------

Comment(by nacin):

 In [15803], I've added a few new pieces to the `rewrite` flag when
 registering a post type. Generally that flag is a boolean, but
 increasingly plugins will be using it as an array:
  - `archive`: Default false. True if you want this post type to include an
 archive. If this is a string, then that will be the archive slug used in
 lieu of the post type.
  - `feeds`: Default false. True if you want feeds as well. `archive`
 cannot be false.

 These already existed:
  - `with_front`: Default true. Whether to prepend the front base. (When
 home and site urls differ.)
  - `slug`: Defaults to the post type. You can change the slug here. Note
 that `archive` actually falls back to this value first.

 The rewrites are kind of lame as they're straight add_rule() calls, but
 there's no easier way to do it without starting to move a lot of post type
 (and presumably taxonomy) logic into rewrite.php, which I imagine is
 something for a future pass or even version.

 Post type archives are now is_archive = true. Previously, if done via a
 plugin, they were is_home = true, which was a bug as query.php is not
 particularly post_type-aware.

 is_archive() can now check if you are on a post type archive by specifying
 a post type as a parameter. Note that if the plugin is for whatever reason
 pulling in multiple post types onto the page, then is_archive() with a
 post type specified should be considered unreliable.
 is_archive(array('post', 'page')) only checks that you are on an archive
 of posts or pages, not an archive of posts AND pages.

 A new archive-{$post_type}.php template is now functional. Post type
 archives now fall back to archive.php.

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13818#comment:31>
WordPress Trac <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress blogging software