WordPress PHP: Combining category and custom post type results

nicolefisher3221 · Member · Jun 17, 2021 at 6:24 pm
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The aim is to combine results from a specific category with a custom post type in the results. However any results for the custom post type are never returned (the post_type name has been triple checked and is correct). Here’s my function:
```
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( $query )
{
    if ( ! is_admin() ) {
        if ( isset( $query->query_vars['category_name'] ) && $query->query_vars['category_name'] === 'category-example') {
            $query->set( 'post_type', [ 'post', 'custom_post_type' ] );
        }
    }
    return $query;
});
```
Thank you kindly!
staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 17, 2021 at 6:53 pm
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