[Support request] Use WP Show Posts to Replace Blog Archive Page

Thanks for that Tom! Would you recommend me creating a child template for that archive template before trying to add the WPSP loop function?

I was primarily thinking of making this for my blog posts only. But I’d also be interested in setting this up for CPTs. I have a CPT for my portfolio items called “projects”. I created the CPT using Toolset Types, but I’m not using what would be the normal/default archive page: https://matchlessweb.com/project that would be created by Toolset if I enabled that archive page.

I much rather prefer the look of WPSP. So i created this page: https://matchlessweb.com/projects and just dropped the shortcode for my projects lists there. So that page isn’t necessarily acting like a true archive page I suppose. But it has given me the look I’m after.

Any of my projects have this kind of file path: https://matchlessweb.com/project/ms-mane-co/

But if you remove the end of that slug, and just visit https://matchlessweb.com/project ,that of course would not be the pseudo-archive page I’m currently using https://matchlessweb.com/projects.

So I know that doesn’t really work as a real archive setup. But would I be able to get WPSP acting as the loop for my archive for that CPT?

That’s a big help Tom! Thanks for that link about the custom page template for category/CPT.

Regarding the standard blog archive, would you recommend me creating a child template for that archive template before replacing the standard loop with the WPSP loop function for the list I’ve created? Or should I just edit the default file in hopes I don’t break things. I can of course create a copy before I edit anything in case things were to go south.

I followed the tutorial you referenced, Tom.

I replaced the default loop of the parent archive template (archive.php) with my WPSP function and that code looks like this:

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying Archive pages.
 *
 * @package GeneratePress
 */

if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
	exit; // Exit if accessed directly.
}

get_header(); ?>

	<div id="primary" <?php generate_do_element_classes( 'content' ); ?>>
		<main id="main" <?php generate_do_element_classes( 'main' ); ?>>
			<?php
			/**
			 * generate_before_main_content hook.
			 *
			 * @since 0.1
			 */
			do_action( 'generate_before_main_content' );

			<?php if ( function_exists( 'wpsp_display' ) ) wpsp_display( 1736 ); ?>

			/**
			 * generate_after_main_content hook.
			 *
			 * @since 0.1
			 */
			do_action( 'generate_after_main_content' );
			?>
		</main><!-- #main -->
	</div><!-- #primary -->

	<?php
	/**
	 * generate_after_primary_content_area hook.
	 *
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	do_action( 'generate_after_primary_content_area' );

	generate_construct_sidebars();

get_footer();

Now my question is: Do I need to name the file something different than “archive.php” if I want to put it in my child theme and have it replace the standard blog archive page template?