Thesis Framework and Custom Post Types

Question

First time creating/implementing custom post types in Thesis, not first time using custom post types.

I used the Reed Write plugin to create the custom post types. The site is using Thesis 1.8.5.

On the following page (http://www.snyderleadership.com/press-releases/) I have the main content getting dropped in with the contents of the custom post type after it.

I used the custom_functions.php file to create a custom page template and call the db for the contents of the custom post type. Here is my code:

/* CUSTOM PRESS RELEASE TEMPLATE - ADDED by BRETT ATKIN */

function press_releases_page() {
if (is_page('press-releases') || is_page('583')) { ?>

<div id="content">
    <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="post_box">
    <div class="headline_area"><h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1></div>
    <div class="format_text">
    <?php the_content(); ?>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <?php endif ?>
    <?php
        $original_query = $wp_query;
        $wp_query = null;

        $args = array (
        'post_type' => 'press-release',
        'post_status' => 'publish',
        'posts_per_page' => -1,
        'orderby' => 'date',
        'order' => 'DESC'
        );
        $wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
        ?>
    <div id="press-releases">
        <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
        <div id="press-wrapper">
            <div id="press-image">
                <?php echo wp_get_attachment_image(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'release_image', true)); ?>
            </div><!-- end press-image div -->
            <div id="press-information">
                <p class="press-date"><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'release_date', true); ?></p>
                <p class="press-link"><a href="<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'release_link', true); ?>" target="_blank"><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'release_title', true); ?></a></p>
                <p class="press-author"><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'release_author', true); ?></p>
            </div><!-- end press-information div -->
            <div style="clear:both;"></div>
        </div><!-- end press-wrapper div -->
        <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
    </div><!-- end press-releases div -->
    </div>
    </div>
    </div><!-- end content -->
    <?php echo thesis_sidebars(); ?>
<?php } }

add_action('thesis_hook_custom_template', 'press_releases_page');

It seems like everything is working correctly, just not pulling in the data for the custom post type.

Having done this on other sites (using custom themes), I'm not sure if I did something wrong here or if it is a Thesis issue.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

Brett

Answer 1

Here is the final working code. Thanks to the help from of a local WP Guru friend and maiorano84. We didn't figure out the cause, but we did fine a solution.

function press_releases_page() {
if (is_page('press-releases') || is_page('583')) { ?>

<div id="content">
    <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="post_box">
    <div class="headline_area"><h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1></div>
    <div class="format_text">
    <?php the_content(); ?>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    <?php endif ?>

    <?php
        $original_query = $wp_query;
        $wp_query = null;

        $args = array (
        'post_type' => 'press-release',
        'post_status' => 'publish',
        'posts_per_page' => -1,
        'orderby' => 'date',
        'order' => 'DESC'
        );
        $wp_query = new WP_Query($args);
    ?>

    <div id="press-releases">
        <?php if ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
        <?php $results = get_post_custom(); ?>
        <div id="press-wrapper">
            <div id="press-image"><?php echo wp_get_attachment_image($results['release_image'][0] ); ?></div><!-- end press-image div -->
            <div id="press-information">
                <p class="press-date"><?php echo $results['release_date'][0] ?></p> 
                <p class="press-link"><a href="<?php echo $results['release_link'][0] ?>" target="_blank"><?php echo $results['release_title'][0] ?></a></p>
                <p class="press-author"><?php echo $results['release_author'][0] ?></p>
            </div><!-- end press-information div -->
            <div style="clear:both;"></div>
        </div><!-- end press-wrapper div -->
        <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_query(); wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
    </div><!-- end press-releases div -->
    </div>
    </div>
    </div><!-- end content -->
    <?php echo thesis_sidebars(); ?>
<?php } }

remove_action('thesis_hook_custom_template', 'thesis_custom_template_sample');
add_action('thesis_hook_custom_template', 'press_releases_page');

Answer 2

Try changing this:

<div id="press-releases">
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<div id="press-wrapper">

To this:

<div id="press-releases">
<?php if ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
<div id="press-wrapper">

UPDATE:

The only other thing I can see is that you're not resetting your post data, and that the $wp_query variable is actually a Wordpress Global. Try using the reset functions and changing your WP_Query instance name like this:

<?php
    wp_reset_query();
    wp_reset_postdata();

    $args = array (
    'post_type' => 'press-release',
    'post_status' => 'publish',
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'orderby' => 'date',
    'order' => 'DESC'
    );
    $query = new WP_Query($args);
    ?>
<div id="press-releases">
    <?php if ( $query->have_posts() ) : while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); ?>

UPDATE 2:

Now that you have your wrappers being written to your document, you need to normalize your information. Try to avoid using Metadata instead of normal post attributes. I imagine your metadata 'release_image' is a link to an image somewhere on your server:

<?php if ( $query->have_posts() ) : while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post();
?>
    <div id="press-wrapper">
        <div id="press-image">
            <img src="<?php echo get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'release_image', true); ?>" />
        </div><!-- end press-image div -->
        <div id="press-information">
            <p class="press-date"><?php echo the_date(); ?></p>
            <p class="press-link"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" target="_blank"><?php the_title(); ?></a></p>
            <p class="press-author"><?php the_author(); ?></p>
        </div><!-- end press-information div -->
        <div style="clear:both;"></div>
    </div><!-- end press-wrapper div -->
    <?php endwhile; endif; wp_reset_postdata(); ?>