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jay_aye_see_kay
jay_aye_see_kay

Reputation: 522

Wordpress using index.php instead of archive.php

My understanding from reading the WP template hierachy was that when I set my a page as my posts page in settings > reading settings that Wordpress should use archive.php. Instead it uses index.php.

Obviously I could just put my code in index.php and my site will work. But it doesn't seem like best practice, and I can't find any documentation of best (or good) practice.

Why doesn't Wordpress use archive.php in this circumstance?

And would using index.php as my posts page have unintended consequences?

Note: I've been using the _s theme as a base, but I've had the same problem with no theme base or parent.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 6028

Answers (2)

Mashiur
Mashiur

Reputation: 612

I was in a similar situation for last 2/3 hours and by changing "Permalink Settings" to "post Name" in wordpress dashboard solved the problem for me.

Upvotes: 2

DanijelSVK
DanijelSVK

Reputation: 371

you want to use home.php instead of archive.php as it is blog posts index page (set in WordPress Settings -> Reading). It is also in hierarchy on the third position from bottom.

Upvotes: 8

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