You want to only query posts from the post-type direct_blog, but NOT the normal post type?
Than you simply need to remove post from this line:
$query->set('post_type', array('post', 'direct_blog'));
Update:
I just tested the following code.
First you need to revisit your function, as you have some errors in it.
In the code in your question, you are missing a closing }!
Than you are also using posts_per_page, but you are missing the “s“, in your function it is post_per_page.
So I believe you want something like this:
function my_pre_get_posts( $query ) {
if (!is_admin() && $query->is_main_query()) {
if ($query->is_author()) {
$query->set( 'post_type', array( 'my_type' ));
$query->set( 'posts_per_page', 5 );
}
}
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_pre_get_posts' );
As I said above, this code is working in my WP testsite, Iam not seeing normal posts, just posts from my_type in my author archiv template.
So try to change my_type to your post type (make sure that direct_blog is the right slug)