By default, all public post types are included in the main main query on taxonomy pages. If you look at register_post_type()'s
public parameter when set to true
‘true’
Implies
exclude_from_search
: false,publicly_queryable
: true,show_in_nav_menus
: true, andshow_ui
:true.
When you register your post type, you set exclude_from_search
to true
. This does not only remove the custom post type from search, but also from the main query on the taxonomy page. Again, from the codex for the exclude_from_search
parameter
Note: If you want to show the posts’s list that are associated to taxonomy’s terms, you must set exclude_from_search to false (ie : for call
site_domaine/?taxonomy_slug=term_slug
orsite_domaine/taxonomy_slug/term_slug
). If you set to true, on the taxonomy page (ex:taxonomy.php
) WordPress will not find your posts and/or pagination will make 404 error.
SOLUTION
You need to set exclude_from_search
to false, reflush your permalinks and your good to go. If you need to exclude a post type from the search page, you can use pre_get_posts
to remove the post type from the main query
EDIT
Just for interest sake, here is the piece of code in the WP_Query
class (in wp-includes/query.php) which is responsible to include and exclude post types from the main query on taxonomy term archive pages
if ( $this->is_tax ) {
if ( empty($post_type) ) {
// Do a fully inclusive search for currently registered post types of queried taxonomies
$post_type = array();
$taxonomies = array_keys( $this->tax_query->queried_terms );
foreach ( get_post_types( array( 'exclude_from_search' => false ) ) as $pt ) {
$object_taxonomies = $pt === 'attachment' ? get_taxonomies_for_attachments() : get_object_taxonomies( $pt );
if ( array_intersect( $taxonomies, $object_taxonomies ) )
$post_type[] = $pt;
}
if ( ! $post_type )
$post_type="any";
elseif ( count( $post_type ) == 1 )
$post_type = $post_type[0];
$post_status_join = true;
} elseif ( in_array('attachment', (array) $post_type) ) {
$post_status_join = true;
}
}
The important part here is: get_post_types( array( 'exclude_from_search' => false )
. It is here where the query gets all public post types where exclude_from_search
is set to false
. All post types therefor with exclude_from_search
set to true
will be excluded from the query, and that is why your custom post types does not get included in the taxonomy term archive page