I’m with s_ha_dum that this isn’t very clear on what’s happening, but have you tried wp_reset_postdata()? I believe you would put it before the last while loop in your example above. Here’s an article on other methods of resetting the query if that’s not working: http://digwp.com/2011/09/3-ways-to-reset-the-wordpress-loop/
When you set up a static page as home page, you can set up also a page for the blog archive. If you do that, you don’t need to alter the WP_Query in the blog page template, you only need to work with The loop like in a archive template file. When the page for … Read more
As your pre_get_posts function stands, you’ll have that conflict as you are using pre_get_posts very carelessly. pre_get_posts modifies the query variable object before the main query AND WP_Query is executed. So any changes in your function will influence both the main query and any custom query that uses WP_Query. That is why everything is haywire … Read more
I would suggest that you scrap everything that you have and go back to the default loop on your archive page. Custom queries are always troublesome on archive pages. Use pre_get_posts to alter the query vars before the main query is executed. This way, you won’t have any unnecessary queries and problems with pagination. You … Read more
You must set your post counter outside your loop first before it will work. If you turn debugging on, you will get an undefined variable notice. You can do something like this just outside your loop before the loop starts $postvariable = 1; Alternatively you can make use of the build-in post counter, $wp_query->current_post. It … Read more
See this WordPress support page for an explanation of what the first line does. The second line you can remove and it will get rid of those archive entries from the header output HTML. For the SEO impact, search engines should be just fine as long as you have a site map for your posts.
Permalinks or the pretty url of your posts be set under permalink in settings. there you can use %hour% or many other available tags in your url
<?php $counter = 1; if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <?php if($counter == 1) : ?> <div class=”row clear” style=”margin-bottom:0px;”> <div class=”col-md-12 border-12″> <a class=”thumb” href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/202991/<?php the_permalink(); ?>” title=”<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>”><?php the_post_thumbnail(‘category-thumbnail’); ?></a> <div class=”blog-details-wrapper clear”> <h2 class=”title”> <a href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/202991/<?php the_permalink(); ?>” title=”<?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a> </h2> <span class=”date”><?php the_time(‘F j, Y’); ?> <?php … Read more
That a normal behaviour of WordPress. Have a look to te template hierarchy template hierarchy. To solve your matter, leave your file in the main folder of your theme (or child theme) or use a template_redirect or template_include filter, depending how you want to call your archive page, you’ll be able to redirect to another … Read more
For this to work you need to register in your custom post type. ‘has_archive’ => true, Or if you’re using CPT UI or the like, there are settings to enable the WP Category. Mind you, this will give it access to the global category which is also used by Posts. Otherwise you’ll want to register … Read more