Wordpress custom post type uses frontpage

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EDIT Please ignore this topic. The problem turend out not to be related to wordpress or permalinks at all, but came from a stupid voeding mistrals.

I've defined a wordpress custom post type as followed:

add_action('init', 'fotoalbums_register_posttype');  
function fotoalbums_register_posttype() {  
register_post_type( 'fotoalbum-item' , array(  
    'labels' => array(
                'name'          => 'Fotoalbums',
                'singular_name' => 'Fotoalbum',
                'menu_name'     => 'Fotoalbums',
                'all_items'     => 'Overzicht',
                'add_new'       => 'Nieuw album',
                'add_new_item'  => 'Nieuw album',
                'edit_item'     => 'Bewerk album',
                'new_item'      => 'Nieuw album',
                'view_item'     => 'Bekijk album',
                'search_items'  => 'Zoek albums',
                'not_found'     => 'Niet gevonden',         
    ),  
    'public' => true,  
     'has_archive' => false,
    'show_ui' => true,  
    'capability_type' => 'page',  
    'hierarchical' => false,   
    'supports' => array('title', 'editor') ,
     'menu_position' => 31,
     'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'fotoalbum', 'with_front' => true)
   )//end array
); //end register_post_type()
}//end function fotoalbums_register_posttype()

Then I created a page called single-fotoalbum-item.php which is supported to display a single item of this post type. Strange thing is, it does not. Probabply something to do with permalinks, because:

the_permalink(); gives http://kdans.net/e-motion-2012/ and results in a 404 error

the permalink in wp-admin shows http://kdans.net/fotoalbum/e-motion-2012/ , which displays the frontpage template (!!)

I did reserved permalinks multiple times, but some who this problem keeps returning. Where's my mistake?

As did suggested in the comments, here are the rewrite rules.

http://kdans.net/fotoalbum/e-motion-2012/ gives:
index.php?fotoalbum-item=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2] (source fotoalbum-item)
index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2] (source: page)
index.php?attachment=$matches[1] (source: post)

http://kdans.net/e-motion-2012/ gives
index.php?pagename=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2] (source: page)
index.php?name=$matches[1]&page=$matches[2] (source: post)

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 31 '13 at 15:09

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I think the problem is here : 'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'fotoalbum', 'with_front' => true)

So when a rewrite is occurred it change from fotoalbum-item to fotoalbum. So that's why the url is http://kdans.net/fotoalbum/e-motion-2012/ and not http://kdans.net/fotoalbum-item/e-motion-2012/

So you create the custom post and when you did the first rewrite ie from the Setting->Permalinks it changed the slug to fotoalbum.

Try to change it to : 'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'fotoalbum-item', 'with_front' => true) and reflush the permalinks. It should be work.

answered Oct 31 '13 at 15:09

Laxmana

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Thanks for you suggestion Laxmana. But it does not change anything, unfortunalty :( – Dennis Hunink Nov 02 '13 at 09:43
I did found-out whoever, that the same thing is happening for other custom post types I defined... – Dennis Hunink Nov 02 '13 at 14:27

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '13 at 03:58

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Try refreshing your permalink structure in the WP backend. Save a change, then save again with your preferred structure.

answered Oct 30 '13 at 03:58

Pim Schaaf

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Tried that several times. Without any luck SO far – Dennis Hunink Oct 30 '13 at 08:14

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 30 '13 at 11:58

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Some more insight in how Wordpress 'resolves' the given permalink could help. Maybe try http://wordpress.org/plugins/rewrite-rules-inspector/

answered Oct 30 '13 at 11:58

Pim Schaaf

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I added it to the questions; seems okay as far is I can review – Dennis Hunink Oct 30 '13 at 18:04

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