Group Posts in Taxonomy Archive (years) by other Taxonomy

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Problem:

Group the result in WP year archive page by category.

Solution:

There isn't such kind of built-in feature within Toolset, and it might conduct some other unexpected results, for example:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/group-posts-in-taxonomy-archive-years-by-other-taxonomy/#post-1734041

So my opinion is not to go.

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This topic contains 4 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by larsP-2 4 years, 3 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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August 10, 2020 at 4:45 pm #1733481

larsP-2

Hello,
I would like to use a taxonomy archive (years) to automatically display older posts of a custom post type. This older posts should be grouped by another taxonomy (categories).
I managed to create a grouped view with the help of the following documentation https://toolset.com/2015/07/how-to-group-posts-by-category/.
The taxonomy archive for years should look just like it, but just show the posts of one year. How can I achieve that?

Thank you in advance and kind regards
Sean

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Taxonomy archive example: hidden link

August 11, 2020 at 6:44 am #1734041

Luo Yang

Hello,

It is possible, but it might conduct some other unexpected results, for example:
- the pagination/AJAX search of year archive page won't work any more
- there is known issue to display taxonomy view in archive page, for example:
https://toolset.com/errata/content-template-is-not-rendered-if-added-outside-the-archive-loop-of-a-view/
- The parent "categories" taxonomy will outputs all terms of categories, and the child post view might display the result: no item found.

And you will need to setup custom codes to add year filter to child post view:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/views-filters/#wpv_filter_query

So my opinion is not to go.

August 13, 2020 at 3:05 pm #1737641

larsP-2

Hello Luo Yang,

thank you for your answer.

So you say that I shouldn't try and output grouped posts with a year taxonomy archive?
I thought that this would be the smartest way because WordPress already automatically generates taxonomy archive pages for each year. What would you suggest instead?
I could always create a filtered view for each year, but this wouldn't be as automated as using the year taxonomy archive pages.

Kind regards
Sean

August 14, 2020 at 2:27 am #1738227

Luo Yang

Yes, my opinion is this is not a good idea to group results in year archive page, since it will conduct a lots of unexpected result.

And you are right, in the archive page, the results are outputted from WordPress core, you can use Toolset WordPress Archive to style/format and filter the results:
https://toolset.com/course-lesson/creating-a-custom-archive-page/

But it can not group result by taxonomy "categories"

August 14, 2020 at 9:39 am #1738655

larsP-2

Hello Luo Yang,

OK thank you for your help. Then I'll create filtered grouped views for each year.

Kind regards
Sean