WordPress archive/taxonomy location

Question

I'm struggling with this, despite being okay at WordPress dev.

I've created a custom post type called links

I've also created a custom taxonomy called link-type

All works fine when using archive.php in the root of the theme.

However I want links to be a child page of resources so:

example.com/links/ would become example.com/resources/links/

And clicking on a taxonomy term link for example downloads would take you to example.com/resources/links/downloads/

I'm aware of has_archive and rewrite and with_front and slug but can't understand how to use these to achieve the aforementioned structure.

As always, expert help is much appreciated.

Answer 1

When you register your post type, just add whatever you want to the slug in the rewrite argument, forward slashes are acceptable in slugs.

$args = array(
    'labels' => $labels,
    ...
    'rewrite' => array(
        'slug' => 'resources/links',
        'with_front' => true
    ),
);

This will give you https://example.com/resources/links/, even if you have a page already at https://example.com/resources/.

I almost forgot, you'll need to make sure your flush your rewrite rules (this can be done programatically when the CPT is registered, or you can just go to your Settings > Permalinks option page and click Save Changes to accomplish the same thing one time.