Displaying custom post type on front page

2 comments

1. I would avoid the use of query_posts — it forces another database hit. There are plenty of other ways to hook in and change the query before posts are fetches. pre_get_posts is one of them.

   To display multiple post types on the home page (pages and posts in this example):

   <?php
   add_action('pre_get_posts', 'wpse70606_pre_posts');
   /**
    * Change that query! No need to return anything $q is an object passed by 
    * reference {@link http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.references.php}.
    *
    * @param   WP_Query $q The query object.
    * @return  void
    */
   function wpse70606_pre_posts($q)
   {
       // bail if it's the admin, not the main query or isn't the (posts) page.
       if(is_admin() || !$q->is_main_query() || !is_home())
           return;
   
       // whatever type(s) you want.
       $q->set('post_type', array('post', 'page'));
   }
   

   This would go in your themes’s functions.php file or in a plugin.

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2. I would try this first:

   global $wp_query;
   $args = array_merge( $wp_query->query, array( 
     'posts_per_page' => -1,
     'post_type' => 'any',
   ) );
   
   query_posts( $args );
   

   This will keep the original query, and display every single post (-1 means “all posts”), of every post type. That should help you troubleshooting the issue.

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