Override default archive template

[photoaddictsa]

I have no idea if that title was correct but let me explain, this might get lengthy so please bare with me.

I'm using the plugin WPAdverts, I've been having one particular issue I can't solve, the category pages do not display the ads in that category, see here: http://inthebunch.co.za/classifieds/road/

After chatting to the plugin developer he came to the following conclusion;

Hi, it looks like your theme is not 100% compatible with WPAdverts you will need to create a taxoonomy-advert_category.php file for your theme as explained here https://wpadverts.com/documentation/child-themes-and-templates/ in part Custom Taxonomy Template

According to the instructions, I should create "taxoonomy-advert_category.php" and copy over the content of archive.php and then replace while(have_posts()) ... endwhile; with the following;

<?php 
    global $wp_query;
    remove_filter("the_content", "adverts_the_content");
    echo shortcode_adverts_list(array(
        "category" => $wp_query->get_queried_object_id()
     ));
 ?>

I'm a bit new with this one, Genesis advises against editing framework files directly but rather in child theme, my question is how would I go about following his suggestion without having to copy over the archive.php content?

[Victor Font]

This is the purpose of child themes. You create the new template and place it in your child theme directory. This overrides anything in the framework if done correctly. You may want to take the time to learn more about the WordPress template hierarchy: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/

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[photoaddictsa]

Hi Victor,

The hierarchy thing I get, it's the "if done correctly" bit I was battling with.

I had to call the header and footer for the code to end up working.

<?php 
/**  
* Template Name: Custom classifieds Archive
*
*    
*/ 
    get_header(); ?>
    
        <?php 
            global $wp_query;
            remove_filter("the_content", "adverts_the_content");
            echo shortcode_adverts_list(array(
                "category" => $wp_query->get_queried_object_id()
             ));
         ?>
    
    <?php get_footer(); ?>

[Brad Dalton]

You could hook it in using a custom function

add_action( 'your_hook', 'your_function' );
function your_function() {
global $wp_query;
remove_filter( 'the_content', 'adverts_the_content' );
echo shortcode_adverts_list(array('category' => $wp_query->get_queried_object_id()
));
}

Swap out your_hook in the above code with the genesis hook you want to use.

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[photoaddictsa]

Never even thought of that one, thanks Brad.

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