wordpress custom post type with custom slug and get variables

Question

I've defined a custom post type in wordpress in this way:

add_action('init', 'register_cima_fellowship');

function register_cima_fellowship() {
    $args = array(
        'labels' => $labels,
        'public' => true,
        'menu_position'=>20,
        'show_ui'=>true,
        'show_in_menu'=>true,
        'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
        'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'fellow'),    
        'supports' => array('title', 'editor','thumbnail'),
        'has_archive'=>true
    );
    register_post_type('cima_fellowship', $args);
}

I've created a custom archive in a file called archive-cima_fellowship.php and it works, showing all my cpt.

This cpt have a meta attribute like status, to define some of them as current and other as past. I would like to have two different archive pages, one to show only he current and another to show only the past.

For now I turn around this using a get variable in this way mysite.com/cima_fellowship/?type=past

But I would like to have cleaner url like mysite.com/fellows/past.

For this I defined 'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'fellow'), in the registration of the cpt, but I can't access the archive page trough `mysite.com/fellows, I still have to visit 'mysite.com/cima_fellowship/', and I can't find out how to "style" the URL.

Any suggestion? tutorial? guide?

Thanks in advance!

DLaverick DLaverick · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-15T09:55:49

Now I am not 100% sure if this will work but try adding:

'has_archive' => 'fellow'

So you would have:

 function register_cima_fellowship() {
$args = array(
    'labels' => $labels,
    'public' => true,
    'menu_position'=>20,
    'show_ui'=>true,
    'show_in_menu'=>true,
    'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
    'has_archive'=>true,
    'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'fellow', 'with_front' => false),    
    'supports' => array('title', 'editor','thumbnail'),

);
register_post_type('cima_fellowship', $args);
}

I had a similar problem 10 or so months ago and I add this and seemed to fix my problem.

wordpress custom post type with custom slug and get variables

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