Category: WordPress

During development if you get a 404 when trying to paginate with a custom post type there may be a simple explanation.

If there is a page with the same name as the custom post type the permalink rewrite rules will get confused e.g. a page called books and a custom post type with post_type key books. The solution is to name the custom post type key with the singular version, then it’s fine.

When you are working with an older site it may be necessary to prevent notice level errors from appearing in the error log so that you aren’t swamped with too many messages.

Adding code to wp-config.php doesn’t work because WordPress itself tries to set the error level.

Instead create a ‘must use’ plugin and add the following:

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);