is_post_type_archive( string|string[] $post_types =  ): bool

Determines whether the query is for an existing post type archive page.

Description

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.

Parameters

$post_typesstring|string[]optional
Post type or array of posts types to check against.

Default:''

Return

bool Whether the query is for an existing post type archive page.

Source

function is_post_type_archive( $post_types = '' ) {
	global $wp_query;

	if ( ! isset( $wp_query ) ) {
		_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, __( 'Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Before then, they always return false.' ), '3.1.0' );
		return false;
	}

	return $wp_query->is_post_type_archive( $post_types );
}

Changelog

VersionDescription
3.1.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    Example
    If the current page is an archive of a custom post type, display the custom post type title:

    <?php if ( is_post_type_archive() ) { ?>
    <h1><?php post_type_archive_title(); ?></h1>
    <?php } ?>

    Notes
    This returns true for a page like /?post_type=my-custom-post-type, but not for /category/uncategorized/?post_type=custom. It’s only testing whether this is an archive of all posts of a given type. It is not checking for the existence of the post_type query parameter — that can be found by get_query_var('post_type').

    Also, depending on when this function runs it may or may not be run by nav_menu_item. For example:

    <?php
    function wpdocs_my_function( $query ) {
        if ( is_post_type_archive( 'my_custom_post_type' ) ) {
             // Do stuff
        }
    }
    add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'wpdocs_my_function' );
    ?>

    Whether “Do stuff” gets run in the menu depends on whether the theme use nav menus. A better usage would be:

    <?php
    function wpdocs_my_function( $query ) {
        if ( is_post_type_archive( 'my_custom_post_type' ) && 'my_custom_post_type' === $query->query['post_type'] ) {
             // Do stuff
        }
    }
    add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'wpdocs_my_function' );
    ?>
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    Conditionally enqueue (add) styles/scripts with custom post type archive page

    add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function() {
        // check if this is snippets archive page
        if ( is_post_type_archive( 'snippets' ) ) {
            wp_enqueue_style( 'wpdocs-style-name', get_stylesheet_uri() );
            wp_enqueue_script( 'wpdocs-script-name', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/example.js', array(), '1.0.0', true );
        }
    } );

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