So, we’ve made quite a few changes and adjustments trying to get this to work. My test site works without any problems so let’s make sure you have only the necessary changes in place:
1. The only theme file you should have in your child theme (at least for what you’re trying to do here) is /inc/featured.php. The query in that file should look like this:
$featured = new WP_Query(
array(
'post_type' => array( 'post', 'tribe_events' ),
'no_found_rows' => false,
'update_post_meta_cache' => false,
'update_post_term_cache' => false,
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
'posts_per_page' => ot_get_option('featured-posts-count'),
'cat' => ot_get_option('featured-category')
)
);
2. In your child theme functions.php file you should have these two functions:
// add Tribe Event post type to main query
add_action('pre_get_posts','sept_query_filter');
function sept_query_filter($query) {
if ( is_front_page() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
$query->set('post_type', array( 'post', 'tribe_events' ) );
}
}
// add Tribe Event post type to featured post ids
function alx_get_featured_post_ids() {
$args = array(
'post_type' => array( 'post', 'tribe_events' ),
'category' => ot_get_option('featured-category'),
'numberposts' => ot_get_option('featured-posts-count')
);
$posts = get_posts($args);
if ( !$posts ) return false;
foreach ( $posts as $post )
$ids[] = $post->ID;
return $ids;
}
3. Your child theme style.css file should have this:
.post-list .tribe_events {
width: 50%;
float: left;
}
4. In Theme Options > Blog:
Include featured posts in content área – should not be checked
Featured Category – should not be selected
Featured Post Count – should be 1
After verifying that only those changes are in place, if it still doesn’t work, then there is some other conflict.
