Theres nothing wrong with the CPT, if you go direct to the category page it works fine: https://tinyurl.com/zyxzysr
Heres how I registered the CPT:
/**
* Register Retailers post type.
*
*/
function retailers_post_type() {
$labels = array(
'name' => _x( 'Retailers', 'post type general name', 'retailers' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Retailer', 'post type singular name', 'retailers' ),
'menu_name' => _x( 'Retailers', 'admin menu', 'retailers' ),
'name_admin_bar' => _x( 'Retailer', 'add new on admin bar', 'retailers' ),
'add_new' => _x( 'Add New', 'retailer', 'retailers' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Retailer', 'retailers' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New Retailer', 'retailers' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Retailer', 'retailers' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Retailer', 'retailers' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Retailers', 'retailers' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Retailers', 'retailers' ),
'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Retailers:', 'retailers' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No retailers found.', 'retailers' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No retailers found in Trash.', 'retailers' )
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'description' => __( 'Retailers', 'retailers' ),
'public' => true,
'taxonomies' => array('category'),
'publicly_queryable' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'wheretobuy' ),
'capability_type' => 'post',
'has_archive' => true,
'hierarchical' => false,
'menu_position' => null,
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments' )
);
register_post_type( 'retailers', $args );
}
/**
* Enables Category Archives for Custom Post Type Retailers
*
*/
add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'query_post_type');
function query_post_type($query) {
if(is_category() || is_tag()) {
$post_type = get_query_var('post_type');
if($post_type)
$post_type = $post_type;
else
$post_type = array('post','retailers'); // replace cpt to your custom post type
$query->set('post_type',$post_type);
return $query;
}
}