Archives from an Elementor template - Verba
Build the archive layout once as an Elementor template, put a Post Listing widget in it, and assign the template to every archive in Theme Options. It works with free Elementor. The block pattern route works the same way in the block editor.
With Elementor Pro active, this route isn't offered. Choosing Elementor Template as the archive source shows a notice instead of a template picker, because Elementor Pro's Theme Builder already handles archive layouts. Build the archive there, or use Advanced or Block Pattern.
#Build it
Create the template
In Elementor, build the archive layout and save it as a template.
Add the Post Listing widget
Place it where the posts belong.
Turn on Archive Mode
In the widget's query settings, turn on Archive Mode.
Step three is where everybody gets stuck. Without Archive Mode, the widget runs its own query, and every archive on your site shows the same fixed set of posts.
With Archive Mode on, the listing takes its posts from the page it's on: a tag's posts on a tag page, a category's on a category page, the results on a search page. One template then serves every archive.
The rest of the widget works as usual. See Listing settings and query and Customizing the look of a listing.
#Assign it
Go to VerbaTheme OptionsArchiveGeneral, set Archive Source to Elementor Template, and pick yours under Custom Elementor Template. The option is greyed out while Elementor isn't active. Switching between sources doesn't delete anything you built.
#When it's worth it
A template pays off when the archive needs a layout settings can't produce, or when you already work this way. Elementor draws the content and the global look stays with the theme. See How Verba uses Elementor.
If everything you want is in Advanced archives, use that instead. You maintain a template by hand, while settings survive updates on their own.
My template shows the same posts on every archive
Archive Mode is off on the Post Listing widget. Turn it on.
Do I need Elementor Pro?
No. This route is built for free Elementor, because the theme is what assigns the template to archives. With Elementor Pro, use its Theme Builder instead.
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