If you use a custom looper provider on an archive template, does that disable the default query of the archive? Would like to prevent a duplicate query in that case.
The reason for using a custom provider is to have some more filtering options with the query builder.
If it does not automatically prevent a duplicate query, could you add an option for disabling the default query? Would there be any downsides to have that?
Hello @JvP,
Thanks for writing in! You cannot use a Looper Provider on an archive template. If you want to modify the returned items of the WordPress loop, you will have to modify the WP Query. You need to use a custom PHP code for that. Check out these old threads for reference:
If you want to filter the items, you may look into the FacetWP plugin or check out the Facet Filtering with Cornerstone Forms:
Hope this helps.