Post Formats: Query loop shows the wrong posts when inheriting the query from the post format archive template

[carolinan]

Description

I have only tested this with a block theme.

When a query loop block with the setting Inherit query from template is placed in an archive template for a post format,
the correct posts are shown on the front, but not in the editor. In the editor, all posts are shown.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

First, you need a block theme, and you need to enable post format support on the active theme.
If your theme does not have a functions.php file, create one.

Example:

function twentytwentyfour_setup(){
	add_theme_support( 'post-formats', array( 'standard', 'aside', 'gallery', 'audio', 'video', 'link', 'image', 'chat', 'status', 'quote' ) );
}

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'twentytwentyfour_setup' );

Set the permalinks on the test installation to Post name.

Create a few posts and assign them the link post format.

Next, add a link post format archive template inside the theme's templates folder.
templates/taxonomy-post_format-post-format-link.html

Go to Appearance > Editor > Templates, locate and edit the template.
Add a query loop block. In the block settings sidebar, make sure that Inherit query from template is enabled.
Check if the query loop shows the correct posts, it should only show the posts that you assigned the link format to.
Save.

View the archive on the front: Add type/link/ after your test domain in the browser address bar.
(For example http://66.local/type/link/ )

Screenshots, screen recording, code snippet

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Environment info

WordPress 6.6.2, with and without Gutenberg trunk.

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Please confirm that you have tested with all plugins deactivated except Gutenberg.

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[carolinan]

While troubleshooting this I found that this is true also for tags.
If I go to Appearance > Editor > Templates > Add new and select Tag Archive .. for single item, then the editor shows a list of the most recent posts, not posts with the selected tag.

[carolinan]

@ntsekouras I don't suppose you remember why the query loop was only fixed for specific category archive pages, and not other taxonomies? #44294

[ntsekouras]

@ntsekouras I don't suppose you remember why the query loop was only fixed for specific category archive pages, and not other taxonomies? #44294

The linked PR was just a bug fix, but I guess the question now becomes why we had only the categories handling
. Maybe it seemed like the most common scenario and it was a first step?

I'm not sure though how much complexity we should add there given that in many cases the actual result could be way different with filters etc...

[carolinan]

The query loop filters are working: it is the default (inherit) that is not working.