Custom post type 'name' is slug instead of plural label

[thomask]

If you look into get_queried_object() object on build-in archive pages, the object->name contanins plural label of that categoriy, e.g. 'My news'.

If you do the same on CPT, it contains slug, e.g. "my-news"

The same is returned when you do post_type_archive_title() - so slug for CPT, Plural name for categories.

sorry, the last sentence is wrong, post_type_archive_title returns it right (title, not slug)

You're comparing apples to oranges:

• post type archive -> custom post type object
• taxonomy archive -> term object (not taxonomy object)

If we had such a thing as taxonomy archives (#17567), 'name' would be the taxonomy slug, as expected.

To clarify:

• term archive: /categories/my-news/
• taxonomy archive: /categories/ (not implemented)

And no, it's too late to change 'name' to be consistent between term objects and CPT objects.