Initial effort

lib/rest-api.php

@@ -36,3 +36,28 @@ function gutenberg_register_edit_site_export_controller_endpoints() {
 	$edit_site_export_controller->register_routes();
 }
 add_action( 'rest_api_init', 'gutenberg_register_edit_site_export_controller_endpoints' );
+
+
+function gutenberg_register_archive_link_field() {
+	register_rest_field(
+		'type',
+		'archive_link',
+		array(
+			'get_callback'    => function( $post_object ) {
+				if ( isset( $post_object['has_archive'] ) && $post_object['has_archive'] ) {
+					$post_type = $post_object['slug'];
+					$archive_link = get_post_type_archive_link( $post_type );
+					return $archive_link ? $archive_link : '';
+				}
+				return '';
+			},
+			'update_callback' => null,
+			'schema'          => array(
+				'description' => __( 'Link to the post type archive page', 'default' ),
+				'type'        => 'string',
+				'context'     => array( 'view', 'edit' ),
+			),
+		)
+	);
+}
+add_action( 'rest_api_init', 'gutenberg_register_archive_link_field' );

packages/block-editor/src/components/link-control/search-item.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 	file,
 	home,
 	verse,
+	customPostType,
 } from '@wordpress/icons';
 import { __unstableStripHTML as stripHTML } from '@wordpress/dom';
 import { safeDecodeURI, filterURLForDisplay, getPath } from '@wordpress/url';
@@ -42,18 +43,16 @@ function SearchItemIcon( { isURL, suggestion } ) {
 				icon = verse;
 			}
 		}
+	} else {
+		icon = customPostType;
 	}
 
-	if ( icon ) {
-		return (
-			<Icon
-				className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-icon"
-				icon={ icon }
-			/>
-		);
-	}
-
-	return null;
+	return (
+		<Icon
+			className="block-editor-link-control__search-item-icon"
+			icon={ icon }
+		/>
+	);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -156,6 +155,10 @@ function getVisualTypeName( suggestion ) {
 		return 'blog home';
 	}
 
+	if ( suggestion.kind === 'post-type-archive' ) {
+		return 'archive';
+	}
+
 	// Rename 'post_tag' to 'tag'. Ideally, the API would return the localised CPT or taxonomy label.
 	return suggestion.type === 'post_tag' ? 'tag' : suggestion.type;
 }

packages/block-library/src/navigation-link/index.php

@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ function block_core_navigation_link_filter_variations( $variations, $block_type
  * @return array
  */
 function block_core_navigation_link_build_variations() {
+
 	$post_types = get_post_types( array( 'show_in_nav_menus' => true ), 'objects' );
 	$taxonomies = get_taxonomies( array( 'show_in_nav_menus' => true ), 'objects' );
 
@@ -392,6 +393,27 @@ function block_core_navigation_link_build_variations() {
 				$variations[] = $variation;
 			}
 		}
+
+		// If any of the post types have `has_archive` set to true then add a post-type-archive variation.
+		$has_archive = array_filter(
+			$post_types,
+			function ( $post_type ) {
+				return $post_type->has_archive;
+			}
+		);
+
+		if ( $has_archive ) {
+			$variation    = array(
+				'name'        => 'post-type-archive',
+				'title'       => __( 'Post Type Archive Link' ),
+				'description' => __( 'A link to a post type archive' ),
+				'attributes'  => array(
+					'type' => 'all',
+					'kind' => 'post-type-archive',
+				),
+			);
+			$variations[] = $variation;
+		}
 	}
 	if ( $taxonomies ) {
 		foreach ( $taxonomies as $taxonomy ) {

packages/block-library/src/navigation-link/link-ui.js

@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ export function getSuggestionsQuery( type, kind ) {
 			if ( kind === 'taxonomy' ) {
 				return { type: 'term', subtype: type };
 			}
+			if ( kind === 'post-type-archive' ) {
+				return { type: 'post-type-archive' };
+			}
 			if ( kind === 'post-type' ) {
 				return { type: 'post', subtype: type };
 			}

packages/core-data/src/fetch/__experimental-fetch-link-suggestions.ts

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export type SearchOptions = {
 	/**
 	 * Filters by search type.
 	 */
-	type?: 'attachment' | 'post' | 'term' | 'post-format';
+	type?: 'attachment' | 'post' | 'term' | 'post-format' | 'post-type-archive';
 	/**
 	 * Slug of the post-type or taxonomy.
 	 */
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ type MediaAPIResult = {
 	type: string;
 };
 
+type PostTypesAPIResult = {
+	slug: string;
+	name: string;
+	archive_link: string;
+};
+
 export type SearchResult = {
 	/**
 	 * Post or term id.
@@ -240,6 +246,34 @@ export default async function fetchLinkSuggestions(
 		);
 	}
 
+	if ( ! type || type === 'post-type-archive' ) {
+		queries.push(
+			apiFetch< PostTypesAPIResult[] >( {
+				path: addQueryArgs( '/wp/v2/types', {
+					page,
+					per_page: perPage,
+				} ),
+			} )
+				.then( ( results ) => {
+					const resultValues = Object.values( results );
+					return resultValues
+						.filter( ( result ) => !! result.archive_link ) // Filter out results with falsy archive_link, including empty strings
+						.map( ( result, index ) => {
+							return {
+								id: index + 1, // avoid results being filtered due to falsy id
+								url: result.archive_link,
+								title:
+									decodeEntities( result.name || '' ) ||
+									__( '(no title)' ),
+								type: result.slug,
+								kind: 'post-type-archive',
+							};
+						} );
+				} )
+				.catch( () => [] ) // Fail by returning no results.
+		);
+	}
+
 	const responses = await Promise.all( queries );
 
 	let results = responses.flat();

packages/core-data/src/fetch/test/__experimental-fetch-link-suggestions.js

@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ jest.mock( '@wordpress/api-fetch', () =>
 							'http://localhost:8888/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/test-pdf.pdf',
 					},
 				] );
+			case '/wp/v2/search?search=&per_page=20&type=post-type-archive':
+				return Promise.resolve( [
+					{
+						id: 'books',
+						title: 'All Books',
+						url: 'http://wordpress.local/books/',
+						type: 'books-archive',
+						kind: 'post-type-archive',
+					},
+				] );
 			default:
 				return Promise.resolve( [
 					{
@@ -187,7 +197,7 @@ describe( 'fetchLinkSuggestions', () => {
 		);
 	} );
 
-	it( 'returns suggestions from post, term, post-format and media', () => {
+	it( 'returns suggestions from post, term, post-format, media and post-type-archive', () => {
 		return fetchLinkSuggestions( '', {} ).then( ( suggestions ) =>
 			expect( suggestions ).toEqual( [
 				{
@@ -232,6 +242,13 @@ describe( 'fetchLinkSuggestions', () => {
 					type: 'attachment',
 					kind: 'media',
 				},
+				{
+					id: 'books',
+					title: 'All Books',
+					url: 'http://wordpress.local/books/',
+					type: 'books-archive',
+					kind: 'post-type-archive',
+				},
 			] )
 		);
 	} );