Gathering Custom post types via tags

I have set up my custom post type called ‘sectors’, using the code below:

register_post_type( 'sectors',
    array(
        'labels' => array(
            'name'          => __( 'Sectors' ),
            'singular_name' => __( 'sectors' ),
        ),
        'has_archive'  => true,
        'hierarchical' => true,
        'menu_icon'    => 'dashicons-heart',
        'public'       => true,
        'rewrite'      => array( 'slug' => 'your-cpt', 'with_front' => false ),
        'supports'     => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'trackbacks', 'custom-fields', 'revisions', 'page-attributes' ),
        'taxonomies'   => array( 'your-cpt-type',  'post_tag' ),
    ));
}

This has allowed me to add ‘tags’ to the custom post type pages.

Now, I am trying to display pages fron this custom post types by certain tags.

I have managed to do this with posts, by using the following code:

<?php 
    $args = array('tag_slug__and' => array('featuredpost1'));
    $loop = new WP_Query( $args );
    while ($loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
?>
<h5 class="captext"><?php the_title(); ?></h5>
<hr>

<div style="float: left; padding-right:20px;">
    <?php the_post_thumbnail( 'thumb' ); ?>
</div>

<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<a href="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>"> Read More...</a>

<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>

This will get all posts which have the tag ‘featuredpost1’.

How is this possible with custom post types?

EDIT/UPDATE:

This does work now, is there a way I can use this functionality on a different page? For example, on my homepage get the posts via tags, so whatever is updated on this page will update on the homepage??

Answer

WordPress Query Parameters

If you add ::

$args = array(
    'post_type' => array( 'sectors' ) //, 'multiple_types_after_commas' )
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );

$query = new WP_Query( 'post_type=sectors' );

This will help you target your post type with your query.

It will look like

$args = array(
    'tag_slug__and' => array('featuredpost1'),
    'post_type' => array( 'sectors' )
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ($loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();

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