index.php

<?php
/**
 * The main template file.
 *
 * This is the most generic template file in a WordPress theme
 * and one of the two required files for a theme (the other being style.css).
 * It is used to display a page when nothing more specific matches a query.
 * E.g., it puts together the home page when no home.php file exists.
 *
 * @link https://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy
 *
 * @package Lance
 */

get_header(); ?>

    <div id="primary" class="content-area">
        <main id="main" class="site-main" role="main">

<?php
    $projects = array(
    'post_type' =>'project',
    'orderby' => 'rand'
    );
    $project_tiles = new WP_Query($projects);?>


<div id="projects">
    <?php while ( $project_tiles->have_posts() ) : $project_tiles->the_post();
        echo '<div class="project hvr-float">';
        echo '<a class="" href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="Learn more about ' . get_the_title() . '">';
        echo '<span class="cover">';
        the_post_thumbnail('project-thumb');
        echo '<div class="project-caption">';
        echo '<h1 class="project-title">' . get_the_title() . '</h1>';
        if ( 'projects' == get_post_type()) {
            if (has_term('','clients')){
                echo get_the_term_list($post->ID, 'client', '<h1 class="project-client">', '</h1><h1 class="project-client">', '</h1>' );
            } else {
                echo get_the_term_list($post->ID, 'director', '<h1 class="project-client">', '</h1><h1 class="project-client">', '</h1>' );
            }
        } else {
            if (has_term('', 'year')){
                echo get_the_term_list($post->ID, 'year', '<h1 class="project-client">', '</h1><h1 class="project-client">', '</h1>' );
            } else {
                echo get_the_term_list($post->ID, 'director', '<h1 class="project-client">', '</h1><h1 class="project-client">', '</h1>' );
            }
        }
        echo '</div>';
        echo '</span>';
        echo '</a>';
        echo '</div>';
    endwhile;


    wp_reset_query();


    ?>



        </main><!-- #main -->
    </div><!-- #primary -->

<?php
get_sidebar();
get_footer();