Creatively Creating Custom Post Types Nikhil Vimal #WordSesh2 

Hi, I’m Nikhil (NikV) • I develop with WordPress • I can be found on Twitter @TechVoltz • Core contributor for WordPress 3.7 

Custom Post Types? They Rock (Seriously) 

But what are Custom Post Types? An example of a post type is posts and pages 

Portfolio Post Type could be paintings 

Online Store Post Type could be Products 

Your only limitation is Your imagination 

“WordPress can hold and display many different types of content.” -WordPress Codex 

Custom Post types should be added with… A plugin of course 

Create a file called myposttype.php

add_action('init', 'wordsesh_sessions'); function wordsesh_sessions() { $wordsesh_args = array( 'public' => true, 'query_var' => 'wordsesh', ‘can_export’ => true, 'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments', 'page-attributes' ), 'labels' => array( 'name' => 'WordSesh 2 Sessions', 'singular' => 'WordSesh 2 Session', 'add_new' => 'Add Session', 'add_new_item' => 'Add Session', 'edit_item' => 'Edit Session', 'new_item' => 'New Session', 'view_item' => 'View Session', 'search_items' => 'Search Sessions', 'not_found' => 'No sessions found', 'not_found_in_trash' => 'No Sessions found in the Trash', ), ); register_post_type('WordSesh', $wordsesh_args ); } 

Now lets add to our Custom Post Type 

Custom meta data With meta boxes 

Let’s add a meta box function add_cpt_metabox(){ add_meta_box('cpt_meta', 'Speaker Meta Box', 'cpt_meta', 'wordsesh','side', 'default'); } add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'add_cpt_metabox'); 

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You can also use… User roles and Capabilities with Custom Post Types 

function delete_wordseshcpt_menu() { if( !current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ): remove_menu_page('edit.php?post_type=wordsesh'); endif; } add_action('admin_menu', 'delete_wordseshcpt_menu'); 

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Capabilities with Custom Post Types 

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Adding Capabilities to roles 

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Templates For Custom Post Types 

Styling your CPT Page With single-$posttype.php 

Having an Archive Page for your CPT With archive-$posttype.php 

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Taxonomies More Organization 

“Basically, a taxonomy is a way to group things together” -WordPress Codex 

Taxonomies Categories and Tags 

Portfolio Taxonomy is oil painting 

add_action('init','wordsesh_tracks‘); 

function wordsesh_tracks(){ $tracks_args = array( 'hierarchical' => true, 'query_var' => 'tracks', 'show_tagcloud' => true, 

'labels' => array( 'name' => 'Tracks', 'edit_item' => 'Edit Track', 'update_item' => 'Update Track', 'add_new_item' => 'Add New Track', 'new_item_name' => 'New Track', 'all_items' => 'All Tracks', 'search_items' => 'Search Tracks', 'popular_items' => 'Popular Tracks', 'add_or_remove_items' => 'Add or remove Tracks', 'choose_from_most_used' => 'Choose from most used Tracks', ), ); 

register_taxonomy('tracks', array('wordsesh'), $tracks_args); The array(‘wordsesh’) is our custom post type 

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Resources • http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/04/29/custom-post-types-in- wordpress • http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types • http://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies • http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2012/11/08/complete-guide- custom-post-types/ 

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Thank You! Nikhil Vimal (NikV) @TechVoltz