WordSesh 2 Creatively Creating Custom Post Types

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1. Creatively Creating Custom Post Types Nikhil Vimal #WordSesh2
2. Hi, I’m Nikhil (NikV) • I develop with WordPress • I can be found on Twitter @TechVoltz • Core contributor for WordPress 3.7
3. Custom Post Types? They Rock (Seriously)
4. But what are Custom Post Types? An example of a post type is posts and pages
5. Portfolio Post Type could be paintings
6. Online Store Post Type could be Products
7. Your only limitation is Your imagination
8. “WordPress can hold and display many different types of content.” -WordPress Codex
9. Custom Post types should be added with… A plugin of course
10. Create a file called myposttype.php <?php /** * Plugin Name: Your Custom Post Type plugin * Plugin URI: http://yourpluginswebsite.com * Description: A brief description of your Plugin. * Version: The Plugin's Version Number, e.g.: 1.0 * Author: Your Name * Author URI: http://yourwebsite.com * License: A "Slug" license name e.g. GPL2 */
11. 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 ); }
12. Now lets add to our Custom Post Type
13. Custom meta data With meta boxes
14. 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');
15. '<input type="text" name=“cpt_meta" value="' . $cpt_meta . '" class="widefat" />';
16. You can also use… User roles and Capabilities with Custom Post Types
17. function delete_wordseshcpt_menu() { if( !current_user_can( 'administrator' ) ): remove_menu_page('edit.php?post_type=wordsesh'); endif; } add_action('admin_menu', 'delete_wordseshcpt_menu');
19. Capabilities with Custom Post Types
21. Adding Capabilities to roles
23. Templates For Custom Post Types
24. Styling your CPT Page With single-$posttype.php
25. Having an Archive Page for your CPT With archive-$posttype.php
28. Taxonomies More Organization
29. “Basically, a taxonomy is a way to group things together” -WordPress Codex
30. Taxonomies Categories and Tags
31. Portfolio Taxonomy is oil painting
32. add_action('init','wordsesh_tracks‘);
33. function wordsesh_tracks(){ $tracks_args = array( 'hierarchical' => true, 'query_var' => 'tracks', 'show_tagcloud' => true,
34. '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', ), );
35. register_taxonomy('tracks', array('wordsesh'), $tracks_args); The array(‘wordsesh’) is our custom post type
37. 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/
39. Thank You! Nikhil Vimal (NikV) @TechVoltz