Custom post types - WordPress
- 1. Custom Post Types What, why and how
- 2. Keith Devon • Freelance web designer and WordPress developer • Specialise in building custom themes and plugins • Founder of WordPress London
- 3. What we’ll cover • What are Custom Post Types • When to use them • How to use them • Taking things further • Resources • Questions
- 4. What are they? Think content not posts. I.e. Custom Content Types
- 5. What are they? Examples: •Movies •Staff •Podcasts •Books •Products •Testimonials, etc, etc.
- 6. When to use them? An example: “I want to create a website for my holiday home rentals company. I have a portfolio of 20 properties that I want to be able to manage and update. Each property has the following information:” • Name • Price per week • Number of rooms • Short intro • Full property description • An image
- 7. Enter, custom post types • Cleaner UIs • Easier theme customisation • Easier to maintain and update your code
- 8. Registering your CPT You can do this using plugins, but...
- 13. Template files • single-$posttype.php • archive-$posttype.php • Replace $posttype with the variable name of your CPT. • E.g. single-kdev_properties.php
- 14. Congratulations! You’ve created a custom post type. Now for even more awesomeness...
- 16. Custom meta boxes • Show the code
- 17. • Show the meta box image
- 18. • Show the meta box image
- 21. Custom Taxonomies Hierarchical Not hierarchical (like categories) (like tags)
- 23. Resources http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type Plugins http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-content-type-manager/ Posts http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/04/29/custom-post-types-in-wordpress http://devpress.com/blog/conditional-checks-for-custom-post-types/ http://css-tricks.com/forums/discussion/8538/wordpress-3.0-custom-post-types-and-meta-boxes/ Easy meta boxes with WPAlchemy http://www.farinspace.com/wpalchemy-metabox/
- 24. Now you know: • What a custom post type is • When to use them • That it’s simple to implement • It makes your life easier!
- 25. Thanks for listening Any questions? @keithdevon keith@keithdevon.com www.keithdevon.com
- 26. Follow ups • Slides will be posted on meetup.com • Video (hopefully) will be posted • @wpldn #wpldn
Editor's Notes
- #2: Pitched at beginner/intermediate devs\n\nSome knowledge of theme structure, some PHP\n
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- #7: Before WP3 = hacking posts\nMessy code\nMessy admin area\n
- #8: CPTs make things easier for you and the client\n\nImproved workflow and productivity.\n
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- #10: Mention plugins and generators\n\nThis code is all we need to get this...\n\n
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- #12: Clean interface, nothing that we don’t need.\n
- #13: Need to add:\nPrice\nRooms\n
- #14: has_archive => true, if using an archive page\n
- #15: Remember rooms and price \n
- #16: Not just for CPTs.\n
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