1. CUSTOM POST TYPE IN
WORDPRESS
By:
Junejo Naeem Ahmed

2. POST TYPES
• WordPress can hold and display many different types
of content.
• A single item of such a content is generally called a
post.
• although post is also a specific post type.
• Internally, all the post types are stored in the same
place, in the wp_posts database table, but are
differentiated by a column called post_type.
• WordPress 3.0 gives you the capability to add your
own custom post types and to use them in different
ways.

3. DEFAULT POST TYPES
• There are five post types that are readily available to
users or internally used by the WordPress installation
by default :
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Post
Page
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Revision
Navigation menu

4. WHAT ACTUALLY ARE CUSTOM POST TYPES?
• By using Custom Post Types you can create a new
type of item like Posts and Pages, which will contain
a different set of data.
• It will have a new administration menu, dedicated
editing pages, custom taxonomies and many more
utilities required for full fledged publishing.
• Custom Post Types are a new set of administrative
options appearing along with the default post types
such as Posts, Pages, Attachments etc.

5. WHAT ACTUALLY ARE CUSTOM POST TYPES? (cont’d)
• A Custom Post Type can store any type of
information. It has a dedicated editor, media
uploader and uses the existing WordPress table
structure for ease in data management.
• The main advantage of creating custom post types
using the WordPress API is that it equips itself well
with existing themes and templates.
• Custom Post Types are also SEO friendly because of
their nifty permalinks.

6. WHAT ACTUALLY ARE CUSTOM POST TYPES? (cont’d)

7. CUSTOM POST TYPES
• Custom post types are new post types you can
create.
• A custom post type can be added to WordPress via
the register_post_type() function.
• This function allows you to define a new post type by
its labels, supported features, availability and other
specifics.
• Note that you must call register_post_type() before
the admin_menu and after the after_setup_theme
action hooks.
• A good hook to use is the init hook.

8. WHAT WORDPRESS CAN DO FOR YOU NOW
• You could create custom post types for books,
movies, reviews, products and so on.
• If created correctly, you can achieve the following
with a few lines of code:
• The custom post type will show up in the back end as
a separate menu item with its own post list and “add
new” page.
• Categories and tags can be made available to the
custom post type, or you can create custom
taxonomies.

9. WHAT WORDPRESS CAN DO FOR YOU NOW
• Apart from these, you can modify countless options,
such as where the custom post type should be
placed in the menu, should it be searchable, which
user level can access it, should it be hierarchical,
custom rewrite rules, etc.
• Custom meta boxes enable you to add additional
boxes to the edit screen of a post. They usually use
custom fields, so you could just use custom fields as
well, but by separating out some custom fields as
meta boxes, you can create a much smoother and
usable admin.

10. CUSTOM TAXONOMIES
• Custom Taxonomies Your regular blog posts use categories
and tags to create an organization structure.
• However, the same organization doesn’t necessarily make
sense for custom post types.
• Your blog posts could be about your “Life,” your “Thoughts” or
your “Dreams.”
• These are obviously not appropriate for products.

11. CUSTOM TAXONOMIES (cont’d)