1. Diving into Wordpress Custom
Post Types
Hazlitt Eastman
www.manta9.com
@hazlitteastman
Wordpress theme and plugin development, Codeigniter,
PHP / MySQL / Javascript / HTML / CSS

2. What are we going to look at?
- What are Custom Post Types?
- Web site example
- Useful plugins
- Code
www.manta9.com
@hazlitteastman

3. What are Custom Post Types?
Provide a method by which we can structure different
types of website content. (not just Posts and Pages)
Examples:
- Adverts
- DVDs
- Books
- Testimonials
- Tour dates
www.manta9.com
@hazlitteastman

4. Website Front End Example
www.offthekerb.co.uk
Contains 11 Custom Post Types
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5. Useful Plugins
- Can be created in functions.php using the
register_post_type() Wordpress function
- Custom Post Type UI
- Verve Metabox
- More Fields
- Advanced Custom Fields
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@hazlitteastman

6. Website Back End Example
www.offthekerb.co.uk
- As an Editor
- As an Administrator
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7. Code example using query_posts()
query_posts( 'posts_per_page=-1&post_type=dvds');
if(have_posts()) :
while(have_posts()) : the_post(); //loop opened
$image = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'image_2', true);
$link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link_2', true);
$title = get_the_title();
echo "<li>n";
echo "<a href="http://" . $link . "" target="_blank"><img src="" .
$image . "" alt="" . $title. "" /></a>n";
echo "</li>n";
endwhile; //loop closed
endif; //have_posts closed
www.manta9.com
@hazlitteastman

8. What have we looked at?
- What are Custom Post Types?
- Web site example
- Useful plugins
- Code
www.manta9.com
@hazlitteastman

9. Diving into Wordpress Custom
Post Types
Questions...
www.manta9.com
@hazlitteastman