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Help file when registering post types.
<?php
# Register custom post types on the 'init' hook.
add_action( 'init', 'my_register_post_types' );
/**
* Registers post types needed by the plugin.
*
* @since 1.0.0
* @access public
* @return void
*/
function my_register_post_types() {
// Set up the arguments for the post type.
$args = array(
// A short description of what your post type is. As far as I know, this isn't used anywhere
// in core WordPress. However, themes may choose to display this on post type archives.
'description' => __( 'This is a description for my post type.', 'example-textdomain' ), // string
// Whether the post type should be used publicly via the admin or by front-end users. This
// argument is sort of a catchall for many of the following arguments. I would focus more
// on adjusting them to your liking than this argument.
'public' => true, // bool (default is FALSE)
// Whether queries can be performed on the front end as part of parse_request().
'publicly_queryable' => true, // bool (defaults to 'public').
// Whether to exclude posts with this post type from front end search results.
'exclude_from_search' => false, // bool (defaults to the opposite of 'public' argument)
// Whether individual post type items are available for selection in navigation menus.
'show_in_nav_menus' => false, // bool (defaults to 'public')
// Whether to generate a default UI for managing this post type in the admin. You'll have
// more control over what's shown in the admin with the other arguments. To build your
// own UI, set this to FALSE.
'show_ui' => true, // bool (defaults to 'public')
// Whether to show post type in the admin menu. 'show_ui' must be true for this to work.
// Can also set this to a string of a top-level menu (e.g., 'tools.php'), which will make
// the post type screen be a sub-menu.
'show_in_menu' => true, // bool (defaults to 'show_ui')
// Whether to make this post type available in the WordPress admin bar. The admin bar adds
// a link to add a new post type item.
'show_in_admin_bar' => true, // bool (defaults to 'show_in_menu')
// The position in the menu order the post type should appear. 'show_in_menu' must be true
'menu_position' => null, // int (defaults to 25 - below comments)
// The URI to the icon to use for the admin menu item or a dashicon class. See:
// https://developer.wordpress.org/resource/dashicons/
'menu_icon' => null, // string (defaults to use the post icon)
// Whether the posts of this post type can be exported via the WordPress import/export plugin
// or a similar plugin.
'can_export' => true, // bool (defaults to TRUE)
// Whether to delete posts of this type when deleting a user who has written posts.
'delete_with_user' => false, // bool (defaults to TRUE if the post type supports 'author')
// Whether this post type should allow hierarchical (parent/child/grandchild/etc.) posts.
'hierarchical' => false, // bool (defaults to FALSE)
// Whether the post type has an index/archive/root page like the "page for posts" for regular
// posts. If set to TRUE, the post type name will be used for the archive slug. You can also
// set this to a string to control the exact name of the archive slug.
'has_archive' => 'example', // bool|string (defaults to FALSE)
// Sets the query_var key for this post type. If set to TRUE, the post type name will be used.
// You can also set this to a custom string to control the exact key.
'query_var' => 'example', // bool|string (defaults to TRUE - post type name)
// A string used to build the edit, delete, and read capabilities for posts of this type. You
// can use a string or an array (for singular and plural forms). The array is useful if the
// plural form can't be made by simply adding an 's' to the end of the word. For example,
// array( 'box', 'boxes' ).
'capability_type' => 'example', // string|array (defaults to 'post')
// Whether WordPress should map the meta capabilities (edit_post, read_post, delete_post) for
// you. If set to FALSE, you'll need to roll your own handling of this by filtering the
// 'map_meta_cap' hook.
'map_meta_cap' => true, // bool (defaults to FALSE)
// Provides more precise control over the capabilities than the defaults. By default, WordPress
// will use the 'capability_type' argument to build these capabilities. More often than not,
// this results in many extra capabilities that you probably don't need. The following is how
// I set up capabilities for many post types, which only uses three basic capabilities you need
// to assign to roles: 'manage_examples', 'edit_examples', 'create_examples'. Each post type
// is unique though, so you'll want to adjust it to fit your needs.
'capabilities' => array(
// meta caps (don't assign these to roles)
'edit_post' => 'edit_example',
'read_post' => 'read_example',
'delete_post' => 'delete_example',
// primitive/meta caps
'create_posts' => 'create_examples',
// primitive caps used outside of map_meta_cap()
'edit_posts' => 'edit_examples',
'edit_others_posts' => 'manage_examples',
'publish_posts' => 'manage_examples',
'read_private_posts' => 'read',
// primitive caps used inside of map_meta_cap()
'read' => 'read',
'delete_posts' => 'manage_examples',
'delete_private_posts' => 'manage_examples',
'delete_published_posts' => 'manage_examples',
'delete_others_posts' => 'manage_examples',
'edit_private_posts' => 'edit_examples',
'edit_published_posts' => 'edit_examples'
),
// How the URL structure should be handled with this post type. You can set this to an
// array of specific arguments or true|false. If set to FALSE, it will prevent rewrite
// rules from being created.
'rewrite' => array(
// The slug to use for individual posts of this type.
'slug' => 'example', // string (defaults to the post type name)
// Whether to show the $wp_rewrite->front slug in the permalink.
'with_front' => false, // bool (defaults to TRUE)
// Whether to allow single post pagination via the <!--nextpage--> quicktag.
'pages' => true, // bool (defaults to TRUE)
// Whether to create pretty permalinks for feeds.
'feeds' => true, // bool (defaults to the 'has_archive' argument)
// Assign an endpoint mask to this permalink.
'ep_mask' => EP_PERMALINK, // const (defaults to EP_PERMALINK)
),
// What WordPress features the post type supports. Many arguments are strictly useful on
// the edit post screen in the admin. However, this will help other themes and plugins
// decide what to do in certain situations. You can pass an array of specific features or
// set it to FALSE to prevent any features from being added. You can use
// add_post_type_support() to add features or remove_post_type_support() to remove features
// later. The default features are 'title' and 'editor'.
'supports' => array(
// Post titles ($post->post_title).
'title',
// Post content ($post->post_content).
'editor',
// Post excerpt ($post->post_excerpt).
'excerpt',
// Post author ($post->post_author).
'author',
// Featured images (the user's theme must support 'post-thumbnails').
'thumbnail',
// Displays comments meta box. If set, comments (any type) are allowed for the post.
'comments',
// Displays meta box to send trackbacks from the edit post screen.
'trackbacks',
// Displays the Custom Fields meta box. Post meta is supported regardless.
'custom-fields',
// Displays the Revisions meta box. If set, stores post revisions in the database.
'revisions',
// Displays the Attributes meta box with a parent selector and menu_order input box.
'page-attributes',
// Displays the Format meta box and allows post formats to be used with the posts.
'post-formats',
),
// Labels used when displaying the posts in the admin and sometimes on the front end. These
// labels do not cover post updated, error, and related messages. You'll need to filter the
// 'post_updated_messages' hook to customize those.
'labels' => array(
'name' => __( 'Posts', 'example-textdomain' ),
'singular_name' => __( 'Post', 'example-textdomain' ),
'menu_name' => __( 'Posts', 'example-textdomain' ),
'name_admin_bar' => __( 'Posts', 'example-textdomain' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New', 'example-textdomain' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Post', 'example-textdomain' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Post', 'example-textdomain' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New Post', 'example-textdomain' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Post', 'example-textdomain' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Posts', 'example-textdomain' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No posts found', 'example-textdomain' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No posts found in trash', 'example-textdomain' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Posts', 'example-textdomain' ),
'featured_image' => __( 'Featured Image', 'example-textdomain' ),
'set_featured_image' => __( 'Set featured image', 'example-textdomain' ),
'remove_featured_image' => __( 'Remove featured image', 'example-textdomain' ),
'use_featured_image' => __( 'Use as featred image', 'example-textdomain' ),
'insert_into_item' => __( 'Insert into post', 'example-textdomain' ),
'uploaded_to_this_item' => __( 'Uploaded to this post', 'example-textdomain' ),
'views' => __( 'Filter posts list', 'example-textdomain' ),
'pagination' => __( 'Posts list navigation', 'example-textdomain' ),
'list' => __( 'Posts list', 'example-textdomain' ),
// Labels for hierarchical post types only.
'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Post', 'example-textdomain' ),
'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Post:', 'example-textdomain' ),
)
);
// Register the post type.
register_post_type(
'example', // Post type name. Max of 20 characters. Uppercase and spaces not allowed.
$args // Arguments for post type.
);
}
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