WordPress big advantage while comparing with other CMS is Custom Post type mechanism.
Custom post type allows to create large variety of content.
Lets have a look at how to create a custom post type
Custom post types are available from WordPress 2.9.
Custom post type is nothing more than a regular post.
You could create custom post types for books, movies, reviews, Books and so on.
Creating custom post type
To create custom Post type we have a plenty of plugins but we can achieve this by simple script.
Lets create a custom post type for books.
Below is the script for creating custom post type.
function Books() { $labels = array( 'name' => _x( 'Books', 'post type general name' ), 'singular_name' => _x( 'Book', 'post type singular name' ), 'add_new' => _x( 'Add New', 'book' ), 'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Book' ), 'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Book' ), 'new_item' => __( 'New Book' ), 'all_items' => __( 'All Books' ), 'view_item' => __( 'View Book' ), 'search_items' => __( 'Search Books' ), 'not_found' => __( 'No Books found' ), 'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Books found in the Trash' ), 'parent_item_colon' => '', 'menu_name' => 'Books' ); $args = array( 'labels' => $labels, 'description' => 'Holds our Books and Book specific data', 'public' => true, 'menu_position' => 5, 'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments' ), 'has_archive' => true, ); register_post_type( 'Book', $args ); } add_action( 'init', 'Books' );
Now lets’s discuss about the parameters
labels
Label Option is an array for different labels for our custom post type
descriptionÂ
A small explanation about the custom Post type.
public
All to do with Visibiity
menu_positions
To define the position of the custom post type in admin menu.
supports
to get default WordPress controls in edit sections
has_archive
To create the URL rewrite