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
