This document discusses custom post types in WordPress. It begins by explaining the difference between standard posts and pages, then introduces custom post types as a way to create new content structures beyond posts and pages. Examples of possible custom post types include products, courses, and real estate listings. The document outlines key aspects of custom post types like custom fields, taxonomies, and the loop. It also mentions plugins that can help manage custom post types and provides an overview of the Views plugin which allows template-based display of custom content types.

1. Custom Post Types
In the wild
Mario Peshev
me.peshev.net
@no_fear_inc

2. Agenda
• WordPress
• Posts and Pages
• Custom Post Types
• In the wild
• Types
• Views

3. About me
• WordPress Engineer at
• DevriX CTO
• Open Source trainer
and consultant

4. 70 000 000+ websites

5. 21% of all USA­registered domains now

6. Posts and Pages

7. Posts – chronological
and archives

8. Pages – subpages
and templates

9. But in the end...

10. phpMyAdmin

11. Post Types
• Post
• Page
• Attachment
• Revision
• Nav Menu

13. But I need a new structure :

15. Examples:

16. Magazine Entries

17. Products

18. Real Estates

19. Slides

20. Courses

21. Forms

22. Air Conditioners

23. What's the difference
• Unique styling for a post type
• Separate categorization
• List only post type entries
• Common API for all post types
• The magic Custom Fields

24. CuperFields!

25. Add extra values to a post

26. Enable them first!

27. All post types include...
• Title
• Content area
• Date
• Featured Image
• Revisions

28. Custom Fields
• Specific information for every post
• Rating
• Phone number
• Everything beyond title, content, featured
image, date or taxonomies

29. Wait, Taxonomies?

30. Tags

31. Categories

32. And... Custom Taxonomies!

34. Taxonomies
• Great for classification
• Drawback:
• Support only title
• Can't be extended (naturally)

35. Post Types ­ simple

36. Post Types ­ full

37. Register Taxonomy

38. The Loop
• The core iteration WordPress unit

39. List all product titles
Note: always use WP_Query instead.

40. List all products in a taxonomy term

41. The Swiss knife of Post Types

45. Field groups

46. Types Range
• Types could define:
• Post type structure
• Taxonomies and relations
• Custom field groups per post type
• Extra custom fields
• Loop is to be done manually

47. CPT toolkits
• Types
• Pods
• Advanced Custom Fields
• Custom Post Type UI
• More Fields

48. Pro users: go to Views

49. Views sample site

50. V
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51. View Templates

52. Views Disclaimer
• Warning: Views is not free, it's $49 for
unlimited number of websites
• How come?
• Complete LOOP control with UI
• Create templates for post types and archives
• Submit CPTs from the front end
• Widgetized loops

54. Questions?