Tag: custom post types

  • WordPress 4.7 Brings Custom Page Template Functionality to All Post Types

    WordPress 4.7 Brings Custom Page Template Functionality to All Post Types

    WordPress 4.7 will introduce support for post type templates, an exciting new feature for theme and plugin developers. Page templates, which allow developers to specify a different layout or design for a page, are nearly as old as WordPress itself. For years developers have coveted that same functionality for other post types. In fact, a…

  • WordPress Custom Post Type UI Plugin Passes 1 Million Downloads

    WordPress Custom Post Type UI Plugin Passes 1 Million Downloads

    In June of 2010, WordPress 3.0 Thelonious was released with the historic merge of WordPress MU into core and the debut of the brand new Twenty Ten default theme. This pivotal release also gave developers the ability to register their own custom post types. Expanding WordPress’ custom content capabilities beyond simple posts and pages has…

  • My Struggle to Learn How the WordPress REST API Works

    My Struggle to Learn How the WordPress REST API Works

    Earlier today, I watched a free presentation on how to use the WordPress REST API by Rachael Baker via WPSessions. If you missed it, you can watch the recording for $9. As I watched the presentation, it was clear that no matter how many tutorials I read, WordCamp sessions I attend, and videos I watch,…

  • Documentation Post Type: A WordPress Plugin for Documenting Products

    Documentation Post Type: A WordPress Plugin for Documenting Products

    A product’s documentation is usually a strong indicator of its quality, but creating docs is often the least exciting aspect of launching something new. Products that lack documentation can create a greater support burden, forcing you to write docs as a defensive measure after the fact. The free Documentation Post Type plugin may be just…

  • Add a Favorite Button to Any WordPress Post Type

    Add a Favorite Button to Any WordPress Post Type

    Twitter users have often asked the question: “What does it mean to favorite a tweet?” The act of favoriting can communicate any number of things depending on the context, such as bookmarking, agreeing, showing support, or responding to a mention. UK researchers studying the favoriting feature on Twitter discovered that users could identify more than…

  • Papi Project Adds a Page Type API to WordPress

    Papi Project Adds a Page Type API to WordPress

    The Pages feature, although generated dynamically in WordPress, was designed for use with static, evergreen content. Pages have always been somewhat simpler than posts, which received a major boost to flexibility when custom post types came on the scene in version 3.0. Fredrik Forsmo, a systems developer in Stockholm, Sweden, wanted to do more with…

  • Change Post Types with the Post Type Switcher Plugin for WordPress

    Change Post Types with the Post Type Switcher Plugin for WordPress

    When WordPress 3.0 introduced the ability for developers to register their own custom post types, the software became far more flexible for use as a content management system. This was a major turning point for WordPress, as it gave developers a standard way to structure custom content with core-supported features. Four years later, custom post…

  • BuddyPress 2.2 to Add Custom Post Type Support to the Activity Stream

    BuddyPress 2.2 to Add Custom Post Type Support to the Activity Stream

    BuddyPress 2.2 is shaping up to be an exciting release, packed full of new features for developers. Support for Composer will be included in 2.2, as well as a basic member type API, which will allow developers to create different user types. The upcoming 2.2 release will also introduce the ability for new activity items…

  • Hierarchy Plugin Enhances WordPress as a CMS

    Hierarchy Plugin Enhances WordPress as a CMS

    WordPress 3.0 introduced the ability for developers to register their own custom post types, enabling the software to be used more easily as a CMS. Custom post types ushered in a new era that allowed plugin developers to create and organize content in a more modular way. If you’ve ever tried to explain the concept…

  • Beautiful Taxonomy Filters for WordPress Custom Post Types

    Beautiful Taxonomy Filters for WordPress Custom Post Types

    Beautiful Taxonomy Filters is a new plugin that adds filtering to your custom post type archives, based on taxonomy (terms/categories/tags). It allows visitors to filter CPTs by multiple terms on the frontend. The plugin automatically adds rewrite rules to create pretty filter URLs, without the use of JavaScript. Beautiful Taxonomy Filters was created by Swedish…

  • Staffer Plugin Adds Staff Management and Profiles to WordPress

    Staffer Plugin Adds Staff Management and Profiles to WordPress

    Adding staff, board members, or another collection of individuals is a common requirement when building an online presence for an organization. The best way to make sure that your staff member data is portable when you change themes, is to add it via a plugin. Staffer is a newly approved plugin on WordPress.org that stores…

  • Jetpack Rebrands with New Logo,  Adds Custom Post Types in 3.1 Release

    Jetpack Rebrands with New Logo, Adds Custom Post Types in 3.1 Release

    Jetpack is sporting a new logo in the 3.1 release announced today as part of a re-branding inspired by its growth. “Jetpack is ever-evolving and is a major part of Automattic and WordPress. It’s grown a lot since its introduction in 2011, and its branding should grow too. Something better, faster, stronger,” Enej Bajgoric explained…

  • Stellar Places: A Plugin to Create, Manage and Display Locations in WordPress with Google Maps

    Stellar Places: A Plugin to Create, Manage and Display Locations in WordPress with Google Maps

    Many Google Maps plugins have a convoluted admin workflow for creating locations in WordPress. Some of the clunkier solutions actually require you to look up longitude and latitude coordinates to manually input for pinpointing. Very few maps plugins utilize custom post types to provide a user-friendly input. Stellar Places is a new plugin designed to…

  • WordPress Developers Organize Community Initiative to Standardize Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and Metadata

    WordPress Developers Organize Community Initiative to Standardize Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and Metadata

    A WordPress community initiative is underway to standardize content types used by plugin developers. Justin Tadlock is spearheading an initiative to create WordPress community-curated standards for common post types, taxonomies, and metadata. WordPress developers are invited to join the discussion taking place in the Content Type Standards repo on Github where Tadlock outlined the objective:…