The document discusses custom post types in WordPress. Custom post types allow users to create custom content types beyond standard posts. They are useful when a site needs to manage and display content like properties, staff members, products, etc. in a structured way. The document outlines when to use custom post types, how to register and set them up with templates, and includes additional resources for learning more. It emphasizes that custom post types make content management cleaner and easier.

1. Custom Post Types
What, why and how

2. Keith Devon
• Freelance web designer and
WordPress developer
• Specialise in building custom themes
and plugins
• Founder of WordPress London

3. What we’ll cover
• What are Custom Post Types
• When to use them
• How to use them
• Taking things further
• Resources
• Questions

4. What are they?
Think content not posts.
I.e. Custom Content Types

5. What are they?
Examples:
•Movies
•Staff
•Podcasts
•Books
•Products
•Testimonials, etc, etc.

6. When to use them?
An example:
“I want to create a website for my holiday home rentals
company. I have a portfolio of 20 properties that I want to
be able to manage and update. Each property has the
following information:”
• Name
• Price per week
• Number of rooms
• Short intro
• Full property description
• An image

7. Enter,
custom post types
• Cleaner UIs
• Easier theme customisation
• Easier to maintain and update your
code

8. Registering your CPT
You can do this using plugins, but...

9. Registering your CPT

13. Template files
• single-$posttype.php
• archive-$posttype.php
• Replace $posttype with the variable
name of your CPT.
• E.g. single-kdev_properties.php

14. Congratulations!
You’ve created a custom post type.
Now for even more awesomeness...

15. Custom meta boxes

16. Custom meta boxes
• Show the code

17. • Show the meta box image

18. • Show the meta box image

21. Custom Taxonomies
Hierarchical Not hierarchical
(like categories) (like tags)

23. Resources
http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type
Plugins
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-content-type-manager/
Posts
http://justintadlock.com/archives/2010/04/29/custom-post-types-in-wordpress
http://devpress.com/blog/conditional-checks-for-custom-post-types/
http://css-tricks.com/forums/discussion/8538/wordpress-3.0-custom-post-types-and-meta-boxes/
Easy meta boxes with WPAlchemy
http://www.farinspace.com/wpalchemy-metabox/

24. Now you know:
• What a custom post type is
• When to use them
• That it’s simple to implement
• It makes your life easier!

25. Thanks for listening
Any questions?
@keithdevon
keith@keithdevon.com
www.keithdevon.com

26. Follow ups
• Slides will be posted on meetup.com
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