How to create Custom Post Type or Custom Entries in WordPress

For users who need to modify their website frequently, WordPress’ Custom Post Type is an extremely helpful feature. It functions essentially as a customized entry. WordPress does not allow this kind of modification by default; instead, we have to utilize plugins or edit the code in order to generate and show the entries.

Even though there are plugins available to fix the issue, it is always a good idea to understand what they do in case we need to make changes to the code. So let us look at how to make the Custom Post Type in WordPress by hand. As we move forward in the essay on static pages, an advanced step in customizing our website is built using popular content management. But in this instruction,

If we want to create a custom entry, we have to go to functions.php file of our WordPress theme where we add the following code.

As an example, let’s make an example of own entry called Journals:

// function will not be used before the ‘init’.

add_action ( ‘init’, ‘my_custom_init’);

my_custom_init function () {

$ Labels = array (

(‘General post type name’ ‘Journals’) ‘name’ => _x,

‘Singular_name’ => _x (‘Journal’, ‘post type singular name’),

‘Add_new’ => _x (‘Add new’ ‘Journal’),

‘Add_new_item’ => __ (‘Add New Journal’),

‘Edit_item’ => __ (‘Edit Journal’),

‘New_item’ => __ (‘New Journal’),

‘View_item’ => __ (‘See Journal’),

‘Search_items’ => __ (‘Search Journals’),

‘Not_found’ => __ (‘No Journal found’),

‘Not_found_in_trash’ => __ (‘No Journal found in the trash’),

‘Parent_item_colon’ => ”

);

// create an array to $ args

$ Args = array ( ‘labels’ => $ labels,

‘Public’ => true,

‘Publicly_queryable’ => true,

‘Show_ui’ => true,

‘Query_var’ => true,

‘Rewrite’ => true,

‘Capability_type’ => ‘post’,

‘Hierarchical’ => false,

‘Menu_position’ => null,

‘Supports’ => array (‘title’, ‘editor’, ‘author’, ‘thumbnail’, ‘excerpt’ ‘comments’)

);

register_post_type (‘Journal’, $ args);

}
This code is not too complicated and only need to change the text to display in the way that interests us.

With this, we will be creating a custom entry and that is already present on our desktop.

Ratings
If you look at the post we see that we have no taxonomy for journals. That is, we have no classification: No genres or authors.

To create taxonomies, we will need the following code:

// the init hooked in action and call the create_journal_taxonomies () function when starting

add_action ( ‘init’, ‘create_journal_taxonomies’, 0);

// we created two taxonomies, genre and author for the custom post type “journal”

create_journal_taxonomies function () {

// we add new taxonomy and do hierarchical (as the default categories)

$ Labels = array (

‘Name’ => _x (‘Genres’, ‘General taxonomy name’),

‘Singular_name’ => _x (‘Genre’, ‘taxonomy singular name’),

‘Search_items’ => __ (‘Search Genre’),

‘All_items’ => __ (‘All Genders’),

‘Parent_item’ => __ (‘Gender father’),

‘Parent_item_colon’ => __ (‘Gender father’),

‘Edit_item’ => __ (‘Edit Gender’),

‘Update_item’ => __ (‘Update Gender’),

‘Add_new_item’ => __ (‘Add new Gender’),

‘New_item_name’ => __ (‘name new Gender’),

);

register_taxonomy ( ‘genre’, array ( ‘journal’), array (

‘Hierarchical’ => true,

‘Labels’ => $ labels, / * this is where the labels $ variable are we created above using * /

‘Show_ui’ => true,

‘Query_var’ => true,

‘Rewrite’ => array (‘slug’ => ‘gender’),

));

// I add another taxonomy, this time it is not hierarchical, as tags.

$ Labels = array (

‘Name’ => _x (‘Writers’, ‘General taxonomy name’),

‘Singular_name’ => _x (‘writer’, ‘taxonomy singular name’),

‘Search_items’ => __ (‘Search Writers’),

‘Popular_items’ => __ (‘Popular writers’),

‘All_items’ => __ (‘All writers’),

‘Parent_item’ => null,

‘Parent_item_colon’ => null,

‘Edit_item’ => __ (‘Edit Writer’),

‘Update_item’ => __ (‘Update Writer’),

‘Add_new_item’ => __ (‘Add new writer’),

‘New_item_name’ => __ (‘Name of the new writer’),

‘Separate_items_with_commas’ => __ (‘Comma Separate Writers’),

‘Add_or_remove_items’ => __ (‘Add or remove Writers’),

‘Choose_from_most_used’ => __ (‘Choosing among the most used Writers’)

);

register_taxonomy ( ‘writer’, ‘journal’, array (

‘Hierarchical’ => false,

‘Labels’ => $ labels,

‘Show_ui’ => true,

‘Query_var’ => true,

‘Rewrite’ => array (‘slug’ => ‘writer’),

));

}
In this code, we refer to the customization of the entry you want to add taxonomies to, recalling must be added to functions.php file of our theme.

Custom Post Type Plugins
Then here are some of the selected plugins that can let you customize the entries.

Custom Post Type UI: Very intuitive and easy to use.
Toolset Types: In addition to creating custom entries, it allows us to create individualized taxonomies and fields.
Pods:

A full plugin that was formerly listed among the various plugins, templates, and additional feature choices.
We advise you to read our post on 50 helpful and suggested plugins for WordPress beginners if you are just getting started. If you are interested in learning more about WordPress or have programming experience, check out our WordPress category here (link).

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