Do you want to learn how to easily create custom post types in WordPress?
Custom post types allow you to go beyond posts and pages and create different content types for your website. They transform your WordPress site from a blogging platform into a powerful content management system (CMS).
In this article, we’ll show you how to easily create custom post types in WordPress.
What Is Custom Post Type in WordPress?
On your WordPress website, post types are used to help distinguish between different content types in WordPress. Posts and pages are both post types but are made to serve different purposes.
WordPress comes with a few different post types by default:
- Post
- Page
- Attachment
- Revision
- Nav Menu
You can also create your own post types, known as custom post types. These are useful when creating content that has a different format than a standard post or page.
For instance, if you run a movie review website, then you would probably want to create a movie reviews post type. You could also create custom post types for portfolios, testimonials, and products.
On WPBeginner, we use custom post types for our Deals and Glossary sections to keep them separate from our daily blog articles. It helps us better organize our website content.
Custom post types can have different custom fields and their own custom category structure.
Many popular WordPress plugins use custom post types to store data on your WordPress website. The following are a few top plugins that use custom post types:
- WooCommerce adds a ‘product’ post type to your online store
- WPForms creates a ‘wpforms’ post type to store all your forms
- MemberPress adds a ‘memberpressproduct’ custom post type
Video Tutorial
If you’d prefer written instructions, just keep reading.
Do I Need to Create Custom Post Types?
Before you start creating custom post types on your WordPress site, it’s important to evaluate your needs. A lot of times you can achieve the same results with a normal post or page.
If you are not sure whether your site needs custom post types, then refer to our guide on when you need a custom post type or taxonomy in WordPress.
That being said, let’s take a look at how to easily create custom post types in WordPress for your own use.
We’ll show you two methods, and also cover some ways you can display custom post types on your WordPress website.
- Creating a Custom Post Type using WPCode (recommended)
- Creating a Custom Post Type With a Plugin
- Displaying Custom Post Types on Your Site
Creating a Custom Post Type Manually Using WPCode
Creating a custom post type requires you to add code to your theme’s functions.php file. Normally, we don’t recommend this to anyone but advanced users because even a slight mistake can break your site. Also, if you update your theme, then the code would be erased.
However, we will be using WPCode, the easiest and safest way for anyone to add custom code to your WordPress website.
With WPCode, you can add custom snippets, as well as activate a lot of features from its built-in, pre-configured code library that can replace many dedicated or single-use plugins you may have installed.
First, you will need to install and activate the free WPCode plugin. For detailed instructions, check out our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Once activated, navigate to Code Snippets » Add Snippet in your WordPress dashboard. Hove your mouse over ‘Add Your Custom Code (New Snippet),’ and then click ‘Use Snippet.’
Next, you will be taken to the ‘Create Custom Snippet’ screen.
Now, you can give your code snippet a title and toggle the switch to ‘Active.’
After that, just paste the following code into the ‘Code Preview’ area. This code creates a basic custom post type called ‘Movies’ that will appear in your admin sidebar, and it will work with any theme.
// Our custom post type function
function create_posttype() {
register_post_type( 'movies',
// CPT Options
array(
'labels' => array(
'name' => __( 'Movies' ),
'singular_name' => __( 'Movie' )
),
'public' => true,
'has_archive' => true,
'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'movies'),
'show_in_rest' => true,
)
);
}
// Hooking up our function to theme setup
add_action( 'init', 'create_posttype' );
If you just want a basic custom post type, then just replace the movies and Movies with your own CPT slug and name and click the ‘Update’ button.
However, if you want even more options for your custom post type, use the following code instead of the one above.
The code below adds many more options to the ‘Movies’ custom post type such as support for revisions, featured images, custom fields, as well as associating the custom post type with a custom taxonomy called ‘genres.’
Note: Do not combine these two snippets or WordPress will give you an error because both snippets register the same custom post type. We recommend creating a whole new snippet using WPCode for each additional post type you want to register.
/*
* Creating a function to create our CPT
*/
function custom_post_type() {
// Set UI labels for Custom Post Type
$labels = array(
'name' => _x( 'Movies', 'Post Type General Name', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Movie', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'menu_name' => __( 'Movies', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Movie', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Movies', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Movie', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Movie', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'add_new' => __( 'Add New', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Movie', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'update_item' => __( 'Update Movie', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Movie', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'not_found' => __( 'Not Found', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'Not found in Trash', 'twentytwentyone' ),
);
// Set other options for Custom Post Type
$args = array(
'label' => __( 'movies', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'description' => __( 'Movie news and reviews', 'twentytwentyone' ),
'labels' => $labels,
// Features this CPT supports in Post Editor
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'comments', 'revisions', 'custom-fields', ),
// You can associate this CPT with a taxonomy or custom taxonomy.
'taxonomies' => array( 'genres' ),
/* A hierarchical CPT is like Pages and can have
* Parent and child items. A non-hierarchical CPT
* is like Posts.
*/
'hierarchical' => false,
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true,
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'show_in_admin_bar' => true,
'menu_position' => 5,
'can_export' => true,
'has_archive' => true,
'exclude_from_search' => false,
'publicly_queryable' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'show_in_rest' => true,
);
// Registering your Custom Post Type
register_post_type( 'movies', $args );
}
/* Hook into the 'init' action so that the function
* Containing our post type registration is not
* unnecessarily executed.
*/
add_action( 'init', 'custom_post_type', 0 );
You may also notice the part where we have set the hierarchical value to false. If you would like your custom post type to behave like Pages rather than Posts, then you can set this value to true.
Another thing to notice is the repeated usage of the twentytwentyone string, this is called the Text Domain. If your theme is translation ready and you want your custom post types to be translated, then you will need to mention the text domain used by your theme.
You can find your theme’s text domain inside style.css file in your theme directory or by going to Appearance » Theme File Editor in your admin panel. The text domain will be mentioned in the header of the file.
Simply replace twentytwentyone with your own theme’s Text Domain.
Once you’re happy with the changes, simply click the ‘Update’ button and WPCode will handle the rest.
Creating a Custom Post Type With a Plugin
Another easy way to create a custom post type in WordPress is by using a plugin. This method is recommended for beginners because it is safe and super easy.
The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Custom Post Type UI plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, you need to go to CPT UI » Add / Edit Post Types to create a new custom post type. You should be on the ‘Add New Post Type’ tab.
First, you need to provide a slug for your custom post type, such as ‘movies’. This slug will be used in the URL and in WordPress queries, so it can only contain letters and numbers. Below that, you need to provide the plural and singular names for your custom post type.
After that, if you like you can click on the link that says ‘Populate additional labels based on chosen labels’. This will automatically fill in the additional label fields down below and will usually save you time.
Now you can scroll down to that ‘Additional Labels’ section. If you didn’t click the link we mentioned, you will now need to provide a description for your post type and change labels.
These labels will be used throughout the WordPress user interface when you are managing content in that particular post type.
Next comes the post type settings. From here you can set up different attributes for your post type. Each option comes with a brief description explaining what it does.
For instance, you can choose not to make a post type hierarchical like pages or sort chronological posts in reverse.
Below the general settings, you will see the option to select which editing features this post type would support. Simply check the options that you want to be included.
Finally, click on the ‘Add Post Type’ button to save and create your custom post type.
That’s all. You have successfully created your custom post type and can go ahead and start adding content.
Displaying Custom Post Types on Your Site
WordPress comes with built-in support for displaying your custom post types. Once you have added a few items to your new custom post type, it is time to display them on your website.
There are a few methods that you can use, and each one has its own benefits.
Displaying Custom Post Types Using Default Archive Template
First, you can simply go to Appearance » Menus and add a custom link to your menu. This custom link is the link to your custom post type.
If you are using SEO-friendly permalinks, then your custom post type’s URL will most likely be something like this:
http://example.com/movies
If you are not using SEO-friendly permalinks, then your custom post type URL will be something like this:
http://example.com/?post_type=movies
Don’t forget to replace ‘example.com’ with your own domain name and ‘movies’ with your custom post type name.
Save your menu and then visit the front end of your website. You will see the new menu item you added, and when you click on it, it will display your custom post type’s archive page using the archive.php template file in your theme.
Creating Custom Post Type Templates
If you don’t like the appearance of the archive page for your custom post type, then you can use a dedicated template for custom post type archives.
All you need to do is create a new file in your theme directory and name it archive-movies.php. Make sure you replace ‘movies’ with the name of your custom post type.
To get started, you can copy the contents of your theme’s archive.php file into the archive-movies.php template and then modify it to meet your needs.
Now whenever the archive page for your custom post type is accessed, this template will be used to display it.
Similarly, you can also create a custom template for your post type’s single entry display. To do that you need to create single-movies.php in your theme directory. Don’t forget to replace ‘movies’ with the name of your custom post type.
You can get started by copying the contents of your theme’s single.php template into the single-movies.php template and then start modifying it to meet your needs.
To learn more, see our guide on how to create custom single post templates in WordPress.
Displaying Custom Post Types on The Front Page
One advantage of using custom post types is that it keeps your custom content types separate from your regular posts. However, if you like, you can display custom post types on your website’s front page.
Simply add this code as a new snippet using the free WPCode plugin. Please see the section of this article on manually adding code for detailed instructions.
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'add_my_post_types_to_query' );
function add_my_post_types_to_query( $query ) {
if ( is_home() && $query->is_main_query() )
$query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'movies' ) );
return $query;
}
Don’t forget to replace ‘movies’ with your custom post type.
Querying Custom Post Types
If you are familiar with coding and would like to run loop queries in your templates, then here is how to do that. By querying the database, you can retrieve items from a custom post type.
You will need to copy the following code snippet into the template where you wish to display the custom post type.
<?php
$args = array( 'post_type' => 'movies', 'posts_per_page' => 10 );
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>
<?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div class="entry-content">
<?php the_content(); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php else: ?>
<p><?php _e( 'Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.' ); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
This code defines the post type and number of posts per page in the arguments for our new WP_Query class. It then runs the query, retrieves the posts, and displays them inside the loop.
Displaying Custom Post Types in Widgets
You will notice that there is a default widget in WordPress to display recent posts, but it does not allow you to choose a custom post type.
What if you wanted to display the latest entries from your newly created post type in a widget? There is an easy way to do this.
The first thing you need to do is install and activate the Custom Post Type Widgets plugin. For more details, see our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.
Upon activation, simply go to Appearance » Widgets and drag and drop the ‘Recent Posts (Custom Post Type)’ widget to a sidebar.
This widget allows you to show recent posts from any post type. You need to select your custom post type from the ‘Post Type’ dropdown and select the options you want.
After that, make sure you click the ‘Update’ button at the top of the screen and then visit your website to see the widget in action.
The plugin also provides custom post type widgets that display archives, a calendar, categories, recent comments, search, and a tag cloud.
We hope this tutorial helped you learn how to create custom post types in WordPress. You may also want to learn how to increase your blog traffic, or check out our list of common WordPress errors and how to fix them.
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Michelle says
Hi! How can I set the query to only display custom post types by category on the category page? Currently, my query pulls ALL the post type, and I can’t seem to get just current category to display. thanks
WPBeginner Support says
For customizing your search results, we would recommend taking a look at our guide below!
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-advanced-search-form-in-wordpress-for-custom-post-types/
Admin
hussain says
I have used this method which you explained above, but after creating a new menu, menu has created successfully created but when I click my menu it shows me error that “This page could not foun”
WPBeginner Support says
It sounds like you would need to check and resave your permalinks to be safe. The other thing you could do would be to ensure you have a custom post type published for be found on the page.
Admin
Jarkko says
So I used Code Snippets and the longer code but the features after ‘supports’ are not visible anywhere? Shouldn’t they be visible when clicking “Add new”… How do I insert a new movie and the information of it… I don’t get it.
WPBeginner Support says
There should be a new section in your admin area where you can add new posts of your custom post type similar to how you add posts or pages.
Admin
Hafeez Ulllah says
How cn display custom post type and where the code of display will be pasted
Johan says
Seems to work perfectly, except for one thing: My theme is showing featured images on the pages. But when I use the CPT the images are never show, whatever I do. Any idea why?
WPBeginner Support says
Your theme likely has a different template being used, if you reach out to your theme’s support they should be able to assist.
Admin
D Hebing says
I tried many things with the code above, even compare it with the twintytwintyone theme of wordpress. But the post types don’t appear in the backend in the post editor.
WPBeginner Support says
If none of the methods work for you, you would want to go through our troubleshooting steps below for finding the cause of the issue:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/beginners-guide-to-troubleshooting-wordpress-errors-step-by-step/
Admin
Aurelien says
5 years on, still useful! Thank you guys
WPBeginner Support says
Glad you’ve found our content helpful
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Max says
Thanks very useful.
What do you think? In such cases from view of site speed it is better to install the plugin or write the code you provide?
WPBeginner Support says
There shouldn’t be a difference in speed with either method being used.
Admin
Marshal Tudu says
Thanks a lot for the help. I am trying to create a movie database on my website
Your post really helped me.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
Admin
Harsha says
How to migrate old posts to the new post type?
WPBeginner Support says
You would want to use the plugin from our guide below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-convert-post-types/
Admin
Leslie Campos says
Great article! I tried to add two different post types on top of blog posts but the second add_action( ‘init’, ‘create_posttype’ ); overwrote the first one. I don’t know php but am wondering if it is possible to create two different ones in the same functions.php file. I don’t know php so perhaps it’s the way I am writing it?
WPBeginner Support says
We would recommend using the plugin method to make the process easier. For a second post type with the code, you would need to copy from lines 4 to 17 and paste it on a new line below 17 then rename movies to a different name.
Admin
Girish Sahu says
Really loved the article, Simple explained and was really of great help.
I wanted to mix custom posts and blogs post in a single page and was able to do so after reading the article.
WPBeginner Support says
Glad our guide was helpful
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Rafiozoo says
Great recipe! Thank you!
One question:
‘exclude_from_search’ => true
should exclude my new custom posts from search results, I believe. Why does not work?
WPBeginner Support says
It would depend on the search being used, you may want to take a look at our guide below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-exclude-pages-from-wordpress-search-results/
Admin
snelson says
Is there a way to display the new post type without the new slug? example. Default is mysite.com/newposttype/newpage
I would like
mysite.com/newpage/
WPBeginner Support says
For customizing your permalinks, you would want to take a look at our article below:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-custom-permalinks-in-wordpress/
Admin
Yogesh says
Hi,
I tried to use the manual approach using the simple code youve mentioned for creating a custom post type, but unfortunatley the posts dont show up (page not found error). The post permalink structure looks fine but the posts dont get displayed.
WPBeginner Support says
You may want to clear the cache for your site and resave your permalinks to clear that issue.
Admin
rajni says
hey thank you so much it working fine but i want to show post type on a page where only categories will show and when click on category post listed under this category will open can you please suggest me how to do that.thank you in advance
WPBeginner Support says
For what it sounds like you’re wanting, you would want to ensure that categories are enabled for your custom post type and you could then add the category link in your menu for the page listing them how you want
Admin
G'will Chijioke says
Hi, i am a newbie developer trying to create a custom post type.
All is good, just 1 huge problem.
I want to display the taxonomies that i created and linked to the post (tags and categories ) on the post itself.
i want to show it on my breadcrumbs as well.
pls it would mean d world if you helped me out.
Thanks in advance.
WPBeginner Support says
Displaying the tags and categories would require you editing your theme’s template if your theme does not show that currently.
For breadcrumbs, if you’re using a plugin most should detect your taxonomy and give you options: https://www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-display-breadcrumb-navigation-links-in-wordpress/
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rana ritesh singh says
nice post
WPBeginner Support says
Thank you
Admin
Haibatan says
I want a CPT for my english posts, my site is in an RTL language, is it possible?
WPBeginner Support says
You certainly could, you can also take a look at multilingual plugins such as the one in our article: https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-easily-create-a-multilingual-wordpress-site/
Admin
RZKY says
One question, in the default WP post dashboard, there’s a filter by categories feature on top of the list.
So I already link my custom post type with a custom taxonomy, but the filter menu is not showing (A portfolio post type, and the portfolio category custom taxonomy). Is there any settings i need to enable? I’m doing this from inside my functions.php
WPBeginner Support says
Hi,
in your custom taxonomy function set ‘show_admin_column’ to true
Admin
Feras says
Hi there, So “Custome post type UI” is not compatible with my wp version! is there any useful plugin that I CAN USE
Oscar says
Hi!. I want to ask you something.
I created a Custom Post Types.
But when i create a post, there isnt the options “Page Attributes”, to choose the template and order the posts.
How can I get it?
Thanks in advanced.
Syed Furqan Ali says
Hi Oscar,
If you are using the CPT UI plugin to create custom post types, you’ll need to ensure that you enable the “Page Attributes” option under the “Supports” section. This will allow you to assign parent pages to your custom post types. Similarly, if you are using custom code to create custom post types, make sure to include the “page-attributes” in the supports parameter to enable this feature.
vinay says
post is created but custom fields are not showing why?/
Kevin says
I’ve created a CPT with unique archive page, but I would like to be able to show a featured image for the archive page (not from the first post) but as the archive page doesn’t exist in “pages” there is no way to add the featured image
how would this be achieved ?
Juno says
Is it possible to access these custom post types via WP REST API? If so how? (for GET, POST, etc.
Mottaqi says
I want a custom post type page that will be open from archive.php page with all it’s posts and under this page I want to place it’s all posts as sub menu items. But when I create a custom link page and place it’s sub menu items as I describe, sum menu url will open but my main archive page , I mean that post type page url will disappear.
Plz I want to access both pages.. But how…?
Steven Denger says
Will adding Custom Post Types allow me to have another posting page for these? My regular Home page has products running through that. I need an additonal posting page for product reviews. When I create a review, I need it to post on another feature page. Is this what tis is for?
utkarsh says
nevermind that last question i asked read your whole article and got it
utkarsh says
Hey what does ‘twentythirteen’ in
“_x(‘Movies’, ‘Post Type General Name’, ‘twentythirteen’)”
Jim says
Also notice repeated usage of twentythirteen, this is called text domain. If your theme is translation ready and you want your custom post types to be translated, then you will need to mention text domain used by your theme. You can find your theme’s text domain inside style.css file in your theme directory. Text domain will be mentioned in the header of the file.
Angela says
Hello and thank you for this post (and several others).
I have created the new custom post type of “stories” and its showing up in my WP dashboard. I can create a new post but when I try to open the Beaver Builder page builder to build the post, it won’t open and goes to “Sorry, this page doesn’t exist” error page.
Can you help?
Thank you,
Angela
WPBeginner Support says
Hi Angela,
First, you should try updating your permalinks. Simply visit Settings » Permalinks and then click on the save changes button without changing anything.
If this doesn’t resolve your issue, then contact plugin’s support.
Admin
Angela says
Hi and thank you for your reply. I did what you suggested and it didn’t help. My plugin is created using the customer post type code above and is placed in a site-specific plugin, so I have no plugin support source from which to seek help other than you
I deleted the site-specific plugin (which of course included the CPT code) and new posts and pages still won’t load using the Beaver Builder theme page builder function, but they will at least show the page with a large white bar loading endlessly. I deactivated Ultimate Add-ons for Beaver Builder plugin and new posts and pages will now load using page builder. I think there may have been a conflict between UABB plugin and the CPT plugin and now the conflict remains in UABB plugin.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated. I also have put in a request to UABB. Maybe between the two of you, you could help resolve this issue and make note of this conflict for future reference.
JonO says
Great site BTW, really really helpful so thanks for creating.
I’m super stuck and have been reading tutorials all over the web and not found the answers I need.
I want to create a user opt-in custom taxonomy (Let’s call it user_interests) that can be used to display a custom list of posts that are unique to that particular user.
User will opt-in to user_interest tags/catergories/whatever during sign up or when editing profile.
Then the WP loop should include these values to display posts
Any ideas, help would be really appreciated, thanks.
Jonathan says
How do I get my user/visitors to my site be able to enter information to a form, and have that submitted data be displayed on which ever page or location I like? I want to allow my users be able to submit complaints and have other users able to like/reply to the main complaint submitted.
Am I able to do this with Custom Post Type?
R Davies says
You have a syntax error in your second (more detailed) example, code does not work in latest WordPress 7.4.3
) Warning: call_user_func_array() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function ‘custom_post_type’ not found or invalid function name
Any chance of an update / correction?
WPBeginner Support says
Hi R Davies,
We checked and it worked perfectly.
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Archit says
Is the comma at the end if the supports array (in the options for the custom post type) deliberate?
Robert Stuart says
On line 31? Yes, that’s normal PHP code.
“The comma after the last array element is optional and can be omitted. This is usually done for single-line arrays, i.e. array(1, 2) is preferred over array(1, 2, ). For multi-line arrays on the other hand the trailing comma is commonly used, as it allows easier addition of new elements at the end.”
saurabh says
How to enable ‘Post Settings’ in Custom_Post_type (using Custom Post Type UI Plugin)?
Arias says
Hello, I have been having problems with this plugin.
It has disabled the option to create categories and tags,
I have been looking for an example to place them manually but I still have not found anything.
I am trying to undo if with this method I can fix the problem but I would greatly appreciate your help.
stormonster says
In your $args array, on the ‘taxonomies’ index, add ‘category’ and ‘post_tag’.
That should do the trick.
John D says
Way too much coding. WordPress need to keep things more simple.
Ilija says
This is why I use my own CMS where I can create new post types in a fraction of a second directly through cms itself. Without any coding, unfortunately big agencies want WordPress developers and have to learn it, seems so complicated..
Sarah A says
Hi, i’ve succeded to display group of CPT with a specific design in a pop-up when you click on a image like the first one But it opens a new page and when you click out of the pop-up to quit you don’t return to the homepage, and i don’t want that. I want all on the homepage.
I’ve put the code of the CPT to display as the pop-up on “single-chg_projet.php” and open and close the pop-up with javascript. I’ve already tried to put all the code of single-chg_projet.php on the index, but it display nothing. Or i may be failed somewhere. Please help me. Thanks
Ghulam Mustafa says
Hi,
Thanks for the great code. Just a minor correction to the code. The endwhile; statement is missing before else: statement in the Querying Custom Post Types section =)
Tony Peterson says
THIS! Please update your code to reflect this syntax error as it caused me a bit of heartache until I found Ghulam’s comment. It’s working now.
Arkanum says
Yes! True. It’s miss befire wp_reset_postdate();
The cycle while does not end
Azamat says
Typo: “When doi I need a custom post type?”
WPBeginner Support says
Thanks for notifying us
We have updated the article.
Admin
Jhon says
hey, can you guide me in the process of making a custom glossary like you have on your site?
WPBeginner Support says
We use a custom fields and a custom template to display Glossary terms.
Admin
Anil Reddy says
I want to create list type for posts in the category page for my website
david ben oren says
how do i clone a post type which has a speicifc table in it, i need to create a seperate post type for other tables.
betty says
How do I add a custom field to a Post Type?
WPBeginner Support says
Please see our guide WordPress Custom Fields 101.
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Megan says
I’ve downloaded the plugin and want to add two custom post types. 1. Fanfiction for all of my writings and 2. Fanart for all of my art.
For Fanfiction – I want the ability to link chapters together into a story and be able to upload chapters to a story as I write them.
For Fanart – I’d like to have the focus be on an image (obviously) with a description underneath it
Is this article what I need or this something completely different?
Thanks,
Megan
Zubair Abbas says
Hi,
I simply copied the code to my site’s functions.php. The new post type is visible in the dashboard but when I try to see a post after publishing it, a blank page appears. Later I realised that even the default posts are not opening.
When I remove the code from functions.php everything works fine again.
Please help
Thanks,
Zubair Abbas
Jouke Nienhuis says
If you see a blank page, it often means that you forgot a character. The fact that you see the posts if you delete your custom code, confirms that you have a typo. Check for semi-colons ” ; ” and the opening and closing brackets.
To see exactly where you made a mistake, you could edit the wp-config file. Look for ERROR REPORTING and set this value to true. After that test again and there you get an error and a line with the omission.
Alex says
I have created the CPT and is working beautifully, but Google cannot find it even after updating sitemaps, using SEO plugins or fetching on Google Webmaster Tools. Any thoughts on why is that happening?
WPBeginner Support says
It takes Google sometime to start showing new content in search results. Just to be on safe side, check your SEO plugin settings to make sure you are not blocking indexing of your CPTs or CPT archive pages.
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Amunet says
Creating Custom Post Type can be easy especially with a plugin. The real trick is to show them on the page. Usually you need quite advanced custom development or theme specific plugins like that for Avada.
Unfortunately there is no universal way to display CPT in WordPress.
WPBeginner Support says
Actually, there are straight forward and standard ways to display CPTs in WordPress. We have mentioned one in the article above.
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Jouke Nienhuis says
Like the author said, but I will repeat the answer.
In a nutshell create a link in your navigation menu
Advanced answer in a nutshell: create an archive page and a single page
Chuck says
Great article. How can you modify single post CPT post info based on the custom taxonomy? For instance:
Date | Author | Series | Book | Topic
This is easy to write but I want to figure out how to display a modified post info if one the missing taxonomy of Series, like:
Date | Author | Book | Topic
Otherwise the default post info displays as:
Date | Author | | Book | Topic
borahan says
I want to diplay specific category posts for current user in page. How can i do it?