I found a basic tutorial online which gave the rundown on how to create a plugin from scratch and sets up a new custom post type. I could not find any basic coupon plugins that accomplished what I wanted, why I decided to look into creating one myself.
Unfortunately after completing the tutorial, I came to the part where I actually view the page, only to be greeted with a "Page Not Found" despite publishing my post. Can anyone check this out and let me know exactly what I am doing wrong?
<?php
/**
* Plugin Name: Coupons
* Plugin URI: http://coupon.net
* Description: A coupon system plugin
* Version: 1.0.0
* Author: Brett Powell
* Author URI: http://coupon.net
**/
// Register the Custom Post Type "Coupon"
function register_cpt_coupon()
{
$labels = array(
'name' => _x( 'Coupons', 'coupon' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Coupon', 'coupon' ),
'add_new' => _x( 'Add New', 'coupon' ),
'add_new_item' => _x( 'Add New Coupon', 'coupon' ),
'edit_item' => _x( 'Edit Coupon', 'coupon' ),
'new_item' => _x( 'New Coupon', 'coupon' ),
'view_item' => _x( 'View Coupon', 'coupon' ),
'search_items' => _x( 'Search Coupons', 'coupon' ),
'not_found' => _x( 'No coupons found', 'coupon' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => _x( 'No coupons found in Trash', 'coupon' ),
'parent_item_colon' => _x( 'Parent Coupon:', 'coupon' ),
'menu_name' => _x( 'Coupons', 'coupon' ),
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'hierarchical' => true,
'description' => 'Coupons filterable by company',
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'revisions', 'page-attributes' ),
'taxonomies' => array( 'genres' ),
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true,
'menu_position' => 5,
'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-format-audio',
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'publicly_queryable' => true,
'exclude_from_search' => false,
'has_archive' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'can_export' => true,
'rewrite' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post'
);
register_post_type( 'coupon', $args );
}
add_action( 'init', 'register_cpt_coupon' );
// Create Genre Taxonomy type
function genres_taxonomy()
{
register_taxonomy(
'genres',
'coupon',
array(
'hierarchical' => true,
'label' => 'Genres',
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array(
'slug' => 'genre',
'with_front' => false
)
)
);
}
add_action( 'init', 'genres_taxonomy');
// Function used to automatically create Coupon page.
function create_coupon_pages()
{
//post status and options
$post = array(
'comment_status' => 'open',
'ping_status' => 'closed' ,
'post_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
'post_name' => 'coupon',
'post_status' => 'publish' ,
'post_title' => 'Coupons',
'post_type' => 'page',
);
//insert page and save the id
$newvalue = wp_insert_post( $post, false );
//save the id in the database
update_option( 'couponpage', $newvalue );
}
// // Activates function if plugin is activated
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'create_coupon_pages');
?>
