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I'm copying over a site from a former developer. I've installed a new instance of wordpress and database on new server, copied all but the wp-config from old server to new, but in admin it does not show the custom post types that are showing in old admin. I would think that these settings are in the functions.php, but I'm copying that over. Shouldn't they show? How can I make this work?

Thanks so much!

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Did you activate the theme that was used at the previous site? – Rob Vermeer Feb 23 '12 at 22:11
What plugins were used in the previous site? – Webord Feb 23 '12 at 22:14
Yep activated. I moved two other sites over in this fashion that had custom post types... didn't work there either so just used a pluging to re-create them. This third on had 10 (!) custom post types (geesh) with a bunch of additional categories linked to post-types. It's a mess. Webord... alot of plugins but nothing for custom post types on the original site. – Todd Feb 23 '12 at 22:48

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the custom post types won't show until you call register_post_type.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type

this was either done in a plugin or the theme that you were previously using. if you are no longer using those you will have to activate it again yourself. i suggest making it a plugin (and possibly even an mu-plugin)

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Hi and thanks! I'm sure it's not a plugin but here is a list that are used for reference (below). Shouldn't that move over if I'm copying all files (in wp-content, wp-admin and wp-includes as well as root files except wp-config because I want it attached to my database) ? Thnks again! Plugins used: Google Analytics Google XML Sitemaps Gravity Forms JF3 Maintenance Redirect jQuery Colorbox Pronamic Google Maps Quick Cache Relevanssi (Dramatically improves the performance & speed of your site! Also compatible with WordPress® Multisite/Networking.) Search Everything WordPress SEO WP-Cufón – Todd Feb 23 '12 at 22:50
afaik, none of those plugins have to do w/ CPTs. if it wasn't a plugin, then it must've been the old theme that registered the post type. have you activated the same theme you were using? i don't like themes registered post types for exactly this reason. i still recommend moving all the post types/taxonomies to a plugin so this doesn't happen again. – helgatheviking Feb 23 '12 at 23:02
I agree with you, I just don't understand how to make it work. I'm not that great with taxonomies... really confuses me. – Todd Feb 23 '12 at 23:16
Yes activated the same theme. So not sure why it wouldn't show. – Todd Feb 23 '12 at 23:17
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that usually means that it is time to quit and have a glass of wine. if you can search the contents of the theme, look for register_post_type and register_taxonomy – helgatheviking Feb 24 '12 at 0:42
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