Custom Post Types extend the WordPress back-end to support additional, non-Post content.
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How to sort CPT by custom meta value (date), and return posts month by month
For future reference:
I am using the great Meta Box Plugin to help expedite meta box creation for my custom post types.
My goal:
To build a highly customizable events section closely resembling a ...
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Removing Edit Permalink/View “Custom Post Type” areas
Trying to replicate some functionality I've seen on a few other themes before, but would like to know/understand for my own uses.
I've created a custom post type, called "testimonials". I believe ...
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Is there a way to change 'Posts' to be 'Portfolio' is the WP backend?
I'm developing a site for a client and am using the blog part of WordPress for her portfolio. I've also created a couple of page templates to list here workshops and current projects and used Custom ...
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Creating a Custom Post Type as a Plugin? Why?
I've been experimenting with creating a Custom Post Type as a plugin (because I've seen this recommended in various places).
But I have a question not about the how, but rather the why of building ...
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Rewrite rule for Custom post type Monthly and Yearly archive
I have a custom post type "contest_recipe". I can view contest recipe posts by year and by date with the following urls:
http://example.com/2011/?post_type=contest_recipe - shows all 2011 contest ...
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Custom post type 404s with rewriting even after resetting permalinks
I created a custom post type, of which the (simplified) arguments are:
register_post_type(
'Event',
'public' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'eventy'),
'has_archive' ...
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How to show the taxonomy assigned to a post in the table (where all the posts are displayed) of the custom post type?
Right now I use the following code to create a custom post type and assign a taxonomy to it:
// === CUSTOM TAXONOMIES === //
add_action('init', 'my_custom_taxonomies', 0);
function ...
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Permalink rewrite with custom post type and custom taxonomy
I think thats a quick one:
I've got:
Custom post type: Food
Custom taxonomy (Registered to Food): Fruits
Terms in Fruits: Apple, Orange, Cherry
If I type in example.com/food?fruits=Apple,Cherry, ...
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get attachments for all posts of particular post type
I'm making a widget that shows a set of images from recent custom posts. I want to run the following query:
SELECT p.*
FROM wp_posts p
WHERE post_type='attachment'
AND post_mime_type LIKE 'image%'
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meta_query for keys that aren't yet set
I'm trying to query for a custom post type for a gallery system. I have a checkbox to set a gallery as a "featured" gallery (set up through More Fields plugin) - if this is checked then the meta value ...
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Filter get_categories() for taxonomy term in WordPress
I want to show a category only if a (custom) post is in that category AND region = $name for that post.
So, e.g. I have a custom post (type "business") named "Mamma Mia" in child-category: ...
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How do I add a new custom post format?
How do I add a new custom format while making a post in WordPress?
The default formats are standard, aside, image, gallery... I want to add a new format of 'xyz' name. How can I do it?
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How to add meta box to backend menu page
I need to add a meta box to the backend menu page, in Appearance->Menus (/wp-admin/nav-menus.php), to list all the available post types, both the defaults & the custom ones.
It will contain a ...
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Custom Post Type: Set post_title equal to a custom post type field
I’ve created a custom post type for employees in a company with some fields they have to fill (like E-mail, phone, etc.) and a select box which takes some values from another custom post type called ...
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Grossly inefficient wordpress loops!
I'm working on a site at the moment for an orchestra. The various members need to be listed, according to their instrument. The members have a custom post type of biography and I'm capturing the ...
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Unable to save custom taxonomy terms in a custom-built metabox
I've roughly followed the tutorial here on how to create "custom taxonomy input panels". I'm using a custom post type of homes and a custom taxonomy called beds (used to record the number of beds in a ...
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How to order custom post type by multiple custom fields?
How to display posts with 'Event' custom type ordered by 'Start_Hour' and then by 'Start_Minute'?
'Start_Hour' and 'Start_Minute' are numeric custom fields.
I tried this, but it doesn't work:
$args ...
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Semantic URL Custom Post Type and Taxonomies permalinks
I have created a custom post type with custom taxonomies. Now I need help with the permalinks.
Now is like that:
custom post type archive: example.com/custom-post-type/
taxonomy archive: ...
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Pagination throws 404
I'm experiencing some problems with my pagination when displaying custom post types. I would like to display 9 posts and then display a numeric pagination. This is working, some links are generated ...
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Define menu_order on Creation of New Custom Post?
I've created a custom post type called video and I'm using a plugin called Playlist_Order (which changes the menu_order field) to allow the user to use a drag and drop interface to order their videos ...
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Copy a Taxonomy Term into the Post Title for a certain Custom Post Type
I am using Gravity Forms to allow users to create posts from the front end.
However, the way this site I am building is going to work, one specific Post_Type is essentially just a "Data" post. There ...
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Make featured image required
Is it possible to force user to set featured image on some types of posts. For example I've got custom post type mm_photo and I want to show some error message or somehow block user from publishing or ...
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Exclude post_type from admin comments_list
I'm trying not to show comments from a certain custom post type int the comments list on the admin interface.
I went to the "wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php" and tried to play with ...
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Customized first post techniques
There doesn't seem to be a standard technique for differentiating first/top posts. After looking around, I found this method:
$current_query = new ...
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Remove slug in taxonomy url
Just wondering, how can remove slugs from some URLS. I'm using a custom post type called exhibitors, and some taxonomies to define those exhibitors (eg: featured-guests, publishers etc.):
Right now ...
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How to use a custom post type archive as front page?
I'd like to use a custom post type archive as a site's front page, so that
http://the_site.com/
is a custom post type archive displayed according to my archive-{post-type}.php file.
Ideally I ...
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How to change permalink structure for custom post type and it's taxonomies?
This is a repost of an earlier question I had, but I like to go into more details now to be able to fully solve this.
So again, with (normal) posts changing the permalink is as easy as going to ...
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Display all custom post types in archives.php
How would I do this?
archive.php only has this:
wp_get_archives('type=monthly');
And wp_get_archives() does not have a parameter to display all post types.
Also I think archive-[post_type].php is ...
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Query for custom post type?
I have installed the Custom Post Type UI plugin. After activation of this plugin I have created a custom post type called portfolio. Now I want to use this on the portfolio page in the front-end. How ...
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Post metadata deletes itself
I'm using a custom post type for a portfolio. I have a few option in there, bring saved by update_post_meta(), it seems to work fine, but then out of the blue (within the hour), the data deletes its ...
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Include CPT values in another CPT?
I'm trying to add CPT values in a drop-down menu within another CPT, not sure if this is do-able. Basically I have a Store CPT and a Manager CPT, in the manager cpt i have regular posts with the ...
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Custom Post Type Pagination & duplicate posts
I'm working on a template which will use some custom-post-types & custom-taxonomies.. I'm having problems with pagination and duplicate posts.
HOME.PHP
LOOP #1
On the homepage (home.php) I have ...
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Custom post type not displaying content from single-{custom post type} page
I am trying to create a custom post type with taxonomy and a shortcode for my custom search in a plugin.When I activate my plugin I see my CPT and taxonomy on dashboard. But when I publish the post I ...
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How to Removing fields from the Media Uploader/Gallery on a Custom Post Type Edit Page
This post shows how to remove unwanted fields from the media uploader. It works great, but I want to limit it to a custom-post-type and I can't seem to figure out how to do it. I've tried the ...
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Is it possible to associate different kinds of custom post types one to the other?
I might be thinking too hard about this problem and i'm thinking the solution might be easier than we're i'm heading.
Here's what i'm trying to accomplish: there a winery website built on wp and uses ...
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I can't set meta_key in my custom post type query
I've created a custom post, events, and saved the meta data event_year to each event. I'm trying to get a year's event archive. When I go the the following URL, the meta_key and meta_value are not ...
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How to Add Custom Fields to a Custom Post Type?
Ok, so I have registered a few custom post types and a few taxonomies. Now, for the life of me, I cannot figure out the code I need to add a Custom Field to my Custom Post Type.
I need a drop down ...
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How do I filter the excerpt metabox description in admin?
I want to change the default "Excerpts are optional hand-crafted summaries of your content that can be used in your theme. Learn more about manual excerpts." help text below the Excerpt input area to ...
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Title_save_pre - Simple problem that u know for sure
I have two custom post type. Then I need to use title_save_pre to post title prior to saving it in the database. I need to use this filter just for one custom post type.
This is my function:
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Custom post type archive and single.php files not working
Hi I've created a custom post type called shows.
here is the code for it.
<?php
add_action('init', 'show_register');
function show_register() {
//arguments to create the post type.
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is_singular won't call my functions?
Hi i'm using this code to call for a different stylesheet for a single post type but the problem is, It won't call the stylesheet.
It's in header.php, i also tried placing it in single.php
<?php
...
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Refine custom posts by author
I want to have a way of displaying a custom post archive for a particular author. I'm able to display custom posts for a category but not just the custom posts for a author. I already have a separate ...
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Understanding Post Formats/Custom Post types Etc
I don't understand what "Adding Post Type Support" is for when we have "Adding Theme Support"?
For different post-formats this is the way I was shown before. This is then how I did it for the project ...
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Multiple parameters in a custom post type url rewrite
I have a custom post type called venues currently they display through the url format:
http://mywebsite.com/venue/{venue-name}
I would like to have the format:
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Creating additional page with own URL for each custom post
I have a specific issue here. I have website using custom post types, and I need to create a specific functionality for these custom post types. From each custom post type the user should be able to ...
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Multiple custom post types on index page with custom templates
I've got (currently) 3 custom post types that I need to display on my sites' home page using a custom query. Each custom post type has a different layout (1 post across, 2 posts across and 4 posts ...
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Custom field values get deleted
I created a custom post type:products which also has custom fields: price & shipping. Occasionally, if I leave the edit product window open or refresh it, I lose the values inside price and ...
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Wordpress 3.1 - Tag page not showing posts from custom post type
On the site I am developing I have a few custom post types set up (Press Releases, Articles, Podcasts). I also have the Tag Cloud widget enabled in my sidebar.
I have tagged a post with 'Testtest', ...
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Pretty paged permalinks in custom post type loop
I must be annoying your with all these permalink questions :)
The code I'm using for the loop is:
// hijack stupid WP globals to get pagination working...
global $wp_query;
$temp = $wp_query;
...
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Is there any way of not using my_init_method in the following code (that creates a custom post type)?
Mike Schindel provided me this code long time ago:
<?php
/**
* Create the Blocks custom post type and the Sections custom taxonomy
*/
add_action('init', 'my_init_method');
if ...
