Price comparison table based on Custom Post Type?

Question

I have created a review site where clients can rate their hosting providers based on various factors, however since the launch, many have asked if it would be possible to create a price comparison table so they could look for provider's in their price range.

I believe the best way to do this will be to create a Custom Post Type and have fields for the 5-10 most common packages, where I can create a new CPT entry for each provider and set the prices there (or even give the providers access to do so themselves).

Would this be the best way to go about this with Wordpress? How can I create a page that loops through each entry for that CPT and pulls the information I need to build this table?

Answer 1

I suggest just making a new Post Type with the default Wordpress register_post_type().

function create_my_post_type() {
$labels = array(
    'name'               => __( 'Providers pricing', 'myplugin_namespace' ),
    'singular_name'      => __( 'Provider pricing', 'myplugin_namespace' ),
    'menu_name'          => __( 'Provider Pricing', 'myplugin_namespace' ),
);

$args = array(
    'labels'       => $labels,
    'public'       => true,
    'description'  => __( 'Pricing stuff for my awesome plugin', 'myplugin_namespace' ),
    'show_in_menu' => true,
    'supports'     => array( 'title', 'thumbnail' ), // or whatever else you want from WP_Post
    'has_archive'  => true,
);
}

To be clear: this should be run during plugin initiation. To add custom meta-boxes for your fields, read up on the function add_meta_box()