Custom post type - change name in sidebar

Question

I've created a custom post type, as I'm making a site which will feature job listings.

I want the sidebar in the dashboard to show "Jobs" as the name.

Here is my code in functions.php

// Register Custom Post Type
        function custom_post_type() {

            $labels = array(
                'name'                => _x( 'Jobs', 'Post Type General Name', 'text_domain' ),
                'singular_name'       => _x( 'job', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'text_domain' ),
                'menu_name'           => __( 'Post Type', 'text_domain' ),
                'parent_item_colon'   => __( 'Parent Item:', 'text_domain' ),
                'all_items'           => __( 'All Jobs', 'text_domain' ),
                'view_item'           => __( 'View Job', 'text_domain' ),
                'add_new_item'        => __( 'Add New Job', 'text_domain' ),
                'add_new'             => __( 'Add New Job', 'text_domain' ),
                'edit_item'           => __( 'Edit Job', 'text_domain' ),
                'update_item'         => __( 'Update Job', 'text_domain' ),
                'search_items'        => __( 'Search Jobs', 'text_domain' ),
                'not_found'           => __( 'Not found', 'text_domain' ),
                'not_found_in_trash'  => __( 'Not found in Trash', 'text_domain' ),
            );
            $args = array(
                'label'               => __( 'custom_job', 'text_domain' ),
                'description'         => __( 'Jobs Listing', 'text_domain' ),
                'labels'              => $labels,
                'supports'            => array( ),
                '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'     => 'page',
            );
            register_post_type( 'custom_job', $args );

        }

        // Hook into the 'init' action
        add_action( 'init', 'custom_post_type', 0 );

However for some reason this shows up in WP as "Post Type" in the sidebar. But I can't see anywhere that it would be coming from... I thought the name label was the name shown in the sidebar?

Where did I go wrong?

Answer 1

Use this one. Notice 'menu_name' field says Jobs now.

// Register Custom Post Type
function custom_post_type() {

  $labels = array(
    'name'                => _x( 'Jobs', 'Post Type General Name', 'text_domain' ),
    'singular_name'       => _x( 'job', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'text_domain' ),
    'menu_name'           => __( 'Jobs', 'text_domain' ),
    'parent_item_colon'   => __( 'Parent Item:', 'text_domain' ),
    'all_items'           => __( 'All Jobs', 'text_domain' ),
    'view_item'           => __( 'View Job', 'text_domain' ),
    'add_new_item'        => __( 'Add New Job', 'text_domain' ),
    'add_new'             => __( 'Add New Job', 'text_domain' ),
    'edit_item'           => __( 'Edit Job', 'text_domain' ),
    'update_item'         => __( 'Update Job', 'text_domain' ),
    'search_items'        => __( 'Search Jobs', 'text_domain' ),
    'not_found'           => __( 'Not found', 'text_domain' ),
    'not_found_in_trash'  => __( 'Not found in Trash', 'text_domain' ),
  );

  $args = array(
    'label'               => __( 'custom_job', 'text_domain' ),
    'description'         => __( 'Jobs Listing', 'text_domain' ),
    'labels'              => $labels,
    'supports'            => array( ),
    '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'     => 'page',
  );

  register_post_type( 'custom_job', $args );

}

// Hook into the 'init' action
add_action( 'init', 'custom_post_type', 0 );