WordPress: Custom Post Types and Taxonomies

Custom content is what makes WordPress shine. Learn how to create custom post types and taxonomies to extend what you can do with WordPress.

Introduction

• Create better content
• What you should know
• Demo project overview

1. What Are Custom Post Types and Taxonomies?

• What are custom post types?
• What are custom taxonomies?
• Where does the code belong?

2. Creating Custom Post Types without Code

• The no-code solution
• Creating custom post types
• Creating custom post type labels
• Custom post type capability settings
• Displaying your post type on the front end

3. Creating Custom Taxonomies without Code

• Creating custom taxonomies
• Creating custom taxonomy labels
• Customizing the taxonomies' settings
• Importing and exporting your data

4. Coding Your Own Custom Post Types

• Creating your plugin
• Building a basic custom post type
• Customizing your post type labels
• Customizing your post type settings
• Activating the REST API on your post type
• Creating a post with your post type
• Challenge: Create an events post type
• Solution: Create an events post type
• Extending post types with custom fields

5. Coding Your Own Custom Taxonomies

• Building a basic custom taxonomy
• Creating an advanced custom taxonomy
• Activating the REST API for your taxonomy
• Adding taxonomy terms to your post types
• Challenge: Make location taxonomy
• Solution: Make location taxonomy

6. Creating Custom Post Type Templates

• The WordPress template hierarchy
• Setting up your child theme
• Creating a single custom post template
• Modifying the single template header
• Creating a custom post archive template
• Adding a custom taxonomy to a template
• Creating a custom taxonomy template

7. Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in Other Templates

• Custom post types on the front page
• Organizing your child theme
• Creating a custom loop for post types
• Displaying the custom loop
• Styling your custom loop

8. Moving Your Post Types to Your Theme

• Warning: Custom post types in themes
• Adding custom post types to themes
• Automatically flushing rewrite riles

Conclusion

• Next steps