WordPress custom post types

Register WordPress custom post type with custom category, custom tag, default post category and tags:

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<?php
 
if( ! function_exists( 'quote_create_post_type' ) ) :
 
    function quote_create_post_type() {
 
        $labels = array(
 
            'name' => 'Quote',
 
            'singular_name' => 'Quote',
 
            'add_new' => 'Add quote',
 
            'all_items' => 'All quotes',
 
            'add_new_item' => 'Add quote',
 
            'edit_item' => 'Edit quote',
 
            'new_item' => 'New quote',
 
            'view_item' => 'View quote',
 
            'search_items' => 'Search quotes',
 
            'not_found' => 'No quotes found',
 
            'not_found_in_trash' => 'No quotes found in trash',
 
            'parent_item_colon' => 'Parent quote'
 
            //'menu_name' => default to 'name'
 
        );
 
        $args = array(
 
            'labels' => $labels,
 
            'public' => true,
 
            'has_archive' => true,
 
            'publicly_queryable' => true,
 
            'query_var' => true,
 
            'rewrite' => true,
 
            'capability_type' => 'post',
 
            'hierarchical' => false,
 
            'supports' => array(
 
                'title',
 
                'editor',
 
                'excerpt',
 
                'thumbnail',
 
                //'author',
 
                //'trackbacks',
 
                //'custom-fields',
 
                //'comments',
 
                'revisions',
 
                //'page-attributes', // (menu order, hierarchical must be true to show Parent option)
 
                //'post-formats',
 
            ),
 
            'taxonomies' => array( 'category', 'post_tag' ), // add default post categories and tags
 
            'menu_position' => 5,
 
            'exclude_from_search' => false,
 
            'register_meta_box_cb' => 'quote_add_post_type_metabox'
 
        );
 
        register_post_type( 'quote', $args );
 
        //flush_rewrite_rules();
 
 
 
        register_taxonomy( 'quote_category', // register custom taxonomy - category
 
            'quote',
 
            array(
 
                'hierarchical' => true,
 
                'labels' => array(
 
                    'name' => 'Quote category',
 
                    'singular_name' => 'Quote category',
 
                )
 
            )
 
        );
 
        register_taxonomy( 'quote_tag', // register custom taxonomy - tag
 
            'quote',
 
            array(
 
                'hierarchical' => false,
 
                'labels' => array(
 
                    'name' => 'Quote tag',
 
                    'singular_name' => 'Quote tag',
 
                )
 
            )
 
        );
 
    }
 
    add_action( 'init', 'quote_create_post_type' );
 
 
 
 
 
    function quote_add_post_type_metabox() { // add the meta box
 
        add_meta_box( 'quote_metabox', 'Meta', 'quote_metabox', 'quote', 'normal' );
 
    }
 
 
 
 
 
    function quote_metabox() {
 
        global $post;
 
        // Noncename needed to verify where the data originated
 
        echo '<input type="hidden" name="quote_post_noncename" value="' . wp_create_nonce( plugin_basename(__FILE__) ) . '" />';
 
 
 
        // Get the data if its already been entered
 
        $quote_post_name = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_quote_post_name', true);
 
        $quote_post_desc = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_quote_post_desc', true);
 
 
 
        // Echo out the field
 
        ?>
 
 
 
        <table class="form-table">
 
            <tr>
 
                <th>
 
                    <label>Name</label>
 
                </th>
 
                <td>
 
                    <input type="text" name="quote_post_name" class="regular-text" value="<?php echo $quote_post_name; ?>">
 
                    <!-- classes: .small-text .regular-text .large-text -->
 
                </td>
 
            </tr>
 
            <tr>
 
                <th>
 
                    <label>Description</label>
 
                </th>
 
                <td>
 
                    <textarea name="quote_post_desc" class="large-text"><?php echo $quote_post_desc; ?></textarea>
 
                </td>
 
            </tr>
 
        </table>
 
    <?php
 
    }
 
 
 
 
 
    function quote_post_save_meta( $post_id, $post ) { // save the data
 
 
 
        /*
 
         * We need to verify this came from our screen and with proper authorization,
 
         * because the save_post action can be triggered at other times.
 
         */
 
 
 
        if ( ! isset( $_POST['quote_post_noncename'] ) ) { // Check if our nonce is set.
 
            return;
 
        }
 
 
 
        // verify this came from the our screen and with proper authorization,
 
        // because save_post can be triggered at other times
 
        if( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['quote_post_noncename'], plugin_basename(__FILE__) ) ) {
 
            return $post->ID;
 
        }
 
 
 
        // is the user allowed to edit the post or page?
 
        if( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID )){
 
            return $post->ID;
 
        }
 
        // ok, we're authenticated: we need to find and save the data
 
        // we'll put it into an array to make it easier to loop though
 
 
 
        $quote_post_meta['_quote_post_name'] = $_POST['quote_post_name'];
 
        $quote_post_meta['_quote_post_desc'] = $_POST['quote_post_desc'];
 
 
 
        // add values as custom fields
 
        foreach( $quote_post_meta as $key => $value ) { // cycle through the $quote_post_meta array
 
            // if( $post->post_type == 'revision' ) return; // don't store custom data twice
 
            $value = implode(',', (array)$value); // if $value is an array, make it a CSV (unlikely)
 
            if( get_post_meta( $post->ID, $key, FALSE ) ) { // if the custom field already has a value
 
                update_post_meta($post->ID, $key, $value);
 
            } else { // if the custom field doesn't have a value
 
                add_post_meta( $post->ID, $key, $value );
 
            }
 
            if( !$value ) { // delete if blank
 
                delete_post_meta( $post->ID, $key );
 
            }
 
        }
 
    }
 
    add_action( 'save_post', 'quote_post_save_meta', 1, 2 ); // save the custom fields
 
endif; // end of function_exists()
 
 
 
 
 
if( ! function_exists( 'view_quotes_posts' ) ) : // output
 
    function view_quotes_posts($do_shortcode = 1, $strip_shortcodes = 0 ) {
 
 
 
        $args = array(
 
            'posts_per_page'     => 100,
 
            'offset'          => 0,
 
            //'category'        => ,
 
            'orderby'         => 'menu_order, post_title', // post_date, rand
 
            'order'           => 'DESC',
 
            //'include'         => ,
 
            //'exclude'         => ,
 
            //'meta_key'        => ,
 
            //'meta_value'      => ,
 
            'post_type'       => 'quote',
 
            //'post_mime_type'  => ,
 
            //'post_parent'     => ,
 
            'post_status'     => 'publish',
 
            'suppress_filters' => true
 
        );
 
 
 
        $posts = get_posts( $args );
 
 
 
        $html = '';
 
        foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
 
            $meta_name = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_quote_post_name', true );
 
            $meta_desc = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_quote_post_desc', true );
 
            $img = get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'medium' );
 
            if( empty( $img ) ) {
 
                $img = '<img src="'.plugins_url( '/img/default.png', __FILE__ ).'">';
 
            }
 
 
 
 
 
            if( has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ) {
 
                $img = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id( $post->ID ), 'thumbnail' );
 
                $img_url = $img[0];
 
                 
 
                //the_post_thumbnail( 'thumbnail' ); /* thumbnail, medium, large, full, thumb-100, thumb-200, thumb-400, array(100,100) */
 
            }
 
 
 
            $content = $post->post_content;
 
            if( $do_shortcode == 1 ) {
 
                $content = do_shortcode( $content );
 
            }
 
            if( $strip_shortcodes == 1 ) {
 
                $content = strip_shortcodes( $content );
 
            }
 
            $content = wp_trim_words( $content, 30, '...');
 
            $content = wpautop( $content );
 
 
 
            $html .= '
 
            <div>
 
                <h3>'.$post->post_title.'</h3>
 
                <div>
 
                    <p>Name: '.$meta_name.'</p>
 
                    <p>Description: '.$meta_desc.'</p>
 
                </div>
 
                <div>'.$img.'</div>
 
                <div>'.$content.'</div>
 
            </div>
 
            ';
 
        }
 
        $html = '<div class="wrapper">'.$html.'</div>';
 
        return $html;
 
    }
 
endif; // end of function_exists()
 
?>

Usage in templates:

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<?php
 
if( function_exists( 'view_quotes_posts' ) ) {
 
    echo view_quotes_posts();
 
}
 
?>

Show list of all not empty custom taxonomies (custom post type categories):

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<?php
 
$tax_name = 'quote_category';
 
$args = array(
 
    'hide_empty' => false,
 
    'hierarchical' => false,
 
    'parent' => 0
 
);
 
$taxonomies = get_terms($tax_name, $args);
 
echo '<ul class="taxonomy">';
 
foreach( $taxonomies as $taxonomy ){
 
    $link = get_term_link( $taxonomy, $tax_name );
 
    echo '<li>';
 
    echo '<a href="'.$link.'">';
 
    echo $taxonomy->name;
 
    echo '</a>';
 
    $sub_args = array(
 
        'hide_empty' => false,
 
        'hierarchical' => false,
 
        'parent' => 0
 
    );
 
    $sub_taxonomies = get_terms($tax_name, $sub_args);
 
    $children = get_term_children( $taxonomy->term_id, $tax_name );
 
    echo ' c= '.count($children);
 
    echo '</li>';
 
}
 
echo '</ul>';
 
?>

List of custom post types (archive) can be viewed by such link: http://site.com/quote/

WordPress by default uses the archive template of your theme to display the custom post type archive page - archive.php.

If you want to create a custom archive page for your custom post type, then you would need to create a new file called archive-quote.php.

Example of archive-quote.php file:

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<?php
 
get_header();
 
if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();
 
    the_title();
 
    echo '<div class="entry-content">';
 
    the_content();
 
    echo '</div>';
 
endwhile; endif;
 
get_footer();
 
?>

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  4. Great code and extremely useful to me! I'm trying to extend it a bit, by having a frontend quote entry form. My first thought was to replicate and then adapt the view_quotes_posts function at the very of the main file, so it can be inserted on template files. How would you do it?

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  7. Hi,

    I am wondering how I can enable people to read my posts in their native language (Hindi). Is creating custom post type good idea? Will it enable me to post and get comments in the native language?

    Do you know a better alternative?

    At present I am using google translate box and I tell they can send comments to my email using gmail in their language.

    Do you have better ideas to take this forward?

    Dr. Ashok Koparday

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    • Custom post types will not help you to force people to read posts in Hindi. Custom post types are needed to create completely new type of posts, like products or services with another structure than in default posts.

      If you want for people to read posts on Hindi than just write your posts on Hindi and when Google will index that posts than Google will send users to your site who will search on Hindi.
      If users will like the articles than they will return to you more frequently.

      So the best advice to promote your native Hindi language for users is to write useful articles for users on that language. Nothing else will not help you with it.

      Reply

  8. Where do we place the php code for register_post_type to create the custom post type? Is it its own file? If so, where does this file go? Do we add it to an existing file?

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