How to Create Custom Post Types

Sometimes you need much more than just a blog or a page when you’re building your site in WordPress. Custom post types is how WordPress allows you to create rich, detailed content.

In this class, you’ll learn how to build meta boxes, meta fields and taxonomies in WordPress.

You’ll also learn how to build template files for post types, single posts, archives and much more.

Course Content

Introduction

Introduction to Custom Post Types

Installing Easy Content Types Plugin

Post Type Options

What Features Do Post Types Support?

Post Type Advanced Options

Meta Boxes and Meta Fields

Creating Meta Boxes in WordPress

Creating Meta Fields in a Meta Box

Populating Meta Fields

Taxonomy

Introduction to Taxonomy

Using Taxonomies

Easy Content Types Settings

Creating a Post Type Template

Creating an Archive Template

Editing the Archive Content Template

Adding Thumbnail Images to an Archive Template

Editing the Single Template

Print Meta Information to a Single Template

Print Single Terms to a Single Template

Creating a Taxonomy Archive Template

Summary 1 Quiz

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Lesson Content

Custom Post Types Quiz

About Instructor

Topher DeRosia

Topher is an accomplished programmer, having written his own content management systems and managed some very large websites. He loves to help people and believes playing with WordPress is fun. Topher lives in Michigan, USA.

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How to Create Custom Post Types

Course Content

Introduction

About Instructor

Topher DeRosia

Course Includes