WP Custom Post Boilerplate

<?php /** * @package Blog_Posts * @version 0.1 */ /* Plugin Name: DD Custom Post Plugin URI: none Description: This is a custom post type base/boilerplate Author: Dan Dvoracek Version: 0.1 Author URI: http://www.dandvoracek.com */ add_action('init', 'custompost_register'); function custompost_register() { // For more details on the following: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type $labels = array( /*By including the context in the pot file translators can translate the two strings differently.*/ /*https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/_x*/ 'name' => _x('Custom Post', 'post type general name'), 'singular_name' => _x('Custom Item', 'post type singular name'), 'add_new' => _x('Add New', 'custom item'), 'add_new_item' => __('Add New Custom Item'), 'edit_item' => __('Edit Custom Item'), 'new_item' => __('New Custom Item'), 'view_item' => __('View Custom Item'), 'search_items' => __('Search Custom Items'), 'not_found' => __('Nothing found'), 'not_found_in_trash' => __('Nothing found in Trash') // ,'parent_item_colon' => '' ); $args = array( 'labels' => $labels, 'public' => true, // – should the posts be shown in the admin UI 'publicly_queryable' => true, // - whether queries can be performed on the front end as part of parse_request() 'show_ui' => true,// – should we display an admin panel for this custom post type 'query_var' => true, // - the query_var key for this post type // 'menu_icon' => get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/someIcon.png', // – a custom icon for the admin panel 'rewrite' => true, // – rewrites permalinks using the slug ‘portfolio’ 'capability_type' => 'post', // – WordPress will treat this as a ‘post’ for read, edit, and delete capabilities 'hierarchical' => false, // – is it hierarchical, like pages 'menu_position' => null, // - position in the menu order the post type should appear. show_in_menu must be true. 'supports' => array('title','editor','thumbnail') // – which items do we want to display on the add/edit post page ); // Register the post type object; // The name should only contain lowercase letters and the underscore character, and not be more than 32 characters long, otherwise taxonomy issues // https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-taxonomy-doesnt-appear-in-the-custom-menu // http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_taxonomy register_post_type( 'custom' , $args ); // The first item here is the taxonomy name, Custom Label. The second(Custom) is the name of the object type we’re applying it to see line just above // Doc: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_taxonomy register_taxonomy("news", array("custom"), array('public'=>true, "hierarchical" => true, "label" => "custom labels", "singular_label" => "custom label", "rewrite" => true, 'show_ui' => true)); } /*-- Adding custom fields --*/ /* --- In order to add more fields and different types of field --- - http://mikejolley.com/2012/12/21/using-the-new-wordpress-3-5-media-uploader-in-plugins/ - https://codestag.com/how-to-use-wordpress-3-5-media-uploader-in-theme-options/ - http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_meta_box - http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/135471/metabox-repeating-fields-radio-buttons-not-saving-correctly/135513#135513 - https://github.com/nkdeck07/Wordpress-Plugin--Media-Upload-Skeleton */ add_action("admin_init", "admin_init"); function admin_init(){ add_meta_box("year_completed-meta", "Year Completed", "year_completed", "custom", "side", "low"); add_meta_box("custom_meta", "Others & More", "custom_meta", "custom", "normal", "low"); } function year_completed(){ global $post; $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID); $year_completed = $custom["year_completed"][0]; ?> <label>Year:</label> <input name="year_completed" value="<?php echo $year_completed; ?>" /> <?php } function custom_meta() { global $post; $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID); $custom_field_1 = $custom["custom_field_1"][0]; $custom_field_2 = $custom["custom_field_2"][0]; $custom_field_3 = $custom["custom_field_3"][0]; ?> <p><label>First field:</label><br /> <textarea cols="50" rows="5" name="custom_field_1"><?php echo $custom_field_1; ?></textarea></p> <p><label>Second Field:</label><br /> <textarea cols="50" rows="5" name="custom_field_2"><?php echo $custom_field_2; ?></textarea></p> <p><label>Third Field:</label><br /> <textarea cols="50" rows="5" name="custom_field_3"><?php echo $custom_field_3; ?></textarea></p> <?php } // Save the info add_action('save_post', 'save_details'); function save_details(){ global $post; // Make sure we reuse and save all the values triggered in year_completed() and custom_meta() update_post_meta($post->ID, "year_completed", $_POST["year_completed"]); update_post_meta($post->ID, "custom_field_1", $_POST["custom_field_1"]); update_post_meta($post->ID, "custom_field_2", $_POST["custom_field_2"]); update_post_meta($post->ID, "custom_field_3", $_POST["custom_field_3"]); } // send infos to page in order to display add_action("manage_posts_custom_column", "custom_custom_columns"); add_filter("manage_edit-custom_columns", "custom_edit_columns"); // Define Custom POst list display/infos function custom_edit_columns($columns){ $columns = array( "cb" => "<input type='checkbox' />", "title" => "Custom Title", "description" => "Description", "year" => "Year Completed", "news" => "Some News", ); return $columns; } function custom_custom_columns($column){ global $post; switch ($column) { case "description": the_excerpt(); break; case "year": $custom = get_post_custom(); echo $custom["year_completed"][0]; break; case "news": echo get_the_term_list($post->ID, 'News', '', ', ',''); break; } }