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Real World Example

Register a "Staff" custom post type

						
add_action( 'init', 'codex_sfaff_init' );
/**
 * Register a book post type.
 *
 * @link http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type
 */
function codex_staff_init() {
	$labels = array(
		'name'               => _x( 'Staff Member', 'post type general name', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'singular_name'      => _x( 'Staff Member', 'post type singular name', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'menu_name'          => _x( 'Staff Members', 'admin menu', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'name_admin_bar'     => _x( 'Staff Member', 'add new on admin bar', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'add_new'            => _x( 'Add New', 'Staff Member', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'add_new_item'       => __( 'Add New Staff Member', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'new_item'           => __( 'New Staff Member', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'edit_item'          => __( 'Edit Staff Member', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'view_item'          => __( 'View Staff Member', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'all_items'          => __( 'All Staff Members', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'search_items'       => __( 'Search Staff Members', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'parent_item_colon'  => __( 'Parent Staff Member:', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'not_found'          => __( 'No books found.', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
		'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No books found in Trash.', 'your-plugin-textdomain' ),
	);

	$args = array(
		'labels'             => $labels,
		'public'             => true,
		'publicly_queryable' => true,
		'show_ui'            => true,
		'show_in_menu'       => true,
		'query_var'          => true,
		'rewrite'            => array( 'slug' => 'staff-member' ),
		'capability_type'    => 'post',
		'has_archive'        => true,
		'hierarchical'       => false,
		'menu_position'      => null,
		'supports'           => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments' )
	);

	register_post_type( 'staff-member', $args );
}
						
					

"You're Gonna See Some Serious Sh*t."

register_post_type();

It's just a template for your custom content

Let's start with the most obvious...

What does a thumbtack have to do with staff members?

						
'menu_icon' => 'dashicons_businessman'
						
					

						'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments' )
					

'supports' => array( 'title', 'thumbnail', 'revisions' )

Throw in some magic

"But there are two spots to enter a "Title"..."

						
add_filter('gettext','custom_staff_title');

function custom_staff_title( $input ) {

    global $post_type;

    if( is_admin() && 'Enter title here' == $input && 'mandr_staff' == $post_type )
        return 'Enter Staff Member's Name';

    return $input;
}
						
					

I didn't publish no post!

						
function set_messages($messages) {
	global $post, $post_ID;
	$post_type = get_post_type( $post_ID );

	$obj = get_post_type_object($post_type);
	$singular = $obj->labels->singular_name;

	$messages[$post_type] = array(
	0 => '', // Unused. Messages start at index 1.
	1 => sprintf( __($singular.' updated. View '.strtolower($singular).''), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
	2 => __('Custom field updated.'),
	3 => __('Custom field deleted.'),
	4 => __($singular.' updated.'),
	5 => isset($_GET['revision']) ? sprintf( __($singular.' restored to revision from %s'), wp_post_revision_title( (int) $_GET['revision'], false ) ) : false,
	6 => sprintf( __($singular.' published. View '.strtolower($singular).''), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
	7 => __('Page saved.'),
	8 => sprintf( __($singular.' submitted. Preview '.strtolower($singular).''), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
	9 => sprintf( __($singular.' scheduled for: %1$s. Preview '.strtolower($singular).''), date_i18n( __( 'M j, Y @ G:i' ), strtotime( $post->post_date ) ), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
	10 => sprintf( __($singular.' draft updated. Preview '.strtolower($singular).''), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
	);

	return $messages;
}
						
					

What have we learned?

This is too much work and I ain't got time for this crap

Bonus things from left field

If you style it...

They'll probably never use it but you should still style it anyway!

Kill editing in the dashboard

						
define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true);
						
					

No blog?

Don't hijack the posts!

Clean up after yourself