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Custom Post Type Maker

Custom Post Type Maker

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Description

Custom Post Type Maker is the perfect plugin to create Custom Post Types and custom Taxonomies in a user friendly way, just like managing your regular posts and pages.

Originally by Bakhuys.

Features

  • Fully integrates with the WordPress API, for the best compatibility
  • Lets you create Custom Post Types and custom Taxonomies without the need of writing any code
  • Provides an interface to manage your Custom Post Types, just like managing your regular posts and pages
  • Provides almost all the parameters of the WordPress CPT API
  • Shows you a list of all other registered Custom Post Types and custom Taxonomies in WordPress
  • Uses the WordPress Media Uploader or Dash Icons (Native WordPress Icons) to let you manage the Custom Post Type icon
  • Block editor templates and template locks for your post types
  • Export and import as JSON, import from Custom Post Type UI, and PHP code export
  • WP-CLI commands: wp cptm list, export, import and code

Additional configuration

You can add CPTM_DONT_GENERATE_ICON in wp-config.php to prevent CPTM to generate the 16x16px WordPress image_size. You can do this after you upload an initial icon.
We’ve added this option because some users have very large image galleries and the additional WordPress image_size matters.

Screenshots

Creating Custom Post Types
Creating Custom Post Types
Overview of your created Custom Post Types
Overview of your created Custom Post Types
Creating custom Taxonomies
Creating custom Taxonomies
Tools: export, import, import from Custom Post Type UI, and PHP code
Tools: export, import, import from Custom Post Type UI, and PHP code

Installation

  1. Upload ‘custom-post-type-maker’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Click the new menu item ‘Post Types’ to create a Custom Post Type or a custom Taxonomy.

FAQ

Where do I get support?

Ask your question in the Support Forums. Please note that due to restricted time availability we’re not actively answering questions, unless a real bug is reported. See: “What should I try before reporting a bug” section.

What should I try before reporting a bug?

  1. Disable all your plugins except “Custom Post Type Maker”.
  2. See if the plugin behaves normally with the default WordPress theme.
  3. Try to run the plugin on a clean WordPress install.

If all of this fails, see: “How should I report bugs?” section.

How should I report bugs?

Please report your bug on GitHub. Issues will not be handled elsewhere.

Make sure you attach to the report:
1. Your WordPress version
2. Your plugin version
3. Screenshots
4. Steps to reproduce the problem
5. Anything else you think would be useful to pinpoint the problem

How do I request a feature?

We maintain this plugin and add features that many users ask for. Open a feature request on GitHub, or submit a pull request.

How do I move my post types to another site?

Go to Post Types Tools, download the export file, and import it on the other site. With WP-CLI: wp cptm export --file=types.json and wp cptm import types.json.

Can I switch from Custom Post Type UI?

Yes. Go to Post Types Tools Import from Custom Post Type UI. The import makes drafts. Deactivate Custom Post Type UI, then publish the drafts.

Can I stop using this plugin later?

Yes. Each definition has a “Get code” box with the PHP code that registers the same type. Paste it in your theme or plugin, then deactivate this plugin.

What happens to my content when I delete the plugin?

Nothing. Your posts and terms stay in the database. Without the plugin, their types are not registered until you register them in code. Definitions are removed only if you select that option on the Tools page.

How do I get the plugin in my own language?

You’ll have to do it yourself. Help translate this plugin.

Reviews

Awesome companion plugin for Oxygen Builder

July 15, 2020 1 reply
Must-have plug-in for creating custom post types and custom taxonomies! I use it on almost every project in combination with Oxygen Builder and it just works flawless. Keep up the good work!

Great

December 1, 2018
Well, this just worked. 🙂 Couldn't be happier. Everything shows up correctly, things are rolling along – my project advances. I'd pay for a pro version – but please, make a perpetual license (make it pricy enough to cover ~4 years of yearly licenses so you'll have yourself covered), if you enter the premium-plugin market! – JP

Simply Powerful

May 15, 2018 1 reply
Been using this plugin for a while and it works like a charm. Not bloated with ads or other crap and does its job! Thank you!

Plugin does its job, support is excellent

August 1, 2017
I've used a couple of CPT plugins and this one works well, is simple to use, and doesn't conflict with any of the (many) other plugins I'm using. Best of all when I discovered a problem, I got excellent support from the author with a new update fixing the issue immediately.
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Contributors & Developers

“Custom Post Type Maker” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“Custom Post Type Maker” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

2.0.0

  • New: Tools page (Post Types Tools) with JSON export and import of definitions. Imports are saved as drafts unless you select “Publish”.
  • New: import your post types and taxonomies from Custom Post Type UI (read only; Custom Post Type UI is not changed).
  • New: “Get code” box on each definition and on the Tools page: PHP code that registers the same type without this plugin.
  • New: WP-CLI commands: wp cptm list, wp cptm export, wp cptm import, wp cptm code.
  • New post type options: Block Template, Template Lock, Embeddable (WordPress 6.8+), and a Custom capability type. Administrators get the custom capabilities automatically.
  • New taxonomy option: Sort.
  • New: optional data removal on uninstall (Tools page). Your posts and terms are never deleted.
  • Changed: the 16×16 menu icon size is no longer made for every upload; it is made only for the image you select as an icon.
  • Multisite: network activation now flushes the permalinks of every site.
  • Security: only administrators (manage_options) can view, create, edit or delete post type and taxonomy definitions. Before, Editors could reach these screens through a direct URL.
  • Security: the save handler checks the user’s capability, sanitizes every field, and accepts only known values for supports, built-in taxonomies and post types.
  • Security: all values on the admin screens are escaped on output. Stored data is read without unserialize() of objects.
  • Post type and taxonomy names are validated: lower-case letters, numbers, dashes and underscores, at most 20 (post types) or 32 (taxonomies) characters, and no reserved or already registered names.
  • New post type options: Show in Navigation Menus, Show in Admin Bar, REST Base, REST Namespace, Can Export, Delete With User, Archive Slug.
  • New taxonomy options: Public, Publicly Queryable, Show in Navigation Menus, Show in Tag Cloud, Show in Quick Edit, REST Base, Default Term.
  • Full, translatable label sets for custom post types and taxonomies (current WordPress labels).
  • Each post type and taxonomy is now registered once per request (before, more definitions caused repeated registrations).
  • Fixed: the list of “Other registered” post types and taxonomies showed your own definitions when you had more than 5.
  • Fixed: the plugin columns printed on the post lists of other post types.
  • Fixed: dead Changelog, Support and Vote links; untranslatable strings; “Seperate” typo.
  • Requires PHP 8.1 and WordPress 6.5 or later. Tested up to WordPress 7.1.

1.2.0

  • Added CPTM_DONT_GENERATE_ICON constant for disabling the 16x16px image_size via wp-config.php as suggested by @clubside and @ldeejay
  • Fixed spelling as suggested by @ldeejay
  • Compatibility with latest version of WP

1.1.15

  • Better sanitize taxonomy name as suggested by @ldeejay

1.1.14

  • Compatibility with future version of WP

1.1.13

  • Fix translations. Add .pot template file, reported by @wicko77

1.1.12

  • Remove ‘All’ from taxonomy names as suggested by @gnowland

1.1.11

  • Update assets

1.1.10

  • Compatibility with future version of WP

1.1.9

  • Compatibility with future version of WP

1.1.8

  • Fixes undefined variable (Thanks @richardshea,@kubik101)#20, #20

1.1.7

  • Makes code compatible with WordPressCore PHP Linter
  • Marks plugin compatible with future WordPress versions

1.1.6

  • Fixes tab navigation (Thanks @mediengestalter2)#16

1.1.5

  • Add ability to show custom post in REST API (Thanks @asithade)#14.

1.1.4

  • Add ability to show custom taxonomy column in post listing.

1.1.3

  • Removed forgotten development dump. Sorry about that.

1.1.2

  • [Bugfix] Make with_front available in register_post when set to false (Credit: @cmerrick). Closes: #7

1.1.1

  • [Feature] Auto-flush rewrite rules on: custom post save, plugin activation, plugin deactivation.
  • [Bugfix] Made publicly_queryable default to true. This fixes permalink errors after upgrading to v1.1.0 on existing installations.
  • [Localization] Add french translation. (Credit: @momo-fr).

1.1.0

  • [Feature] Implemented publicly_queryable. Closes: #5

1.0.4

  • [Bugfix] Renamed plugin to match WP Plugins

1.0.3

  • [Bugfix] Fix typos

1.0.2

  • [Bugfix] Fixed undefined error that prevented media library from loading

1.0.1

  • Compatibility with future version of WP

1.0.0

  • [Added] Ability to select DashIcons as Custom Post Type icon.
  • [Bugfix] Fixed add_utility_page provokes "deprecated" notice in 4.5.2
  • [Forked] Forked https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-maker/

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