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Post Type Generator

Overview

Use this tool to create custom code for Post Types with register_post_type() function.

Usage

  • Fill in the user-friendly form.
  • Click the “Update Code” button.
  • Copy the code to your project.
  • Or save it as a snippet and share with the community.

Examples

If you are still learning how to use this tool, check out the following examples:

The function used in the code.
Add Child Themes Support.
Translation file Text Domain. Optional.
Key used in the code. Up to 20 characters, lowercase, no spaces.
A short descriptive summary of the post type.
Post type singular name. e.g. Product, Event or Movie.
Post type plural name. e.g. Products, Events or Movies.
Comma separated list of Taxonomies.
Hierarchical post types allows descendants.
Posts of this type should be excluded from search results.
Enables post type export.
Enables post type archives. Post type key is used as defauly archive slug.
Set custom archive slug.
Show post type in the admin UI.
Show post type UI in the admin.
Show post type in admin sidebar.
Post type icon. Use dashicon name or full icon URL (http://.../icon.png).
Show post type in admin bar.
Show post type in Navigation Menus.
Direct query variable used in WP_Query. e.g. WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'product', 'term' => 'disk' ) )
Enable front end queries as part of parse_request().
Custom query variable.
Set user capabilities to manage post type.
Used as a base to construct capabilities.
Whether to add the post type route in the REST API 'wp/v2' namespace.
To change the base url of REST API route. Default is the post type key.
REST API Controller class name. Default is 'WP_REST_Posts_Controller'.
  Save Snippet 
// Register Custom Post Type
function custom_post_type_rent() {

	$labels = array(
		'name'                  => 'Rents',
		'singular_name'         => 'Rent',
		'menu_name'             => 'Post Types',
		'name_admin_bar'        => '',
		'archives'              => '',
		'attributes'            => '',
		'parent_item_colon'     => '',
		'all_items'             => '',
		'add_new_item'          => 'Add New Item',
		'add_new'               => 'Add New',
		'new_item'              => 'New Item',
		'edit_item'             => 'Edit Item',
		'update_item'           => 'Update Item',
		'view_item'             => 'View Item',
		'view_items'            => 'View Items',
		'search_items'          => 'Search Item',
		'not_found'             => '',
		'not_found_in_trash'    => '',
		'featured_image'        => '',
		'set_featured_image'    => '',
		'remove_featured_image' => '',
		'use_featured_image'    => '',
		'insert_into_item'      => '',
		'uploaded_to_this_item' => '',
		'items_list'            => '',
		'items_list_navigation' => '',
		'filter_items_list'     => 'Filter items list',
	);
	$rewrite = array(
		'slug'                  => 'rent',
		'with_front'            => true,
		'pages'                 => true,
		'feeds'                 => false,
	);
	$args = array(
		'label'                 => 'Rent',
		'labels'                => $labels,
		'supports'              => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'custom-fields', 'page-attributes', 'post-formats' ),
		'hierarchical'          => false,
		'public'                => true,
		'show_ui'               => true,
		'show_in_menu'          => true,
		'menu_position'         => 5,
		'menu_icon'             => 'dashicons-location-alt',
		'show_in_admin_bar'     => true,
		'show_in_nav_menus'     => true,
		'can_export'            => true,
		'has_archive'           => true,
		'exclude_from_search'   => true,
		'publicly_queryable'    => true,
		'query_var'             => 'rent',
		'rewrite'               => $rewrite,
		'capability_type'       => 'page',
	);
	register_post_type( 'twentytwenty_rent', $args );

}
add_action( 'init', 'custom_post_type_rent', 0 );