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.
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.
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
if ( ! function_exists('custom_post_type') ) {

// Register Custom Post Type
function custom_post_type() {

	$labels = array(
		'name'                  => _x( 'Menu Items', 'Post Type General Name', 'text_domain' ),
		'singular_name'         => _x( 'Menu Item', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'text_domain' ),
		'menu_name'             => __( 'Menu Items', 'text_domain' ),
		'name_admin_bar'        => __( 'Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'archives'              => __( 'Menu Item Archives', 'text_domain' ),
		'attributes'            => __( 'Menu Item Attributes', 'text_domain' ),
		'parent_item_colon'     => __( 'Parent Item:', 'text_domain' ),
		'all_items'             => __( 'All Menu Items', 'text_domain' ),
		'add_new_item'          => __( 'Add New Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'add_new'               => __( 'Add New', 'text_domain' ),
		'new_item'              => __( 'New Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'edit_item'             => __( 'Edit Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'update_item'           => __( 'Update Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'view_item'             => __( 'View Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'view_items'            => __( 'View Menu Items', 'text_domain' ),
		'search_items'          => __( 'Search Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'not_found'             => __( 'Not found', 'text_domain' ),
		'not_found_in_trash'    => __( 'Not found in Trash', 'text_domain' ),
		'featured_image'        => __( 'Display Image', 'text_domain' ),
		'set_featured_image'    => __( 'Set display image', 'text_domain' ),
		'remove_featured_image' => __( 'Remove display image', 'text_domain' ),
		'use_featured_image'    => __( 'Use as display image', 'text_domain' ),
		'insert_into_item'      => __( 'Insert into menu item', 'text_domain' ),
		'uploaded_to_this_item' => __( 'Uploaded to this menu item', 'text_domain' ),
		'items_list'            => __( 'Menu Items list', 'text_domain' ),
		'items_list_navigation' => __( 'Menu Items list navigation', 'text_domain' ),
		'filter_items_list'     => __( 'Filter Menu Items list', 'text_domain' ),
	);
	$rewrite = array(
		'slug'                  => 'menu_items',
		'with_front'            => false,
		'pages'                 => true,
		'feeds'                 => true,
	);
	$args = array(
		'label'                 => __( 'Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'description'           => __( 'Menu Item', 'text_domain' ),
		'labels'                => $labels,
		'supports'              => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'revisions', 'page-attributes' ),
		'taxonomies'            => array( 'category', 'post_tag' ),
		'hierarchical'          => true,
		'public'                => true,
		'show_ui'               => true,
		'show_in_menu'          => true,
		'menu_position'         => 5,
		'menu_icon'             => 'dashicons-feedback',
		'show_in_admin_bar'     => true,
		'show_in_nav_menus'     => true,
		'can_export'            => true,
		'has_archive'           => false,
		'exclude_from_search'   => true,
		'publicly_queryable'    => true,
		'rewrite'               => $rewrite,
		'capability_type'       => 'page',
		'show_in_rest'          => true,
		'rest_base'             => 'menu_item',
	);
	register_post_type( 'menu_item', $args );

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

}