using custom post types & taxonomies in wordpress

LET YOUR CONTENT BE KING

USING CUSTOM POST TYPES AND TAXONOMIES TO CONTROL YOUR CONTENT...

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AND MAKE THINGS EASY FOR YOUR CLIENTS

WORDPRESS AS A CMS

WORDPRESS AS A CMS

Who are the Primary Users of the Website?

WORDPRESS AS A CMS

Who are the Primary Users of the Website?

Site Visitors

WORDPRESS AS A CMS

Who are the Primary Users of the Website?

Site Visitors (Your Clients Clients)

WORDPRESS AS A CMS

Who are the Primary Users of the Website?

Site Visitors

Site Administrators

(Your Clients Clients)

WORDPRESS AS A CMS

Who are the Primary Users of the Website?

Site Visitors

Site Administrators

(Your Clients Clients)

(Your Client)

WORDPRESS AS A CMS

Who are the Primary Users of the Website?

How can we make things easy for everyone?

Site Visitors

Site Administrators

(Your Clients Clients)

(Your Client)

WORDPRESS AS A CMS

Who are the Primary Users of the Website?

How can we make things easy for everyone?

Site Visitors

Site Administrators

(Your Clients Clients)

(Your Client)

US

VSUS

VSUS THEM

US

Interested in technology.

US

Interested in technology.

Willing to experiment.

US

Interested in technology.

Willing to experiment.

Take the time to understand how things work because we care.

US

THEM

THEM

Impatient with technology.

THEM

Impatient with technology.

Want the website to make their job easier.

THEM

Impatient with technology.

Want the website to make their job easier.

Don’t care how things work, tend to follow steps.

HOW DO WE MAKE THINGS EASIER?

CONTENT TYPES

CONTENT TYPES

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

Primarily for Time Sensitive Content (Blog/News/Press Releases)

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

Primarily for Time Sensitive Content (Blog/News/Press Releases)

Displayed in reverse chronological order on 1 page

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

Primarily for Time Sensitive Content (Blog/News/Press Releases)

Displayed in reverse chronological order on 1 page

Can be organized using taxonomies(Date, Categories, Tags)

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

PAGES

Primarily for Time Sensitive Content (Blog/News/Press Releases)

Displayed in reverse chronological order on 1 page

Can be organized using taxonomies(Date, Categories, Tags)

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

PAGES

Primarily for Time Sensitive Content (Blog/News/Press Releases)

Displayed in reverse chronological order on 1 page

Can be organized using taxonomies(Date, Categories, Tags)

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

PAGES

Primarily for Time Sensitive Content (Blog/News/Press Releases)

Displayed in reverse chronological order on 1 page

Can be organized using taxonomies(Date, Categories, Tags)

Primarily for static content that won’t change often

CONTENT TYPES

POSTS

PAGES

Primarily for Time Sensitive Content (Blog/News/Press Releases)

Displayed in reverse chronological order on 1 page

Can be organized using taxonomies(Date, Categories, Tags)

Primarily for static content that won’t change often

Content typically exists in only 1 location

CONTENT TYPES

CONTENT TYPESWhat if your content doesn’t fit this mold?

CONTENT TYPESWhat if your content doesn’t fit this mold?

Use default Taxonomies and Custom Queries to fake it.

CONTENT TYPESWhat if your content doesn’t fit this mold?

Use default Taxonomies and Custom Queries to fake it.

Custom Post Types

CONTENT TYPESWhat if your content doesn’t fit this mold?

Use default Taxonomies and Custom Queries to fake it.

Custom Post Types

Job ListingsProduct ListingsCase StudiesPress ReleasesMovie ReviewsBook Reviews

CUSTOM POST TYPES

CUSTOM POST TYPESForcing WordPress to work with your content rather than forcing your content to work with WordPress

CUSTOM POST TYPESForcing WordPress to work with your content rather than forcing your content to work with WordPress

Where do we start?

CUSTOM POST TYPESForcing WordPress to work with your content rather than forcing your content to work with WordPress

functions.php

Where do we start?

CUSTOM POST TYPES

CUSTOM POST TYPESImplementing Custom Post Types into Your Theme

CUSTOM POST TYPESImplementing Custom Post Types into Your Theme

Custom Post Query

CUSTOM POST TYPESImplementing Custom Post Types into Your Theme

Custom Post Query

Custom Single Post Template

CUSTOM POST TYPESImplementing Custom Post Types into Your Theme

Custom Post Query

Custom Single Post Template

Custom Archive Template

CUSTOM TAXONOMIES

CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

By default WordPress has 2 different types of Taxonomies.

CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

By default WordPress has 2 different types of Taxonomies.

Categories - Hierarchical

CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

By default WordPress has 2 different types of Taxonomies.

Tags - Non Hierarchical

Categories - Hierarchical

CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

By default WordPress has 2 different types of Taxonomies.

Tags - Non Hierarchical

Categories - Hierarchical

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CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

By default WordPress has 2 different types of Taxonomies.

Tags - Non Hierarchical

Categories - Hierarchical

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Genres

CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

By default WordPress has 2 different types of Taxonomies.

Tags - Non Hierarchical

Categories - Hierarchical

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Genres

Colours

CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

By default WordPress has 2 different types of Taxonomies.

Tags - Non Hierarchical

Categories - Hierarchical

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Genres

Colours

Sizes

CUSTOM TAXONOMIESTaxonomies are a means to group and organize content.

By default WordPress has 2 different types of Taxonomies.

Tags - Non Hierarchical

Categories - Hierarchical

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Genres

Colours

Sizes

Locations

CODE SAMPLES + MORE INFO

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