Hi, great tutorial!! I have a photo blog with several posts (90) already published, which I'd like to be able to move as is (i.e. structure, appearance, etc) to the newly created CPTs. Is this possible? thx
You can convert the post types following our guide below: www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-convert-post-types/ It would depend on the templates your theme users for if there is any appearance change.
Not everyone is comfortable with editing the code directly which is why there are other options. For the code option we would recommend taking a look at our written guide below: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/
Normally the archive page's styling is used, to customize the look we would recommend taking a look at our article below! www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-custom-post-types-archive-page-in-wordpress/
How would I use CPTs under categories? Using your movies example, if the studios were the categories: - disney/movies - paramount/movies - warnerbros/movies I'd want to display all the movies for Disney on a page or sidebar. Then I'd want another CPT for tv-shows, and another CPT for studio-history.
In that situation, you would have movies as the parent category and create a subcategory for each brand. For enabling categories for custom post types, you would want to take a look at our guide below: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-categories-to-a-custom-post-type-in-wordpress/
@@wpbeginner thanks for your prompt reply! But I don't want the studios to be subcategories. They are the top-level categories and I want non-unique sub-categories (which WP doesn't allow). For example: disney/movies disney/tv-shows paramount/movies paramount/tv-shows
Your theme would determine the style of the custom post type based on your template, we have a guide below for post templates that you may find helpful: www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/#:~:text=start%20adding%20content.-,Displaying%20Custom%20Post%20Types%20on%20Your%20Site,-WordPress%20comes%20with
I added a new post type (Apartments) instead of (movies), did everything i think i was supposed to do. However, once i post smth and try to view it on my website it says 'this page doesnt seem to exist'...
@@wpbeginner yea thanks nvm i just had to change permalinks again and it worked thank you! I do have another question tho: I manually created a custom post type and also changed hiearchy to ‘True’ so that the post type behaves like a Page. However, i still see the “leave a comment & author/ date etc” looks like a post…
There are a few possible reasons for that error, to start we would recommend taking a look at our article below: www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/beginners-guide-to-troubleshooting-wordpress-errors-step-by-step/
Thank you guys, you always put a smile on my face 😅
Our pleasure!
Yeah, quite the versatile plug-in replete with code snippets to just paste in! Thanks for the great explanation too!
You're welcome!
Good stuff man, keep up the informational content :) 👏
Glad you liked it :)
Hi, great tutorial!!
I have a photo blog with several posts (90) already published, which I'd like to be able to move as is (i.e. structure, appearance, etc) to the newly created CPTs.
Is this possible? thx
You can convert the post types following our guide below:
www.wpbeginner.com/plugins/how-to-convert-post-types/
It would depend on the templates your theme users for if there is any appearance change.
Would I be able to do use this for creating locations, city and country?
You could create a custom post type for listing cities. If you make it hierarchical you could assign cities under countries.
good job boss!! thank you so much!!
You're welcome!
Would be lovely if there was a turotial for the Post Type Generator already included in WP Code. Seems like an extra plugin wouldn't be needed.
Not everyone is comfortable with editing the code directly which is why there are other options. For the code option we would recommend taking a look at our written guide below:
www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/
Is the archive displayed by default? How can you change the contents or style of the movies page?
Normally the archive page's styling is used, to customize the look we would recommend taking a look at our article below!
www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-custom-post-types-archive-page-in-wordpress/
How would I use CPTs under categories? Using your movies example, if the studios were the categories:
- disney/movies
- paramount/movies
- warnerbros/movies
I'd want to display all the movies for Disney on a page or sidebar. Then I'd want another CPT for tv-shows, and another CPT for studio-history.
In that situation, you would have movies as the parent category and create a subcategory for each brand. For enabling categories for custom post types, you would want to take a look at our guide below:
www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-categories-to-a-custom-post-type-in-wordpress/
@@wpbeginner thanks for your prompt reply! But I don't want the studios to be subcategories. They are the top-level categories and I want non-unique sub-categories (which WP doesn't allow). For example:
disney/movies
disney/tv-shows
paramount/movies
paramount/tv-shows
Can I customize the appearance of custom post types and CPTs archive with Gutemberg editor or a site builder (Elementor, Kadence)??
It would depend on your theme for the regular editor but page builders should allow you to edit it.
Your custom posts show the author and post date. But when I'm trying the plugin, there is no author name and post date. What could be the reason?
Your theme would determine the style of the custom post type based on your template, we have a guide below for post templates that you may find helpful:
www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/#:~:text=start%20adding%20content.-,Displaying%20Custom%20Post%20Types%20on%20Your%20Site,-WordPress%20comes%20with
I added a new post type (Apartments) instead of (movies), did everything i think i was supposed to do. However, once i post smth and try to view it on my website it says 'this page doesnt seem to exist'...
That is quite odd, you may want to try resaving your permalinks if you haven't already in case your site needs to recrawl the post type.
@@wpbeginner yea thanks nvm i just had to change permalinks again and it worked thank you!
I do have another question tho: I manually created a custom post type and also changed hiearchy to ‘True’ so that the post type behaves like a Page. However, i still see the “leave a comment & author/ date etc” looks like a post…
I can edit my website. I keep getting this error:
“Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser”
There are a few possible reasons for that error, to start we would recommend taking a look at our article below:
www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/beginners-guide-to-troubleshooting-wordpress-errors-step-by-step/