Welcome to WPBeginner and thank you for watching.
In today's video we'll briefly touch on
12 of the most useful WordPress custom post type
tutorials.
If you're looking to add extended functionality
to your site beyond typical pages and articles,
then this overview is for you.
First, when do you need a custom post type?
This tutorial goes into why you want to
add custom post types to your site so see
if you really need then.
#2 is adding icons for custom post types.
When creating your custom post types, WordPress
uses default post icons. With this tutorial you can add your own custom post type icons to your site.
#3 is how to create custom post type archive pages.
Adding an archive page allows you to showcase
all of your custom post types on one page for
your visitors.
This is useful if you have something like
products and want to show a shop or a library
where you want to show all your books on one page.
#4 is rss feeds for custom post types. Add
an rss feeds generator to make is easy for
your followers to read and see your custom post
types in their favorite rss reader.
Building on that we have #5 which is adding custom post types to your main rss feed.
This keeps all your items together in one
feed and helps your users read your content
and this article shows you how to do that.
#6 search form for custom post types. The
default WordPress search is a bit limited
and this article shows you how to extend your
search functionality so your visitors can
find what they are looking for.
#7 adding sticky posts for custom post types.
If you want to add a custom post type to the
top of your site, then this article will help
do that.
#8 Disable disqus on custom post types. If
you use disqus for your site's commenting
but don't want that on your custom post types,
then this article will show you how to disable them.
#9 adding user submitted content in custom
post types. If you're setting up a movie or
book review site, this allows visitors to
submit their reviews for your site.
This tutorial will show you how to do that.
#10 is to switch or convert custom post types. As
your site grows you may want to change the
way the data is displayed and this article helps
you do that.
#11 is using custom post types as taxonomies.
This article covers how to change custom post
types as taxonomies so you can easily build
relationships between those post types.
And finally #12 is the custom meta boxes for post types. Using the advanced custom fields plugin it lets you
add custom fields into WordPress post editor
screen so you can create additional input
fields for your post types.
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