How to Create Custom Post Types?

Although there are many good plugins for creating custom post type, like Toolset for example, we would explain how to use Custom Post Types using the Custom Post Type UI plugin. This is one of the most popular and easy-to-use plugins for creating custom post types.

CPT UI installation

You can download the Custom Post Type UI plugin from the WordPress directory and install it in the usual way via your WordPress Dashboard – Plugins section.

Adding custom post types

Go to the CPT UI menu and click on “Add/Edit Post Types”. After that just fill the required fields, like:

• Post Type Slug: boats
• Plurar label: Boats
• Singular label: Single Boat

You can make additional settings in “Additional labels” fields, kindly check the CPT UI documentation

Scroll down to the “Support” section and select the post fields which should be included in your custom post type like:

• Title
• Editor
• Featured Image
• Excerpt
• Post Formats

After that click “Add post type” button to save your changes. The new label “Boats” appears in the WordPress left menu

Adding custom taxonomy

Let’s say you wish to group your boats according to their types like motorboats, yachts, catamarans etc. It would be helpful to have a kind of “Boat Types” categories so you can assign each boat to the respective boat type. To do this you need to create a custom taxonomy “Boat Types” in the following way:

In CPT UI plugin menu click “Add/Edit Taxonomies”. Now you can start filling the required fields:

• Taxonomy Slug: boat-types
• Plural Label: Boat Types
• Singular Label: Boat Type
• Attach to Post Type: here you need to assign this custom taxonomy to your “Boats” post type by activating the respective checkbox

After that simply click “Add Taxonomy”. In the WordPress menu under the “Boats” item you will see the menu submenu – Boat Types

Great, now you have created your own unique custom post type!