Downsides to not using built-in “Posts” post type?

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1. how do you get rid of the post menu on the admin ui?

Simple, just un-register the post post type. There isn’t a default function to do this, but one of the core developers (Nacin) posted some sample code on a WP Trac ticket showing how it can be done:

if ( ! function_exists( 'unregister_post_type' ) ) :
function unregister_post_type( $post_type ) {
    global $wp_post_types;
    if ( isset( $wp_post_types[ $post_type ] ) ) {
        unset( $wp_post_types[ $post_type ] );
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
endif;

2. any issues of skipping the post type and not using it at all?

Be forewarned that unregistering default post types is not recommended. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. My best recommendation would be to use the default posts as your articles in the first place.

Remember, posts and pages are registered just as any other CPT would be. So deregistering posts just to register articles is akin to reinventing the wheel.

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