There is a built in WordPress function for this, remove_post_type_support http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/remove_post_type_support . In your case you could use something like add_action( ‘init’, ‘my_custom_init’ ); function my_custom_init() { remove_post_type_support( ‘custom_post_type_name’, ‘editor’ ); }
By default, category and tag archives only list Posts in that category. So, despite the UI appearing on the backend, the posts don’t show up in the archives. Luckily this isn’t too hard to solve. Look at this support thread and this answer in particular. It has resolved this issue for me in the past. … Read more
There’s actually an option in Types to hide a post type, and for child posts it may well default to “off.” Additionally, you should be able to edit the child post type from the parent type. Or is something actually breaking here?
Taxonomies relations
You have a syntax error in your query. According to the documentation for WP_Query, tax_query is an array of arrays of parameters, which is to say that it should probably look like this: ‘tax_query’ => array( array( ‘taxonomy’ => ‘semester’, ‘field’ => ‘slug’, ‘terms’ => $getterm, ‘include_children’ => true, ‘operator’ => ‘IN’ ), ),
The Types plugin is making this about 10x harder than it needs to be, you’ll have to look through their documentation on the issue, but from what I can tell they don’t store items in the postmeta table in a straightforward way. I created a simple field with the plugin in a sandbox env and … Read more
You got it pretty close. Here’s a working example of what you’re trying to do: class Wpse_126374 { public function __construct() { add_action( ‘init’, array( $this, ‘rewrites’ ) ); add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, array( $this, ‘pre_get_posts’ ) ); } public function rewrites() { add_rewrite_tag( ‘%parent_id%’, ‘(\d+)’ ); } public function pre_get_posts( $query ) { // Don’t run … Read more
I’ve found that for things like this, get_posts is easier. <?php // Set up your arguments array to include your post type, // order, posts per page, etc. $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘testimonial’, ‘posts_per_page’ => 3, ‘orderby’ => ‘date’, ‘order’ => ‘DESC’ ); // Get the posts $testimonials = get_posts($args); // Loop through all … Read more