Getting custom taxonomy from custom post type
You mean get_the_terms()? <?php $terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, ‘block_type’ ); foreach($terms as $term) { echo $term->name; } ?> Or have I simplified this too much?
custom-post-types
How can I remove the “Add New” button in my custom post type?
Please refer below : function disable_new_posts() { // Hide sidebar link global $submenu; unset($submenu[‘edit.php?post_type=CUSTOM_POST_TYPE’][10]); // Hide link on listing page if (isset($_GET[‘post_type’]) && $_GET[‘post_type’] == ‘CUSTOM_POST_TYPE’) { echo ‘<style type=”text/css”> #favorite-actions, .add-new-h2, .tablenav { display:none; } </style>’; } } add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘disable_new_posts’);
Custom Post Type Slug / Page Slug Conflict – Prevent use of reserved slug on page save?
The following 2 filters allow you to hook into when WordPress checks the slug and are found in the function wp_unique_post_slug() in the wp-includes/post.php file. There are 2 filters, one for hierarchical posts and one for non-hierarchical. The hierarchical filter provides the ID for the post parent so if the $post_parent is 0, you know … Read more
don’t publish custom post type post if a meta data field isn’t valid
You can stop the post from saving all together with minor JQuery hacks and validate the fields before saving on the client side or server side with ajax: first we add our JavaScript to capture the submit/publish event and use it to submit our own ajax function before the actual submit: add_action(‘wp_print_scripts’,’my_publish_admin_hook’); function my_publish_admin_hook(){ if … Read more
Combining queries with different arguments per post type
One way is to customize the SQL query executed using posts_clauses or other such filters. To find them search for posts_clauses in “wp-includes/query.php” & see the series of filters just before this line. These together are capable of customizing any part of the query Another thing you can do is manually merge the queried posts … Read more
Filter by custom field in custom post type on admin page
And for displaying result for Filter then try this code add_filter( ‘parse_query’, ‘prefix_parse_filter’ ); function prefix_parse_filter($query) { global $pagenow; $current_page = isset( $_GET[‘post_type’] ) ? $_GET[‘post_type’] : ”; if ( is_admin() && ‘competition’ == $current_page && ‘edit.php’ == $pagenow && isset( $_GET[‘competition-name’] ) && $_GET[‘competition-name’] != ” ) { $competition_name = $_GET[‘competition-name’]; $query->query_vars[‘meta_key’] = ‘competition_name’; … Read more
Have different number of posts on first page
EDIT – ANSWER REVISITED I’ve being working on another solution which is actually better the original answer. This does not involve any custom query and I think for all purposes my original answer can be dropped but kept for informational purposes I still believe you are on the homepage and will also treat this as … Read more
How do I change the author of a custom post type?
in Custom Post Type register arguments array use this ‘supports’ => array(‘title’, ‘editor’, ‘thumbnail’, ‘comments’, ‘author’), This will activate author box on the edit screen. After registering author to cpt you need to activate author from edit screen option ( top of the edit screen where you can enable/disable all metabox ) to display authorbox … Read more
Custom Post Type Next/Previous Link?
If you need next/previous links for single posts, there is the built in next_post_link function and matching previous_post_link, both of which should probably be used within the loop. For archives, use next_posts_link and previous_posts_link. All of these will work fine with custom post types.
Custom Taxonomy as checkbox or dropdown
You probably did not set the ‘hierarchical’ argument to true in your register_taxonomy. This would mean that it defaults to false, which gives you a tag-like interface. Add ‘hierarchical’ => true to your register_taxonomy.