Creating custom post types

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Details

• Content type (Course, Tutorial, Online Workshop, or Lesson Plan): Lesson
• Content title: Plugin requirements
• Topic description: Learn how to register custom data types using the WordPress Post API and the register_post_type function.
• Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): Developer
• Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Beginner

Learning Objectives

• Describe what a custom post type is
• Create a custom post type, using the relevant core function

Related Resources and Other Notes

• https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/post-types/
• https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_post_type/

Automation Code

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Lesson creation checklist

• [x] Gather any relevant links to Support, Docs, or related material
• [x] Description and Objectives finalized
• [x] Lesson created and announced to the team for review
• [x] Lesson reviewed
• [x] Lesson video submitted and published to WPTV
• [x] Lesson created on Learn.WordPress.org
• [x] Lesson video published to YouTube
• [x] Lesson on Learn.WordPress.org updated with YouTube video
• [x] Lesson published to Learn.WordPress.org

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Script:

https://github.com/jonathanbossenger/wp-content/blob/main/developer-learning-pathway/introduction-to-wordpress-plugins/03-creating-custom-data-types.md

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Video for review

https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/assets/180629/7202e04f-a35f-4d89-93c9-3cb9bf7c7a3a

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https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson/custom-post-types/