Category: Custom Post Types

On this page:

• Introduction
• Applications
• Installation
• Usage

Introduction

With the Custom Post Types (CPT) addon, you can link two CPTs together, in the same way events can be linked to other listings.
Because CPTs can have different custom fields, pricing etc, this feature greatly enhances what can be listed on your site.

Applications

Here are a few examples to give you an idea how you could use this feature:

CPT	Linked to CPT
Fast food chain	Our hamburgers
Rock band	All regular venues where the band plays
Car brands	Our models

For the rest of the article we will use a car manufacturer CPT, and a car model CPT.

Installation

1. Create your CPTs and adjust all settings as required, below are the settings we use for the example. Note that this is only an example, adjust the settings for your situation:
   

   CPT	Cars	Models	Comments
   Has address	Yes	No	We do not need addresses for the car models (optional)
   Franchise enabled	Yes	No	We will allow dealerships to be added (optional)

2. Go to the settings for the CPT you want to be able to link to another CPT. In our example we want the different car models to be linked to the car CPT, so we go to GD > Custom Post Types > Model CPT (example only) > Advanced Mode > Link business.
3. Tick Link Business, select the CPT you want to link it to, and Save.
   

Usage

1. When a user now adds a listing in the linked CPT (Models in our example), they can link it to a listing in the linkable CPT (Cars in our example).
2. The Add Listing form for the linked CPT will have a search option to find the listing in the linkable CPT:
   
3. Start typing at least the first three letters of the listing you want to connect (this is not a search function, but a auto-population function).
   
4. You cannot connect a listing to a linkable CPT listing of another user (unless you are an administrator).
5. When the system finds the listing, select it and click Fill in business details.
6. This will pre-fill some fields of the new listing with the same data as the linkable listing.
7. Change title, description etc as required.
8. And this is how it will look, in the sidebar you will get a link from all linked listings to the linkable listing:
   
   and on the detail page of that linkable listing, you will get a tab with all linked listings”
   
9. To change the layout in the tab with linked listings, go to GD > Design > Detail tab > Related Post Settings > Layout, and select the list view or the grid view of your choice there:
   

CPT Listings

Shortcode: [gd_cpt_listings]

Parameters:

• cpt_img_width – width of the thumbnail for the CPT
• cpt_img_height – height of the thumbnail for the CPT
• title – the title for the cpt listings
• cpt_exclude – post types to exclude (default shows all) (examples: ‘gd_place’ or ‘gd_place,gd_event’)
• cpt_hide_name – hide CPT name? True or False (default = false)

This example shows a widget with the CPT images at 120×90 pixels:
[gd_cpt_listings cpt_img_width=120 cpt_img_height=90]

This example shows a widget with a custom title, and does not show a link to the gd_place CPT:
[gd_cpt_listings title="Browse listings" cpt_exclude=gd_place]

Introduction

Our free GeoDirectory plugin ships with only one Post Type called Places. But sometimes you would like to have separate name for each listing type ( Ex: Bars, Hotels, Restaurants etc )  instead of one generic name Place.

Understanding Places, Categories, Listings and Custom Post Types

By installing our Custom Post Types add-on, you are removing that barrier. You can create Unlimited number of Post Types.

The advantages of this plugin are that instead of trying to manage a large diverse directory with many categories all under the one post type, you can split these into more manageable CPTs, you will then be able to add different custom fields to each CPT and be able to manage pricing for each easier.

This plugin also integrates well with our Advance Search Filters addon and will let you search per post type and also have different advanced filters per post type, for example a CPT “Hotels” could have filters such as “Free WiFi” and another CPT “Points of Interest” could have a filter “Great for Kids”.

Installation

1. Visit wpgeodirectory.com ( Buy a subscription if Required )
2. Navigate to My Account > Downloads ( Login if Required )
3. Download Geodir Custom Posts zip file.
4. Go to your WordPress site dashboard, Navigate to  Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
5. Browse and Upload the zip file you downloaded from wpgeodirectory.com
6. Activate the plugin.

Configuration

After activation you will be redirected to GeoDirectory > Custom Post Types page. This is the page where you can Add, Edit or Delete your post types.  No additional configuration needed.

 

To Add a new post type

To add a new post type, click the “Add Post Type” link from the Custom Post Types page.

List of form fields and accepted values

The following example assumes you are planning to create a custom post type called Bars. If you are planning to create different post type, change the values accordingly.

Post Type

1. Post type
   1. The new post type system name
   2. Usually singular.
   3. Minimum 2 characters
   4. Maximum 17 characters
   5. Lower-case characters and underscores only.
   6. Once added the post type system name cannot be changed.
   7. Example:  bar
2. Listing slug
   1. The listing slug name.
   2. This will be displayed in your url.
   3. Minimum 2 characters.
   4. Maximum 20 characters.
   5. Lower-case characters, underscores and hyphen(-) only.
   6. Example:  bars
3. Order in post type list
   1. Position at which this post type will appear in post type list everywhere on the website.
   2. Note: If the entered value is already an order of other post type then this will not make any effect.
   3. Example:  4
4. Upload default image
   1. Default post type image.
   2. If you set an image here, this will be used as listing thumbnail image when no image available.

Labels

1. Name
   1. General name for the post type.
   2. Usually plural.
   3. Example: Bars
2. Singular name
   1. Name for one object of this post type.
   2. Defaults to value of name.
   3. Example: Bar
3. Add new
   1. The add new text.
   2. The default is Add New for both hierarchical and non-hierarchical types.
   3. Example: Add New
4. Add new item
   1. The add new item text.
   2. If you leave this blank Add New Item text will be used.
   3. Example: Add New Bar
5. Edit item
   1. The edit item text.
   2. If you leave this blank Edit Item text will be used.
   3. Example: Edit Bar
6. New item
   1. The new item text.
   2. if you leave this blank New Item text will be used.
   3. Example: New Bar
7. View item
   1. The view item text.
   2. If you leave this blank View Item text will be used.
   3. Example: View Bar
8. Search items
   1. The search items text.
   2. If you leave this blank Search Items text will be used.
   3. Example: Search Bars
9. Not found
   1. The not found text.
   2. If you leave this blank Not Found text will be used.
   3. Example: No Bar Found
10. Not found in trash
    1. The not found in trash text.
    2. If you leave this blank Not Found In Trash text will be used.
    3. Example: No Bar Found in Trash
11. Profile tab label
    1. Text label for “Profile” tab on post detail page.
    2. This is Optional. So leave Empty unless necessary.
12. More Info tab label
    1. Text label for “More Info” tab on post detail page.
    2. This is Optional. So leave Empty unless necessary.
13. Photo tab label
    1. Text label for Photo” tab on post detail page.
    2. This is Optional. So leave Empty unless necessary.
14. Map tab label
    1. Text label for “Map” tab on post detail page.
    2. This is Optional. So leave Empty unless necessary.
15. Reviews tab label
    1. Text label for “Reviews” tab on post detail page.
    2. This is Optional. So leave Empty unless necessary.
16. Related Listing tab label
    1. Text label for “Related Listing” tab on post detail page.
    2. This is Optional. So leave Empty unless necessary.

Nav Menus

1. Posts
   1. If checked it will disable post listings (of the current post type ) in Appearance > Menus.
2. Categories
   1. If checked it will disable post categories (of the current post type ) in Appearance > Menus.
3. Tags
   1. If checked it will disable post tags (of the current post type ) in Appearance > Menus.

Supports

Registers support of certain feature(s) for a given post type. Each feature has a direct impact on the corresponding field displayed in the post edit screen

1. Author
   1. If checked, Author feature will be enabled for current post type.
2. Thumbnail
   1. If checked, Thumbnail feature will be enabled for current post type.
   2. Current theme must also support post-thumbnails.
3. Excerpt
   1. If checked, Excerpt (Short description ) feature will be enabled for current post type.
4. Custom fields
   1. If checked, Custom fields feature will be enabled for current post type.
5. Comments
   1. If checked, Comments feature will be enabled for current post type.
   2. Also will see comment count balloon on edit screen when checked.
6. Post formats
   1. If checked, Post formats feature will be enabled for current post type.

Description

1. Description
   1. A short descriptive summary of what the post type is.

Menu Icon

1. Menu Icon
   1. The url to the icon to be used for this menu.

Can Export

1. Can Export
   1. When set to True, current post type data can be exported.

SEO

1. Meta Keywords
   1. Meta keywords will appear in head tag of this post type listing page.
2. Meta Description
   1. Meta description will appear in head tag of this post type listing page.

To Edit a post type

To edit a post type, click the “Edit” link from the Custom Post Types page.

To Delete a post type

To Delete a post type, click the “Delete” link from the Custom Post Types page.

Usage

Once you created a new post type, you can see new menu items in the following areas.

Bar Settings

This page has the following tabs.

1. Custom Fields
2. Sorting Options
3. Advanced Search ( Advanced search filters Required )

Custom Fields

To know more about custom fields, visit this section

Sorting Options

To know more about sorting options, visit this section

Advanced Search

To know more about advanced search, visit this section

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