{"id":759,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-to-add-a-new-custom-post-type\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:23:57","slug":"how-to-add-a-new-custom-post-type","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/custom-post-types-extension\/how-to-add-a-new-custom-post-type\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add a New Custom Post Type?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Custom Post Types extension allows you to add new CPTs to your directory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>You will need to install and activate the Custom Post Types<\/a> extension in order to access this feature.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Adding a New Custom Post Type<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Navigate to Settings > Post Types <\/strong>and click the Add New <\/strong>button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the Add New Post Type <\/strong>page, you need to specify the post type name <\/strong>and its slug, <\/strong>as well as other options as per your requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/span>Note that the post type name <\/strong>should be in lowercase letters only, and can only utilize underscores. It supports maximum 17 characters, and minimum of 2 characters.<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n

For a detailed summary of all the options available for CPTs, please see Settings Overview for Post Type (CPT) Settings General<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Custom Post Types extension allows you to add new CPTs to your directory.  Adding a New Custom Post Type For a detailed summary of all the options available for CPTs, please see Settings Overview for Post Type (CPT) Settings General.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[552,553,554],"article\/categories":[213,423],"class_list":["post-759","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-adding-a-new-cpt","gd_place_tags-custom-post-types","gd_place_tags-geodirectory-extensions","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-custom-post-types-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=759"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}