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Duplicate custom post types

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  • October 21, 2018 at 12:22 am #450718

    Andrew
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    Hi,

    I’ve created a set of different custom post types, and within them I am creating a large set of custom fields. To save me from having to create those custom fields for each custom post type (I have 11), is there a way to either copy/paste the custom fields (including the Tabs and Search layouts), or to duplicate post types?

    Thanks,
    Andrew

    October 21, 2018 at 1:46 am #450719

    Guust
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    Sorry, but there is no possibility to do that.
    If the CPTs are so identical, would it not be simpler to use categories in the same CPT? Just wondering …

    Thanks

    October 21, 2018 at 2:10 am #450721

    Andrew
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    All good. Reason I set them up as different post types is because I wanted a way to have 2 tiers of categories – 1 more general set, and 1 more specific set (e.g., Accommodation > Apartments). I know I could have used 1 post type with categories as the general set, then used tags as the specific set, but I did want more segregation …

    Thanks either way!
    Andrew

    October 21, 2018 at 2:21 am #450722

    Guust
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    Or you could have used sub-categories 🙂 … but like you said, all good 🙂

    October 21, 2018 at 2:50 am #450727

    Andrew
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    Silly me didn’t realise I could set a parent category … I will play around with it. Lucky I’m still in dev stage.

    Thanks!
    Andrew

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