• Having a bit of fun with custom post types.

    I use http://generatewp.com/ to generate the following custom post type to record partner organisation records.

    Things working:

    • custom post type appears on admin menu
    • categories and tags on both of them (i may delete them later by clearing taxonomies)

    What I can’t figure out is why the “Add New” menu item is not appearing … maybe because it’s friday and it’s been a long week but I cannot see what i’m missing

    Anyone?

    /* Add Support for CEP Partner records */
    
    if ( ! function_exists('Partners') ) {
    
    // Register Custom Post Type
    function Partners() {
    
    	$labels = array(
    		'name'                => _x( 'Partners', 'Post Type General Name', 'cep' ),
    		'singular_name'       => _x( 'Partner', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'cep' ),
    		'menu_name'           => __( 'Partner', 'cep' ),
    		'parent_item_colon'   => __( 'Parent Partner', 'cep' ),
    		'all_items'           => __( 'Partners', 'cep' ),
    		'view_item'           => __( 'View Partner', 'cep' ),
    		'add_new_item'        => __( 'Add New Partner', 'cep' ),
    		'add_new'             => __( 'New Partner', 'cep' ),
    		'edit_item'           => __( 'Edit Partner', 'cep' ),
    		'update_item'         => __( 'Update Partner', 'cep' ),
    		'search_items'        => __( 'Search Partner', 'cep' ),
    		'not_found'           => __( 'No Partners found', 'cep' ),
    		'not_found_in_trash'  => __( 'No Partners found in Trash', 'cep' ),
    	);
    	$rewrite = array(
    		'slug'                => 'cep-partners',
    		'with_front'          => true,
    		'pages'               => true,
    		'feeds'               => true,
    	);
    	$capabilities = array(
    		'edit_post'           => 'edit_partner',
    		'read_post'           => 'read_post',
    		'delete_post'         => 'delete_partner',
    		'edit_posts'          => 'edit_partners',
    		'edit_others_posts'   => 'edit_others_partners',
    		'publish_posts'       => 'publish_partners',
    		'read_private_posts'  => 'read_private_partners',
    	);
    	$args = array(
    		'label'               => __( 'partners', 'cep' ),
    		'description'         => __( 'CEP Partner Organisations', 'cep' ),
    		'labels'              => $labels,
    		'supports'            => array( 'title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'revisions', 'post-formats', ),
    		'taxonomies'          => array( 'category', 'post_tag' ),
    		'hierarchical'        => false,
    		'public'              => true,
    		'show_ui'             => true,
    		'show_in_menu'        => true,
    		'show_in_nav_menus'   => true,
    		'show_in_admin_bar'   => true,
    		'menu_position'       => 5,
    		'menu_icon'           => '',
    		'can_export'          => true,
    		'has_archive'         => true,
    		'exclude_from_search' => false,
    		'publicly_queryable'  => true,
    		'query_var'           => 'partners',
    		'rewrite'             => $rewrite,
    		'capabilities'        => $capabilities,
    	);
    	register_post_type( 'partners', $args );
    
    }
    
    // Hook into the 'init' action
    add_action( 'init', 'Partners', 0 );
    
    }
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