WordPress.org

1. kirisu_kun
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi There,

   I've registered a custom post type, and it's all working fine - however, I can't get the categories or tags boxes to appear. I'm wanting to associate the default post categories with my custom posts. The code I'm using is:

   register_post_type('games',
   	array(
   	'description' => 'Game custom post type',
   		'show_ui' => true,
   		'exclude_from_search' => false,
   		'labels' => array(
   			'name' => 'Games',
   			'singular_name' => 'Game',
   			'add_new' => 'Add New Games',
   			'add_new_item' => 'Add New Game',
   			'edit' => 'Edit Games',
   			'edit_item' => 'Edit Game',
   			'new_item' => 'New Game',
   			'view' => 'View Games',
   			'view_item' => 'View Game',
   			'search_items' => 'Search Games',
   			'not_found' => 'No games found',
   			'not_found_in_trash' => 'No games found in Trash',
   			'parent' => 'Parent Game',
   		),
   		'public' => true,
   		'supports' => array('title','editor','revisions','thumbnail','author'),
   		'taxonomies' => array('category', 'post_tag'),
   		'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'games', 'with_front' => false),
   		)
   	);

   I have seen this documented on a few websites, which state that this is the correct method - however it's just not working for me.

   Any help would be appreciated.

   Thanks,
   Chris

2. Getzel Rubashkin
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Dealing with the same problem. Assigning custom taxonomies to the custom post type is working, but regular categories and tags are not...

3. Getzel Rubashkin
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   While you are figuring out what is wrong, the long form will do the job:
   register_taxonomy_for_object_type('category', 'custom-type');

   Just make sure to call that after the init function that creates the post type.

4. danmandle
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Any solution to this problem? I'm having it too and there doesn't seem to be any other support around. Below is the code that I'm using:

   register_post_type('portfolio', array(
   	'label' => __('Portfolio Items'),
   	'singular_label' => __('Portfolio Item'),
   	'public' => true,
   	'show_ui' => true,
   	'menu_position' => 5,
   	'capability_type' => 'post',
   	'hierarchical' => false,
   	'rewrite' => false,
   	'query_var' => false,
   	'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'revisions', 'custom-fields'),
   
   	'can_export' => true
   ));

5. Getzel Rubashkin
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The long form did the trick for me (see my previous post)

6. snails07
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That worked for me. Cheers

7. marktcorbin
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hey, had the same issue so was pleased to find this thread, but I'm still not quite getting there...

   I'm creating custom post types inside functions.php in my theme- a child theme of twenty-ten

   Is it ok to put the register_taxononomy_for_object_type immediately after the register_post_type function?

   The post types are registering fine but the tags and categories boxes are still disappointingly absent.

   Any help appreciated

8. Getzel Rubashkin
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Like I said, "Just make sure to call that after the init function that creates the post type."

   You are presumably using add_action to trigger the custom post type. You'll want to use add_action to trigger the long form taxonomy register AFTER the one that adds the post type.

9. marktcorbin
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you! I wasn't using add_action - I just had `register_post_type(...);
   register_taxonomy_for_post_type(...); `
   naked in functions.php

10. velograph
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    My custom post type categories disappeared one day. I found this thread and adding in

    'taxonomies' => array('category', 'post_tag'),

    did the trick.

    Thanks!

11. graemeboy
    Member
    Posted 10 months ago #

    register_taxonomy_for_object_type('category', 'custom-type');

    It worked! Thanks!

12. asthecrowspins
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    I had the same problem and just worked it out. You shouldn't have to use register_taxononomy_for_object_type at all if you set the taxonomy option in register_post_type.

    In order to get the taxonomies to work you have to attach your register_post_type function to the init hook. For example, in your functions.php:

    add_action('init', 'my_post_type_maker');
    function my_post_type_maker() {
        $args = array(/*your custom post type arguments here*/);
        register_post_type('book', $args);
    }

    If you don't hook your register_post_type into the init hook everything seems to work except adding support for taxonomies, which can certainly be confusing.

Topic Closed

This topic has been closed to new replies.