Title: Postyper Author: mattdeclaire Published: January 30, 2012 Last modified: February 6, 2012 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/postyper.svg) # Postyper By [mattdeclaire](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattdeclaire/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/postyper.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postyper/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postyper/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postyper/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postyper/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/postyper/) ## Description #### Custom Post Types WordPress can be more than just a blog. By default, WordPress allows you to create blog posts and pages (and links, and comments,…). But it can do more than that. With a little elbow grease, you can put in all kinds of different information. _Blog post_ and _page_ are two different types of _posts_. WordPress also allows you to create _custom post types_. Your site could have the post type _employee_, or _product_, or _movie_, or _super hero_. Normally, you need to be a code monkey to pull this off. If requires quite a bit of programming. **Postyper** aims to remedy that. It provides you with an interface to define your own custom post types, without the computer science degree. Once you have your custom post types defined, you’ll need to work on a way to display them. Postyper creates archives for you, and individual pages for your posts. But in order to display your custom field information, you’ll need to modify your templates. For this, you’ll probably need to get a template developer. #### For Template Developers Postyper uses WordPress’s native post meta system. So all custom information entered by editors can be retrieved using the [get_post_meta()](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta) or [get_post_custom()](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_custom) functions. You can also use the WordPress hierarchy to create templates for each post type, including single-_postype_.php, archive-_postype_.php, etc. ### Future Changes We’re excited about the potential of Postyper and will continue to develop its functionality. Future improvements include: 1. New field type: multi-post 2. Group fields. For instance, with type post types, actor and movie, one would want to select with actors are in the movie, and for each actor, the name of the character they played. 3. Shortcodes for displaying meta field information. 4. More field types. 5. Unicorns. ## Installation 1. Upload the `postyper` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. ## FAQ How does Postyper store post information? Postyper uses WordPress’s native post meta system. All fields that you add to your post types ultimately result in the creation of post meta on the post type. So, using this data in your template works just like normal. You aren’t locked into any proprietary PHP calls. If I uninstall Postyper, do I loose all my data? Uninstalling Postyer will remove the mechanism for defining your custom post types, but all the data is still in the database. If you choose to quit using Postyper, you can easily replace it with `register_post_type` calls, and access your existing data. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Postyper” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ mattdeclaire ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattdeclaire/) [Translate “Postyper” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/postyper) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/postyper/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/postyper/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/postyper/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/postyper/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.3 * Fixed activation bug. #### 0.2 * Drastically improved field editing UI. * Added “post” as field type. You can now create a field for a type that allows you to select a post of another type. #### 0.1 * This first version works, but is beta. Feel free to use it, but you should expect changes before we hit 1.0. ## Meta * Version **0.3** * Last updated **14 years ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 3.3.1 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.3.2** * Tags * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[custom post types](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-types/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/postyper/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/postyper/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/postyper/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ mattdeclaire ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mattdeclaire/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/postyper/)