Admin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies

webdevstudios

Michael Beckwith

modemlooper

pluginize

Brad Williams

John Hawkins

Custom Post Type UI provides an easy-to-use interface for registering and 
managing custom post types and taxonomies for your WordPress website — no 
coding required.
Used by more than 1,000,000 active WordPress sites, CPTUI is the trusted 
foundation for building structured content in WordPress. Whether you are 
creating a portfolio, events calendar, product catalog, staff directory, or 
any other custom content type, CPTUI gives you the tools to define it quickly 
and correctly.
<h4>Ready to go further? Meet CPT UI Pro</h4>
CPTUI handles registration. CPT UI Pro handles everything else.
<a href="https://pluginize.com/plugins/custom-post-type-ui-pro/?utm_source=cptui-description&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">CPT UI Pro</a> 
is the official premium add-on built by the same WebDevStudios team that 
created and maintains this plugin. It extends CPTUI into a complete content 
operations stack — front-end display blocks, admin list table controls, 
multisite management, and a full developer API.
Front-end display tools
<ul>
<li>Ten built-in layout options: Default, List, Single Post Type, Taxonomy 
List, Post Slider, Post Cards, Featured Plus, Grid, and Grid With Overlay</li>
<li>Taxonomy Filter Blocks so visitors can filter content by term</li>
<li>Single Post Block Templates to control individual post output</li>
<li>Shortcode Builder for reusable, configurable display output</li>
</ul>
Admin list table management
<ul>
<li>Column Builder with drag-and-drop column control for any post type</li>
<li>Advanced Filters by taxonomy, meta field, date, author, and status</li>
<li>Screen Options Panel for per-user admin table visibility</li>
</ul>
Multisite management
<ul>
<li>Network-level CPT registration from one central location</li>
<li>Push config to subsites to keep site structures consistent</li>
<li>Per-site inheritance control for flexible network governance</li>
</ul>
Developer-focused workflow
<ul>
<li><code>cptui_pro_post_types</code> filter to merge, modify, or replace registrations</li>
<li>Auto-discovery hooks so themes and plugins can register CPTs without 
manual setup</li>
<li>Programmatic registration API for JSON-driven or CI-driven workflows</li>
<li>Extended REST API support on top of core CPTUI REST capabilities</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://pluginize.com/plugins/custom-post-type-ui-pro/?utm_source=cptui-description&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=wporg" rel="nofollow ugc">Get CPT UI Pro at Pluginize.com</a>
<h4>Plugin development</h4>
Custom Post Type UI development is managed on GitHub, with official releases 
published on WordPress.org. The GitHub repo can be found at 
<a href="https://github.com/WebDevStudios/custom-post-type-ui" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/WebDevStudios/custom-post-type-ui</a>. 
Please use the WordPress.org support tab for potential bugs, issues, or 
enhancement ideas.

Custom Post Type UI

Works well, but it's missing a number of CPT options: rest_namespace, capabilities, map_meta_cap, register_meta_box_cb, rewrite[feeds, pages, ep_mask], template, and template_lock. I realize these are not common, but it's a drag when you go to create your third CPT and realize you need to find a different solution that will accommodate one of the missing options. It's no good to have a few registered in CPTUI and a few by hand.

Good, but missing a bunch of options.


There is no documentation. In plugin description there is just a link to so called documentation that is just bunch of tutorial of doing specific stuff that are very scarce and targeted to people who already know how to use it. Nothing for first time users, to learn how to actually begin with plugin, or at least nothing that can be easily found.


One of the worst documented plugins I saw


Thank you very much for this amazing Plugin that serves us since years!


Amazing Plugin


speeds up development and has nice user-friendly UI. It was a nice experience working with this plugin.


really useful


Plugins like these make wordpress worthwile


Great piece of software


CPT UI is the standard for managing post types in WordPress. It allows developers to extend WordPress capabilities without writing complex code.



To help the Persian community, I have translated 100% of the plugin and Readme.As the PTE for this locale, I focused on using standard WordPress terminology (e.g., correct translation for "Slug", "Taxonomy", "Hierarchical") to ensure the interface is intuitive for Iranian developers.



Thanks for this great plugin!



Best regards,@saeidafshariترجمه فارسی این افزونه محبوب به صورت ۱۰۰٪ کامل شد. تلاش کردم در ترجمه اصطلاحات فنی مثل (نامک، طبقه‌بندی و…) از استانداردهای رسمی وردپرس استفاده کنم تا رابط کاربری برای همکاران عزیز روان و قابل‌فهم باشد.


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