Casey Bisson

<p>This is a convenience class and collection of methods to make creating new custom post types with their own metaboxes easy.</p>
<p>The general idea is to define a function that’s hooked to the <code>register_post_types</code> action. The function defines a class for your post type that extends the <code>GO_Cpt</code> class. This follows a design pattern established by the modern widgets API (as introduced in WP 2.8) https://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API#Developing_Widgets .</p>
<p>The result is a new custom post type and much easier creation and updating of custom meta associated with that post type. You’ll also have a convenient object you can use to access the metadata associated with each post.</p>
<pre><code>function my_customposttype() {     class My_CustomPostType extends GO_Cpt     {         function __construct()         {             // execute the parent constructor with the name 
            // and definition for the custom post type             parent::__construct( $post_type_name , $post_type_definition );         }          function metabox( $post , $meta )         {             // print out the form here             // 
            // this method is optional, only use it if you want to 
            // add a metabox to your custom post type         }          function update( $new_meta , $old_meta )         {             // sanitize and validate the metadata             // then return $meta so it can be saved             //             // this method is required if a 
            // metabox() method is included          }     }      global $my_customposttype;     $my_customposttype = new My_CustomPostType; }  // hook that function to the register_post_types action add_action( 'register_post_types' , 'my_customposttype' ); </code></pre>
<p>Backstory: defining the post type class inside the function avoids issues with loading order and fatal errors resulting from attempting to extend a class that might not exist yet. Isn’t PHP awesome?</p>
<p>See the included hello world example: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/go-cptfactory/trunk/example-helloworld-cpt.php</p>
<p>To access the meta associated with a post, you can call <code>$my_customposttype->get_meta( $post_id );</code></p>
<p>You can easily add a method and hook to filter <code>the_content</code> or <code>the_excerpt</code> to insert custom values that may have been entered in the post meta. Simply add <code>add_filter( 'the_content' , array( $this , 'the_content' ));</code> in the <code>__construct()</code> and then define another method in the <code>My_CustomPostType</code> class such as:`</p>
<pre><code>    function the_content( $content )     { 
        $meta_print = print_r( $this->get_meta( get_the_ID() ) , TRUE ); 
        return $meta_print . $content 
    } </code></pre>
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GigaOM Custom Post Type Factory

Makes defining custom post types as easy as creating a widget. Includes example code to get you started.

Leonardo de Souza

<p>Xpose Content is a tool that works as a Content Manager. Once installed, XC provides a Dashboard where metrics about published posts are displayed:</p>
<ul>
<li>Total Number of Posts;</li>
<li>Posts by Type (According to Word Count);</li>
<li>Posts by Month;</li>
<li>Posts by Author;</li>
<li>Top Posts (Largest Posts in Word Count);</li>
<li>Posts by Categories.</li>
</ul>
<p>Xpose Content also provides dashboards where you can view information about published content:</p>
<ul>
<li>Pages: Id, Title, Word Count, Modified Date, Created Date, and URL.</li>
<li>Posts: Id, Title, Word Count, Modified Date, Created Date, Category, and URL.</li>
<li>Products: Id, Title, Word Count, Modified Date, Created Date, and URL.</li>
<li>Custom Posts: Id, Type, Title, Word Count, Modified Date, Created Date, and URL.</li>
</ul>
<p>In each Panel (Pages, Posts, Products and Custom Posts) you can export all published content to a spreadsheet (CSV).</p>
<p>It is simple to manage published content and even plan new publications and materials for a Content Marketing Project with Xpose Content.</p>
<h3>Build Status</h3>
<p>N/A</p>
<h3>Development</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://xposecontent.com" title="https://xposecontent.com" rel="nofollow ugc">https://xposecontent.com</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Leonardo de Souza <a href="https://xposecontent.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Leonardo de Souza</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Donations</h3>
<p>https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=K7RGVSGZ7R2U8</p>


Content Manager | Xpose Content

Xpose Content is the simplest and most practical way to view all content published in a site, blog or ecommerce project.

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