Opened 3 years ago

Closed 3 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

#12617 closed enhancement (wontfix)

Create new custom post types directly into the admin

Reported by: mickiboy Owned by:
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: Post Types Version: 3.0
Severity: normal Keywords:
Cc:

Description

For non-technical people, it is easier to create new custom post types directly into the admin, instead of editing the theme file and typing in the code.

Change History (5)

  • Version set to 3.0

That's what plugins are for. The basic functionality should be in core. For extra features such as an admin interface to create custom post types, a plugin should be made.

Closing as wontfix. What follows is by no means a complete list of reasons:

If this is ever indicated as desired by the core development team, it would be the result of planning sessions and extensive discussion, and would be a blessed task as a major feature for a future release. There's no need to leave this ticket open for when or if that ever happens.

Plugins and themes should be handling custom post type creation. A plugin or theme needs to actually expose them anyway. Additionally, 3.0+ management plugins already exist.

Also, it's extremely easy to create a custom post type. If you have the skills to develop the theme that actually uses a custom post type, you will know enough to be able to register the post type. See also the preceding paragraph.

  • Milestone 3.0 deleted
  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Status changed from new to closed

Perhaps the reason would be that custom post types alone are not as good without the ability to add individual custom taxonomy, custom metaboxes and custom edit screen columns. This means that we'll also need an interface for those three.

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