flexpress/component-post-type

Post type helper for WordPress

FlexPress PostType component

Install with Pimple

The PostType component uses two classes: - AbstractPostType, which you extend to create a PostType. - PostTypeHelper, which hooks into everything for you and registers the post types., _(*1)

Lets create a pimple config for both of these, _(*2)

$pimple["documentPostType"] = function () {
  return new Document();
};

$pimple['PostTypeHelper'] = function ($c) {
    return new PostTypeHelper($c['objectStorage'], array(
        $c["documentPostType"]
    ));
};

• Note the dependency $c['objectStorage'] is a SPLObjectStorage

Creating a concreate PostType class

Create a concreate class that implements the AbstractPostType class and implements the getName() method., _(*3)

class DocumentType extends AbstractPostType {

    public function getName()
    {
      return "document";
    }

}

This above example is the bare minimum you must implement, the example that follows is the other extreme implementing all available methods., _(*4)

class Document extends AbstractPostType {

  public function getSingularName()
  {
    return "Doc";
  }

  public function getPluralName()
  {
    return "Docs";
  }

  public function getArgs()
  {
    $args = parent::getArgs();
    $args['supports'] = array("title", "editor");
    return $args;
  }

  protected function getLabels()
  {
    $labels = parent::getLabels();
    $labels['menu_name'] = 'Docs';
    return $labels;
  }

  public function getName()
  {
    return "document";
  }

}

Public Methods

• getSingularName() - returns the singular name of the post type.
• getPluralName() - returns the plural name of the post type.
• getArgs() - returns the array of args.
• getLabels() - Returns the array of labels.
• getName() - Returns post type name.

PostTypeHelper usage

Once you have setup the pimple config you are use the PostTypeHelper like this, _(*5)

$helper = $pimple['postTypeHelper'];
$helper->registerPostTypes();

That's it, the helper will then add all the needed hooks and register all the post types you have provided it., _(*6)

Public methods

• registerPostTypes() - Registers the post types provided.