Custom Post Types

Updated 2 months ago

Custom post types (CPT) help keep the site content well-structured. You can separate posts of different categories of thematics into separate post types.

WordPress offers a variety of default post types but also supports adding custom ones.

Impreza has built-in custom post types: Portfolio and Testimonials.

Creating Custom Post Types #

You can create custom post types by using third-party plugins:

• Custom Post Type UI (CPT UI)
• Advanced Custom Fields PRO (ACF PRO)

Both plugins are available for installation at Impreza > Addons.

Using CPT with Impreza #

Custom post types are included in the features and settings listed below:

• Search element filters.
• Theme Options > Pages Layout > Exclude from search results.
• Theme Options > Pages Layout, layout settings for a custom post.
• Theme Options > Archives, if custom post supports archives.
• Grid/Listing and Carousel elements, Show settings.
• Display Logic > Post Type.

Creating Custom Taxonomies #

Taxonomies are a tool to group posts based on a certain topic or other similarities called Terms. For example, Categories and Tags are default taxonomies added to Posts.

You can add custom taxonomies to any post with the third-party plugins from Impreza > Addons:

• Custom Post Type UI (CPT UI)
• Advanced Custom Fields PRO (ACF PRO)

Custom taxonomies are included in the features and settings listed below:

• Grid elements (Grid/Listing, Carousel, Gallery, Term List, Product List), taxonomy filters, and taxonomy-based Show settings and conditions.
• Grid Filter and Grid Order elements, taxonomy-based filters.
• Theme Options > Archives Layout; if the original post type supports archives.
• Display Logic.