Why custom content types serve business needs in Wordpress - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to register a custom post type in WordPress.

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register_post_type('product', array('label' => 'Products', 'public' => [1]));

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Atrue

Bnull

Cfalse

D0

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Common Mistakes

Using false hides the content type from visitors.

Setting 'public' to true makes the custom post type visible on the site.

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medium

Complete the code to add support for the editor in a custom post type.

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register_post_type('event', array('supports' => array([1])));

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A'thumbnail'

B'editor'

C'comments'

D'excerpt'

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Common Mistakes

Choosing 'thumbnail' adds image support but not content editing.

The 'editor' support enables the content editor for the custom post type.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to properly register a custom post type with REST API support.

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register_post_type('portfolio', array('show_in_rest' => [1]));

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A'yes'

B1

Ctrue

D'true'

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Common Mistakes

Using strings like 'true' instead of boolean true.

The 'show_in_rest' argument requires a boolean true to enable REST API support.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a custom post type that is hierarchical and has an archive page.

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register_post_type('book', array('hierarchical' => [1], 'has_archive' => [2]));

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Atrue

Bfalse

C'true'

D'false'

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Common Mistakes

Using string values instead of booleans.

Setting 'hierarchical' to true allows parent-child pages. 'has_archive' true enables archive page.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to register a custom post type with a custom menu icon, label, and public visibility.

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register_post_type('movie', array('menu_icon' => [1], 'label' => [2], 'public' => [3]));

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A'dashicons-video-alt2'

B'Movies'

Ctrue

D'dashicons-admin-post'

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using wrong icon strings or wrong data types for public.

The 'menu_icon' sets the icon, 'label' names the post type, and 'public' true makes it visible.