Add/Edit Post Types

Written by the Divi Engine Documentation Team

Introduction

Follow these steps to learn about Post Types.

Step 1: Add A New Post Type

To add a new Post Type go to Divi Engine > Add/Edit Post Types and add a new Post Type by entering in a completely unique name. Divi Machine will auto-populate the fields for you. Please scroll down this page to learn about what each setting does.

Step 2: Edit Your Post Type

To edit your post type, go to Divi Engine > Add/Edit Post Type, click on your Post Type, update and save. Please scroll down this page to learn about what each setting does.

Post Type Settings

General Settings

• Post Type Name: Set a unique name for your post type. Eg. `Projects`
• Post Type Slug: Set a slug for your post type. Slugs should only contain alphanumeric and latin characters. Underscores should be used in place of spaces.
• Description: A short descriptive summary of the post type.

Post Visibility

• Public: Show post type in the admin UI.
• Show in Admin Sidebar: Show post type in the admin sidebar.
• Show in Admin Sidebar Position: Select a position.
• Admin Sidebar Icon: Change the icon using this website.
• Show in Admin Bar: Show post type in the admin bar.
• Show in Navigation Menus: Show post type in Navigation Menus.

Advanced Options

• Taxonomies: Enable if you would like custom categories and tags to be created for the posts. You can do more with our modules if you enable both boxes.
• Supports: Choose the options that you would like to support, for example, “comments” or “featured image.”
• Enable Gutenberg: Enabled Rest API Support and the Gutenberg builder on your custom post.
• Prettify URL: Enable to prettify your URL. It will change the URL to be post-type/category/single instead of /post-type_category/single. NOTE: Does not work with Hierarchical categories.
• Exclude From Search: Enable this to exclude the posts that you create in this custom post from the search.
• Enable Archives: Enables post type archives. Post type key is used as default archive slug. You can enable “custom archive slug” to define a name different to the slug.
• Custom Archive Slug: Add a custom archive page name. Use lowercase and no spaces.
• Custom Post Slug: By default, we will use the slug above, but if you want to define a custom post slug, do so here.
• Hierarchical: Enable so that your posts have descendants.
• Rewrite: Should WordPress use rewrites for this post type?
• With Front: Should the permalink structure be prepended with the front base? (example: if your permalink structure is /blog/, then your links will be: false->/cars/, true->/blog/cars/)

Labels

Specify the labels for the custom post in this section.

More Support?

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