Register Post Type Example

register-cpt-example.php

<?php
public function create_post_type() {
            $labels = array(
                'name'               => 'Archives',
                'singular_name'      => 'Archive',
                'menu_name'          => 'Archives',
                'name_admin_bar'     => 'Archives',
                'add_new'            => 'Add New',
                'add_new_item'       => 'Add New Archive',
                'new_item'           => 'New Archive',
                'edit_item'          => 'Edit Archive',
                'view_item'          => 'View Archive',
                'all_items'          => 'All Archives',
                'search_items'       => 'Search Archives',
                'parent_item_colon'  => '',
                'not_found'          => 'No archive found.',
                'not_found_in_trash' => 'No archives found in trash.'
            );

            $args = array(
                'labels'             => $labels,
                'public'             => true,
                'exclude_from_search'=> true,
                'publicly_queryable' => false,
                'show_ui'            => true,
                'show_in_nav_menus'  => false,
                'show_in_menu'       => true,
                'query_var'          => true,
                'capability_type'    => 'post',
                'has_archive'        => true,
                'hierarchical'       => false,
                'menu_position'      => 60,
                'has_archive'        => false,
                'can_export'         => false,
                'menu_icon'          => 'dashicons-archive',
                'supports'           => array( 'title', 'editor', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments' ),
                'capabilities'       => array( 
                    'edit_post' => true,
                    'edit_posts' => 'edit_posts',
                    'edit_others_posts' => 'edit_other_posts',
                    'publish_posts' => 'publish_posts',
                    'read_post' => 'read_post',
                    'read_private_posts' => 'read_private_posts',
                    'delete_post' => true,
                    'create_posts' => false,
                ),
                'map_meta_cap' => true, //Set to false, if users are not allowed to edit/delete existing posts
            );

            register_post_type( 'archives', $args );
        }
?>