Custom Post Type and initial taxonomy boilerplate

custom-post-type.php

<?php 

///////////////////////////////////////////////
////////// Projects Custom Post Type //////////
///////////////////////////////////////////////

add_action('init', 'register_projects');
 
function register_projects() {
 
	$labels = array(
		'name' 					=> _x('Projects', 'post type general name'),
		'singular_name' 		=> _x('Project', 'post type singular name'),
		'add_new' 				=> _x('Add New Project', 'Project item'),
		'add_new_item' 			=> __('Add New Project'),
		'edit_item' 			=> __('Edit Project'),
		'new_item' 				=> __('New Project'),
		'all_items' 			=> __( 'All Projects' ),
		'view_item' 			=> __('View Project'),
		'search_items' 			=> __('Search Projects'),
		'not_found' 			=>  __('Nothing found'),
		'not_found_in_trash' 	=> __('Nothing found in Trash'),
		'parent_item_colon'		=> '',
		'menu_name'				=> 'Projects'
	);
 
	$args = array(
		'labels' => $labels,
		'description' => 'Holds our content managed projects',
		'public' => true,
		'publicly_queryable' => true,
		'show_ui' => true,
		'query_var' => true,
		'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-portfolio',
		'rewrite' => true,
		'capability_type' => 'post',
		'hierarchical' => false,
		'menu_position' => 5,
		'supports' => array('title','editor','thumbnail'),
		'has_archive'   => true
	  ); 
 
	register_post_type( 'projects' , $args );
}


/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
////////// Projects Custom Post Type Category Taxonomy //////////
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

add_action( 'init', 'project_categories', 0 );

function project_categories() {
	$labels = array(
		'name'              => _x( 'Project Categories', 'taxonomy general name' ),
		'singular_name'     => _x( 'Projects Category', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
		'search_items'      => __( 'Search Project Categories' ),
		'all_items'         => __( 'All Project Categories' ),
		'parent_item'       => __( 'Parent Project Category' ),
		'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Project Category:' ),
		'edit_item'         => __( 'Edit Project Category' ), 
		'update_item'       => __( 'Update Project Category' ),
		'add_new_item'      => __( 'Add New Project Category' ),
		'new_item_name'     => __( 'New Project Category' ),
		'menu_name'         => __( 'Project Categories' ),
	);
	$args = array(
		'labels' => $labels,
		'hierarchical' => true,
	);
	register_taxonomy( 'project_category', 'projects', $args );
}