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orange-cats.php

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Orange Cats 4U
Plugin URI: https://catfacts.com
Description: Orange cats. For you!
Version: 1.0
Author: Helena Bonham Carter
Author URI: https://dennys.com
Copyright: ok
Text Domain: orange-cats
Domain Path: /languages
*/

if( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit; // Exit if accessed directly

// Register Custom Post Type
// Register Custom Post Type
function oc_cpt() {

	$labels = array(
		'name'                  => _x( 'Orange cats', 'Post Type General Name', 'text_domain' ),
		'singular_name'         => _x( 'Orange cat', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'text_domain' ),
		'menu_name'             => __( 'Orange cats', 'text_domain' ),
		'name_admin_bar'        => __( 'Orange cats', 'text_domain' ),
		'archives'              => __( 'Orange cat Archives', 'text_domain' ),
		'parent_item_colon'     => __( 'Parent Orange cat:', 'text_domain' ),
		'all_items'             => __( 'All Orange cats', 'text_domain' ),
		'add_new_item'          => __( 'Add New Orange cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'add_new'               => __( 'Add New Orange cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'new_item'              => __( 'New Orange cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'edit_item'             => __( 'Edit cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'update_item'           => __( 'Update Orange cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'view_item'             => __( 'View Orange cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'search_items'          => __( 'Search Orange cats', 'text_domain' ),
		'not_found'             => __( 'Not found meow', 'text_domain' ),
		'not_found_in_trash'    => __( 'Not found in Trash meow', 'text_domain' ),
		'featured_image'        => __( 'Featured Image meow', 'text_domain' ),
		'set_featured_image'    => __( 'Set featured image meow', 'text_domain' ),
		'remove_featured_image' => __( 'Remove featured image', 'text_domain' ),
		'use_featured_image'    => __( 'Use as featured image', 'text_domain' ),
		'insert_into_item'      => __( 'Insert into Orange cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'uploaded_to_this_item' => __( 'Uploaded to this Orange cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'items_list'            => __( 'Orange cats list', 'text_domain' ),
		'items_list_navigation' => __( 'Orange cats list navigation', 'text_domain' ),
		'filter_items_list'     => __( 'Filter Orange cat list', 'text_domain' ),
	);
	$args = array(
		'label'                 => __( 'Orange cat', 'text_domain' ),
		'description'           => __( 'Orange cats', 'text_domain' ),
		'labels'                => $labels,
		'supports'              => array( 'title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'comments', 'trackbacks', 'revisions', 'custom-fields', 'page-attributes', ),
		'taxonomies'            => array( 'category', 'post_tag' ),
		'hierarchical'          => false,
		'public'                => true,
		'show_ui'               => true,
		'show_in_menu'          => true,
		'menu_position'         => 5,
		'menu_icon'             => 'dashicons-smiley',
		'show_in_admin_bar'     => true,
		'show_in_nav_menus'     => true,
		'can_export'            => true,
		'has_archive'           => true,
		'exclude_from_search'   => false,
		'publicly_queryable'    => true,
		'capability_type'       => 'page',
	);
	register_post_type( 'orange_cats', $args );
}
add_action( 'init', 'oc_cpt', 0 );

// Shortcode to show stuff as an example.
// Copy the queries to where they're needed if shortcode is not desired.


function oc_show_cat_taxes() {
	$categories = get_categories( array(
	    'orderby' => 'name',
	    'parent'  => 0,
	    'post_type' => 'orange_cats'
	) );

	echo 'Shows all taxonomies for the given post type:';
	echo '<br />';

	foreach ( $categories as $category ) {
	    printf( '<a href="%1$s">%2$s</a><br />',
	        esc_url( get_category_link( $category->term_id ) ),
	        esc_html( $category->name )
	    );
	}
}
add_shortcode( 'oc_shortcode', 'oc_show_cat_taxes' );

function oc_show_cats() {
		// WP_Query arguments
	$args = array (
		'post_type'              => array( 'orange_cats' ),
		'post_status'            => array( 'publish' ),
	);

	// The Query
	$query = new WP_Query( $args );

	// The Loop
	if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
		while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
			$query->the_post();
			echo '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '"">' . get_the_title() . '</a>';
			echo get_the_post_thumbnail();
		}
	} else {
		// nope
		echo 'no cats omggg';
	}

	// Restore original Post Data
	wp_reset_postdata();
}
add_shortcode( 'oc_shortcode_cats', 'oc_show_cats' );