sam-betamore-post-types.php

<?php
/*
Reference: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type
*/

// hook into the "init" action
add_action( 'init', 'sam_register_post_types' );

function sam_register_post_types()
{

	register_post_type(
		'sam-books',
		array(
			'labels' => array(
				'name' => 'Books',
				'singular_name' => 'Book',
				'menu_name' => 'My Books',
				'name_admin_bar' => 'Book',
				'all_items' => 'All Books',
				'add_new' => 'Add New',
				'add_new_item' => 'Add New Book',
				'new_item' => 'New Book',
				'edit_item' => 'Edit Book',
				'view_item' => 'View Book',
				'search_items' => 'Search Books',
				'not_found' => 'No books found',
				'not_found_in_trash' => 'No books found in trash',
			),

			'description' => 'Books in Sam\'s library.',
			
			// public to the world?
			'public' => true,
			
			// hide from public search?
			'exclude_from_search' => false,
			
			// Can it be seen in standard front-end requests/queroes?
			'publicly_queryable' => true,
			
			// show the UI in the admin?
			'show_ui' => true,

			// show the menu item in the admin?
			'show_in_menu' => true,

			// Can this be used with nav menus?
			'show_in_nav_menus' => true,

			// Should we show in the admin tool bar for creating new items?
			'show_in_admin_bar' => true,

			// where to show in menu, see: 
			// https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_post_type#menu_position
			'menu_position' => 15,

			// image or dashicons slug ()
			'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-book',

			// Can this post have children?
			'hierarchical' => false,

			// What features does this post support?
			'supports' => array(
				
				// post title
				'title',

				// WYSIWYG
				'editor',

				// author managemnet (drop-down in meta box)
				'author',

				// featured image support
				'thumbnail',

				'excerpt',

				'trackbacks',

				// post meta
				'custom-fields',

				'revisions',

				// Menu Order and Parent Post options
				'page-attributes',

				'post-formats'
			),

			// should this post have an archive page?
			//	e.g. http://mysite.com/my-books/ would be an archive listing page.
			'has_archive' => false,

			'rewrite' => array(

				// use the blog permalink prefix if it ecists?
				'with_front' => false,

				// custom URL slug, otherwise it defaults to "sam-books"
				'slug' => 'my-books'

				// support for permlaink RSS feed?g
				'feeds' => true,

				// should it support /page/2/ etc. functionality?
				'pages' => true
			)
		)
	);

}