Tutorial: Creating custom post types

[westnz]

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• Content type (Online Workshop, Lesson, Course, Tutorial, or Lesson Plan): Tutorial
• Content title: Creating custom post types
• Topic description: Using custom Post Types
• Audience (User, Developer, Designer, Contributor, etc.): User
• Experience Level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Any): Intermediate

Learning Objectives

Using a plugin to create a custom post type Understanding why you would use a custom post type

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[westnz]

@SierraTR will write the script, and @westnz will complete the recording.

[westnz]

Hi @SierraTR 👋 Have you started with the script for this tutorial?

[westnz]

Hey @SierraTR Just checking in to see when you will be able to start working on the script for this lesson?

[westnz]

https://github.com/WordPress/Learn/assets/89751452/70b9b3fa-7891-4ce9-a5e0-c0ae4fca687b

[hazeldrio]

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1. Consider renaming the video to "Lesson: Creating custom post types and taxonomies"
2. Has the concept "What is: Taxonomy" been covered in the beginner or intermediate track? If so, then I think this video is perfect. If it hasn't been covered then I think there should be a separate video that gives a little more information about what is a taxonomy and what’s the difference between categories and tags.

[westnz]

Thank you for the helpful feedback @hazeldrio

[ironnysh]

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• [x] Learning outcomes/objectives are clear.
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• [x] The speed of demonstrations are easy to follow.
• [x] The narration audio matches what is shown visually.
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• [ ] Brand Usage Guidelines and Promotional Guidelines are being followed.
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Great work, @westnz and @SierraTR! Very thorough and easy to follow.

I was missing one thing: a brief explanation as to why you would “go to all this trouble” instead of just creating a custom template. Something like this callout in the Plugin Handbook can do the job:

[westnz]

Thank you for the feedback, @hazeldrio and @ironnysh

[westnz]

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