Introduction to dynamic content

What are the types of publications?

Los tipos de publicaciones son «tipos de contenido», agrupados de forma estructurada dentro de WordPress.

The default WordPress post types

Currently, there are eight default WordPress post types.

• Send
• Page
• Attachment
• Revision
• Navigation menu
• CSS personalizado
• Change sets
• Solicitud de datos de Username

Most users are familiar with the two most common types of posts: posts and pages. Although similar, posts are time-based listings, while pages have a hierarchical structure, with parent> child relationships. Also, Posts use taxonomies like Categories and Tags, while Pages don't, and Pages use Page Templates to display them, while Posts don't.

What are custom post types?

WordPress allows users to create their own Types of custom posts, often referred to as CPT.

Some of the most common Types of custom posts you've probably come across include:

• Films
• Testimonials
• Reviews
• products
• Events (edit)
• Briefcase

Each of them defines a "content type".

The edit screen will look very similar to the default page and post editors, as shown in this example of a movie custom post type.

When might you need a custom post type?

Un uso común de un CPT es un sitio Web de comercio electrónico. Los productos son un tipo específico de contents que no encaja en los tipos de publicación predeterminados de Publicaciones o Páginas. Los productos deben incluir mucha información adicional, como precio, tamaño y color.

Custom taxonomies and custom fields

A custom post type can also include custom taxonomies and custom fields.

Custom taxonomies

Así como el tipo de publicación utiliza taxonomías de categorías y etiquetas para ayudar a organizar las publicaciones, un tipo de publicación personalizado puede usar sus propias taxonomías personalizadas. Un CPT de crítica de películas, por ejemplo, podría usar Género como una taxonomía personalizada, para categorizar películas en grupos como SciFi, Romance, etc.

Custom Fields

Los campos personalizados almacenan información adicional sobre el contenido. Así como una publicación de Blog tiene un campo de Autor y un campo de Extracto, un Tipo de publicación personalizada puede tener varios campos personalizados asignados.

Because CPTs are separate from posts and pages, they can be displayed separately, organized by your own taxonomy categorizations, and filtered based on your custom fields.

How to create custom CPT + fields

Create custom post types and Custom Fields In WordPress, you can write the code manually:

Or you can use one of the three most popular plugins designed to make the process much easier.

Advanced custom fields

Types of tool sets

Pods

Elementor integrates directly with each of these plugins. Read more about each in the following articles:

Elementor and ACF

Elementor and toolset

Elementor and PODS

Elementor + custom fields

With Elementor and custom fields, you can create dynamic pages without the use of code.

By using Theme Builder, you can create single post templates for your custom post types, and you can easily select your custom fields from any Dynamic content ready to display anywhere you want.

Note: If the single post template is not loading for your CPT and the display conditions appear to be set correctly, check the template you are using for your CPT posts. Make sure posts are using the default template. If they are not, change them to Default and you may find that this solves the problem, allowing the Single Post Template to load correctly for your CPT posts.

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