How to Create and Display Custom Post Types and Taxonomies in WordPress for School House Activities

 If you're building a WordPress website to manage and display school house activities, using Custom Post Types (CPTs) and Taxonomies is the best approach. This guide will walk you through the process step by step, from setting up the CPT to displaying activities on your site.

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Step 1: Understanding Custom Post Types and Taxonomies

What are Custom Post Types (CPTs)?

Custom post types allow you to create new types of content in WordPress. By default, WordPress includes posts and pages, but you can create a new post type, such as "Activities," to store your school house events.

What are Custom Taxonomies?

Taxonomies are used to categorize and group posts. WordPress has default taxonomies like "Categories" and "Tags," but you can create custom taxonomies, such as "School Houses" or "Activity Categories."

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Step 2: Register a Custom Post Type (CPT) for Activities

You need to register a custom post type called activitie. Add the following code to your functions.php file:

function create_activities_cpt() {
    $args = array(
        'label'  => 'Activities',
        'public' => true,
        'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-admin-post',
        'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt'),
        'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'activities'),
        'has_archive' => true,
    );
    
    register_post_type('activitie', $args);
}
add_action('init', 'create_activities_cpt');

This creates a new post type Activities in the WordPress admin panel.

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Step 3: Register a Custom Taxonomy for School Houses

Now, let's create a custom taxonomy called school_house to categorize activities by house (e.g., Red House, Blue House, Green House).

function create_school_house_taxonomy() {
    $args = array(
        'label'  => 'School Houses',
        'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'school-house'),
        'hierarchical' => true,
    );
    
    register_taxonomy('school_house', 'activitie', $args);
}
add_action('init', 'create_school_house_taxonomy');

Now, you can assign activities to different school houses from the WordPress dashboard.

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Step 4: Display Activities on the Frontend

1. Archive Page for Activities

Create a file called archive-activitie.php and add:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<h1>All Activities</h1>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="activity-item">
        <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
        <p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
    </div>
<?php endwhile; else : ?>
    <p>No activities found.</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

This will list all activities.

2. Single Activity Page

Create single-activitie.php to display a single activity's details:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
<p><?php the_content(); ?></p>
<p>Category: <?php the_terms(get_the_ID(), 'school_house'); ?></p>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

3. Category Page for School Houses

Create taxonomy-school_house.php to display activities for a specific house:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<h1>Activities in <?php single_term_title(); ?></h1>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <div class="activity-item">
        <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
    </div>
<?php endwhile; else : ?>
    <p>No activities available for this house.</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

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Conclusion

By following these steps, you now have:

• A Custom Post Type (CPT) for Activities

• A Custom Taxonomy for School Houses

• Templates to display all activities, single activity pages, and activities for a specific house

With this structure, you can easily manage and categorize school house activities in WordPress. 🚀