Build Anything with Pods! Hands-on Workshop using the Pods Framework
Learn how to build multiple useful things with Pods using Custom Settings Pages, Pods Templates, Pods Shortcodes and Widgets.
Context: Creating
Grow Beyond Posts & Pages: Introduction to Pods Framework
An overview of Pods from concept to execution from one of Jim’s WordPress Meetups.
What’s in a Name? How should I name my Pods and Fields?
It’s actually a naming restriction from WordPress. Within your site, you can’t have names for Custom Post Types that conflict with either existing WordPress objects (user, post, page, media, etc) or existing Post Types. Within each post type, you can have duplicate field names across post types, because key/value pair in Post Meta is actually …
Custom Post Advanced Options Tab
This section details all the options available on the Advanced Options tab of the Edit Custom Post Type screen in the Pods Admin.
How do I decide between a Custom Taxonomy or a Custom Post Type?
If your item (taxonomy or CPT) can stand alone by itself as a page of detail, it should be a CPT. If it can only exist as a group of things, it’s a Custom Taxonomy. For instance, I don’t feel Authors is a Custom Taxonomy of Books. They’re both Custom Post Types and related to …
Extending Users
Add fields to the WordPress User Object to provide additional functionality.
Associate Taxonomy with Custom Post Type
Explains how to connect Taxonomy to Custom Post Types.
Creating a Custom Taxonomy
Explains how to create and manage your Custom Taxonomy within Pods Admin.
Extend Existing Post Types, Taxonomies or WP Objects
Within the Pods Admin, you can Extend Existing Custom Post Types & Taxonomies created by other plugins, or you can extend WordPress Objects like Users, Media, Categories or Tags.
Creating a Custom Settings Page
Create a Custom Setting Page for storing information that can be entered once and used everywhere on your site.