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David Waumsley

Using the Custom Post Type UI plugin

A short video post on how to create Custom Post Types and Taxonomies with the Custom Post Type UI plugin. It is part of my new series on making a Product Site with Beaver Builder and Beaver Themer .

Settings used for the CPT

In red are the areas I will typically alter from the defaults.

Cpt Ui Plugin

Settings used for the taxonomy

In red are the areas I will typically alter from the defaults.

Taxonomy Cpt Ui Plugin1

A few tips

Use this guide to position the new menu item

I usually enter 6 so it falls below “posts”. If you want it above you have to move to 3. But, then there is the separator space between it and posts. This looks a little odd if there is just the one CPT.

WordPress Dashicons
Custom Post Type UI plugin
Reference for adding menu items
My video on making your own CPT plugin
My series on making a product site with Beaver Themer