The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Custom Post Types

More than a decade ago, I made the life- and career-changing decision to focus solely on using WordPress as my publishing platform and the CMS for which I build plugins. The primary reasons were the excellent documentation, including countless posts with snippets and tutorials, and the ease of extending WordPress. For my use cases back then, the most prominent feature to extend WordPress was Custom Post Types.

Improved mainly with WordPress version 3 in 2010, Custom Post Types (CPTs) are used in many ways. I am sure you have met them without knowing. Let me give you an overview of