[wp-hackers] WP 3.0 and beyond: Custom post types + custom fields

[Emix]

We just released a plugin that should help you: wpeasyposttypes.com

Emilio,

On 18/giu/2010, at 16.30, Matt <logikal16 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Now that the custom post type functionality has been refined with  
> 3.0, one
> important next step would be to more closely integrate post types with
> custom fields.
>
> There's no easy way -- using only core -- to assign certain custom  
> fields to
> a new post depending on its post type.
>
> For example, a new "Soccer Team" post type. You'd likely want to see  
> custom
> fields like "wins", "losses", "home_field", and "roster" (some sort of
> relationship) show up by default when adding a new Soccer Team.
>
> The closest thing I could find was the "register_meta_box_cb"  
> argument,
> which lets you add new meta boxes -- not alter the "Custom Fields"  
> area.
>
> Here's a *really* rough idea of how this functionality could work:
>
> $args = array(
>    'public' => true,
>    'publicly_queryable' => true,
>    'supports' => array('title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'custom- 
> fields'),
>    'custom_fields' => array(
>        'wins' => array('label' => __('Wins'), 'widget' => 'number'),
>        'losses' => array('label' => __('Losses'), 'widget' =>  
> 'number',
> 'default' => 0),
>        'home_field' => array('label' => __('Home Field'), 'widget' =>
> 'text-single')
>    ),
>    ... etc ...
> );
> register_post_type('soccer_team', $args);
>
>
> Has any serious thought been given towards this aspect of WP? There  
> are
> several plugins out there that attempt to tackle this in various  
> ways. I'm
> curious as to if there's much interest in this making it into core,  
> and if
> so, what steps have been made thus far.
>
> Matt
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