[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9674: Better support for custom post types

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#9674: Better support for custom post types
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 Reporter:  wnorris                 |        Owner:  ryan    
     Type:  task (blessed)          |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                  |    Milestone:  3.0     
Component:  Administration          |      Version:  2.9     
 Severity:  normal                  |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch tested early  |  
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Comment(by mikeschinkel):

 And for accessing the object's metadata, don't we also get?

 {{{
 get_object_type_object_type_object()
 }}}

 Sorry, I just couldn't resist. ;-p

 Seriously, "object" is a great term for use inside the code but if you
 must, must, must rename it please use "item" or "record."

 For that matter, since this really is a big deal why not put up a poll on
 Wordpress.org to see what the majority of people think?  Maybe we'll learn
 that "post" is not so bad.  Or maybe we'll learn it is horrible.  But why
 not verify before making a decision based on all of our (flawed by nature)
 biases and assumptions?

 '''@ryan''': also can you please speak to the idea of having a standard
 way to persist custom post types?

 That said, I'd like to propose an additional change to
 register_post_type() and that would be to include a filter. Such a filter
 would allow a plugin to annotate metadata to any of the core post types or
 even post types registered:

 {{{
   function register_post_type($post_type, $args = array(), $persist=true)
 {
    global $wp_post_types;

    if (!is_array($wp_post_types))
       $wp_post_types = array();

    $defaults = array('exclude_from_search' => true);
    $args = wp_parse_args($args, $defaults);

    $post_type = sanitize_user($post_type, true);
    $args['name'] = $post_type;
    $args = apply_filter('register_post_type',$args);
    $wp_post_types[$post_type] = (object) $args;

    if (save_post_types())
       save_post_types();
 }
 }}}

 For that matter it would also be good to have hooks for save_post_types()
 and load_post_types():

 {{{
 function save_post_types() {
    global $wp_post_types;
    $wp_post_types = apply_filter('save_post_types',$wp_post_types);
    update_option( 'post_types', $wp_post_types );
 }
 function load_post_types() {
    global $wp_post_types;
    $wp_post_types = apply_filter('load_post_types',get_option(
 'post_types'));
 }
 }}}

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