[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:  2.9     
Component:  Administration                 |      Version:  2.8     
 Severity:  normal                         |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing early  |  
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Comment(by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:27 ryan]:
 > I have no idea how they would be viewed. Maybe all of the people who
 keep asking for it could fill me in. :-)  I'm guessing they just want ways
 of adding and editing objects that can be later queried in their
 templates.

 Personally, I can picture myself trying to use this stuff to manage typed
 data through the WP API, without needing to rewrite the various WP
 functions to generate post meta boxes and the like. Actual page generation
 would be handled by the plugin. It's clearly not WP's job to handle it
 imo. :-)

 This prompts me to ask a few questions, though...

 Some of the typed data is so special that it really doesn't belong in the
 posts table with boat loads of other things. Yet many of the built-in
 admin functions are useful. A quick glance at the meta-boxes.php file
 reveals the assumption that things are always stored in the wp_posts
 table. It's arguably better, but definitely not ideal imo.

 Other note: the get_permalink() function is missing custom post type
 handling in trunk.

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