[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):

 '''@dd32 I'd like to see register_post_type() being able to specifically
 register those items'''

 +1

 '''@dd32 Allow for register_post_type() to enable/disable revisioning of
 new post_Types'''

 +1

 Also, in working on a UI that allows for users to add their own post types
 and editing metadata for all post types I'm recognizing some needs. We
 ideally need register_post_type() be something done on activation rather
 than init and registered post types persisted to a wp_option.  The reason
 for this is to allow plugins to manage and save the information in the
 post_types via an admin UI and to have those saved post types loaded by
 WordPress.  Yes you can mix and match the two but it creates chicken-and-
 egg type issues that would be much more easily handled by doing it once.

 My plug is already saving to a 'post_types' wp_option but some other
 plugin could do it in an incompatible way and I really think this is
 foundational architecture that needs to be shared.  If persisted by
 register_post_type() then plugins wouldn't need to persist themselves and
 thus wouldn't do it incompatibly.

 We may also need an optional 3rd parameter of 'locked' or 'editable' for
 the core attribute of a post_type's name (i.e. 'page', 'post',
 'attachment', 'revision') so that admin UIs for user added post types can
 know which post types can updated/deleted and which cannot.

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