[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 prettyboymp):

 To get clarification, there have been suggestions for:[[BR]]

 1.  add_post_type_support( 'post_comment_meta_box' ) and
 post_type_supports( 'post_comment_meta_box' )[[BR]]

 2.  register_post_type('thingie', array( 'supports' => array('revisions',
 ....) );[[BR]]

 If we do either/both of these, we will have to somehow map an identifier
 back to the actual metabox handling.  Should it continue to do this in a
 "hardcoded" way like the post-thumbnails currently is, and if so, what
 should the keys be? IE, how 'post-thumbnails' is mapped to
 'post_thumbnail_meta_box':

 {{{
 if ( current_theme_supports( 'post-thumbnails', $post_type ) )
         add_meta_box('postimagediv', __('Post Thumbnail'),
 'post_thumbnail_meta_box', $post_type, 'side', 'low');
 }}}

 Also, should the core metaboxes really integrate differently than the
 metaboxes that plugins provide?


 The problem I forsee is the lack of ability for end users to combine a
 plugin that adds a custom post_type with a plugin that adds a meta
 handler.  For instance, a user has a website and finds a plugin that adds
 an events post_type to their site.  They later decide to add a geo-
 coordinates plugin that allows them to a post, but they want this also to
 apply to their events post_type.  How can we make this happen without
 requiring the end user to edit code?

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