Extending WordPress With Custom Content Types

WordPress does some pretty amazing things out of the box. It handles content management as well as any other open-source solution out there — and better than many commercial solutions. One of the best attributes of WordPress is its ease of use. Its easy because theres not a significant amount of bloat with endless bells and whistles that steepen the learning curve.

On the flip side, some might find WordPress a little well, light. It does a lot, but not quite enough. If you find yourself hacking WordPress to do the things you wish it would do, then the chances are high that this article is for you. WordPress can be easily extended to fit the requirements of a custom data architecture. Were going to explore the process of registering new data types in a fully compliant manner.

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