Custom Post Types allow you to structure your content, but WordPress does not have a built-in way to display it. Premium page builders now have the ability to create content templates for Custom Post Types. These tutorials demonstrate the way to use these tools and the differences between them.
For an overview and comparison of the options, start with Custom Post Types and Displaying Dynamic Content – Review of the Options.
In this article I want to look at WordPress Custom Post Types (CPTs) and the display of dynamic data using page builders. WordPress has had internal support for Custom Post Types since version 3.0, but does not have a built-in way to create them or to display CPT content on the front-end. For a long…
The Plus Addons for Gutenberg recently added support for dynamic data to their collection of Gutenberg blocks. I have been waiting for this feature before reviewing the plugin and am excited to take a look. As we will see, the Plus Addons for Gutenberg is a unique block collection. The video includes a brief overview…
The Crocoblock team has recently released a big update to JetThemeCore. JetThemeCore is Crocoblock’s template and theme builder plugin. It used to only work with Elementor and required their Kava theme, but the new version now also works with Gutenberg and with popular page builder friendly themes. The messaging around the new theme builder has…
The premium version of Advanced Custom Fields has the ability to create custom Gutenberg blocks. I hadn’t used this before as there seemed to be a lot of steps in the block creation process. However, I recently purchased a copy of the Blockstudio plugin, which promises to streamline the process of creating ACF blocks, so…
I’ve been waiting for the Kadence theme builder for a long time and was excited to hear that it was now available. In this post I share some of the main steps in using the Kadence theme builder for creating the single and archive templates for Custom Post Types. The full step-by-step walk-through is available…
In this short article I’m looking at Full Site Editing, specifically what tools you will need and what you will need to know in order to create the single and archive templates for Custom Post Types. Full Site Editing is coming in WordPress 5.9 and it will bring new opportunities for creating theme templates, but…
This review takes a look at a new Gutenberg solution called Cwicly, pronounced “Quickly.” This is a kit that includes a block-based theme, a Gutenberg blocks addon, and Advanced Custom Fields Pro. You can use ACF Pro, along with the free CPT-UI to create your Custom Post Types and custom fields, and then use the…
I’ve been publishing tutorials about Custom Post Types for a few years and I’ve been asked several times to do one on Pods. My reply has been that I’d do one when Pods version 2.8 was released. Pods 2.8 has been in development for more than 6 years and I started to think that I…