I know how to create custom post types. It seems from looking at the Codex that I should be able to create a custom post type that behaves like a page, specifically the ability to assign a template with the template chooser pop-up and category/tag pickers.
So far all I get is the basic editor, and I can get a featured image selector. But what I am looking for is basically a Page that I can treat as a custom post type.
EDIT: I thought it would be obvious, but I was doing it with functions.php:
register_post_type( hh_town,
array(
'labels' => array(
'name' => __( 'Towns' ),
'singular_name' => __( 'Town' ),
'add_new' => _x('Add Town', 'towns'),
'add_new_item' => __('Add Town'),
'edit' => _x('Edit Towns', 'Towns'),
'edit_item' => __('Edit Town'),
'new_item' => __('New Town'),
'view' => _x('View Town', 'towns'),
'view_item' => __('View Town')
),
'public' => true,
'has_archive' => true,
'hierarchical' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'supports' => array('title','editor','page-attributes','thumbnail', 'custom-fields'),
'capability_type' => 'page',
'taxonomies' => array('post_tag','category')
)
);
Just add this code to your functions.php
add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'add_custom_page_attributes_meta_box' );
function add_custom_page_attributes_meta_box(){
global $post;
if ( 'page' != $post->post_type && post_type_supports($post->post_type, 'page-attributes') ) {
add_meta_box( 'custompageparentdiv', __('Template'), 'custom_page_attributes_meta_box', NULL, 'side', 'core');
}
}
function custom_page_attributes_meta_box($post) {
$template = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_wp_page_template', 1 ); ?>
<select name="page_template" id="page_template">
<?php $default_title = apply_filters( 'default_page_template_title', __( 'Default Template' ), 'meta-box' ); ?>
<option value="default"><?php echo esc_html( $default_title ); ?></option>
<?php page_template_dropdown($template); ?>
</select><?php
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'save_custom_page_attributes_meta_box' );
function save_custom_page_attributes_meta_box( $post_id ) {
if ( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) return;
if ( isset( $_POST['post_type'] ) && 'page' == $_POST['post_type'] ) return;
if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) return;
if ( ! empty( $_POST['page_template'] ) && get_post_type( $post_id ) != 'page' ) {
update_post_meta( $post_id, '_wp_page_template', $_POST['page_template'] );
}
}