Custom Post Types vs Custom Fields vs Custom Taxonomies They are different things. Custom post types are creating entirely new types of posts (i.e. classes in object-oriented programming speak). While custom fields are used to add different kinds of fields to a post type, e.g. simple text, long paragraph, number, date, date time, select /…
My preferred way of dong WordPress Plugin Development is by using Docker. Specifically, I use the wordpress and mariadb Docker images. An example docker-compose.yml is as follows: By mounting plugin directory here: I can work with the plugin using Visual Studio code and the plugin is automatically accessible within the WordPress container. To start WordPress…
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