Learn how to use custom post types on the front end of your WordPress site.

1. Front End:
Custom Post Types
D o S o m e t h i n g U s e f u l

2. Staff Member Page
Commonly Requested
Not easy for non-
technical users to create
Perfect situation for
custom post types

3. Option One
Create a page template
Below the loop run a query something like:

4. Build On This
Let’s add a picture of the person:
Let’s set how much of their bio we want on the
main listing page:

5. Conditional
Goodness
Display a job title only if it exists.
Looks to see if the custom field has a value. If
it does, it displays that value.
Can have multiple conditions and fallbacks.

6. Now We Can
Tie In Our
Fields

8. A Bit OF
Style

9. Other CPT
Display Options
CPT archive is now available with 3.1
Works like category archive
Call it archive-post-type-name.php
Also single-post-type-name.php

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