Chapter 7. Post Types

In our next (and final) plugin, we are going to dig even deeper into the WordPress engine and discover ways to further modify various aspects of the backend to match our specific needs.

We will also explore the possibility of turning WordPress into a Content Management System (CMS), using methods provided to us by WordPress.

Although WordPress is made primarily for the purpose of handling a blog, this basic functionality can be easily expanded to handle almost anything you want. The WordPress backend is very flexible, and can be customized to accommodate a lot of different purposes. For example, you could create a job portal or an e-commerce quite easily with WordPress, and those are just some of the possibilities.

In this chapter, ...

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