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FAQ Custom Post Type - WordPress

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Code snippet to create custom post type FAQ and custom taxonomy Topics in WordPress v. 2.9.2+

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<?php 
add_action('init', 'custom_faqs');
function custom_faqs() 
{
 $labels = array(
 'name' => _x('faqs', 'post type general name'),
 'singular_name' => _x('faq', 'post type singular name'),
 'add_new' => _x('Add New', 'FAQ'),
 'add_new_item' => __('Add New FAQ'),
 'edit_item' => __('Edit FAQ'),
 'new_item' => __('New FAQ'),
 'view_item' => __('View FAQ'),
 'search_items' => __('Search FAQs'),
 'not_found' => __('No FAQs found'),
 'not_found_in_trash' => __('No FAQs found in Trash'), 
 'parent_item_colon' => '',
 'menu_name' => 'FAQ'

);
  $args = array(
    'labels' => $labels,
    'public' => true,
    'publicly_queryable' => true,
    'show_ui' => true, 
    'show_in_menu' => true, 
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => true,
    'capability_type' => 'post',
    'has_archive' => true, 
    'hierarchical' => false,
    'menu_position' => 5,
    'supports' => array('title','editor','thumbnail','excerpt','custom-fields')
  ); 
  register_post_type('faqs',$args);
}

//add filter to ensure the text faq, or faq, is displayed when user updates a faq 
add_filter('post_updated_messages', 'faq_updated_messages');
function faq_updated_messages( $messages ) {
  global $post, $post_ID;

$messages['faqs'] = array(
 0 => '', // Unused. Messages start at index 1.
 1 => sprintf( __('FAQ updated. <a href="%s">View FAQ</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
 2 => __('Custom field updated.'),
 3 => __('Custom field deleted.'),
 4 => __('FAQ updated.'),
 /* translators: %s: date and time of the revision */
 5 => isset($_GET['revision']) ? sprintf( __('FAQ restored to revision from %s'), wp_post_revision_title( (int) $_GET['revision'], false ) ) : false,
 6 => sprintf( __('FAQ published. <a href="%s">View FAQ</a>'), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
 7 => __('FAQ saved.'),
 8 => sprintf( __('FAQ submitted. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview FAQ</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
 9 => sprintf( __('FAQ scheduled for: %1$s. <a target="_blank" href="%2$s">Preview FAQ</a>'),
 // translators: Publish box date format, see http://php.net/date
 date_i18n( __( 'M j, Y @ G:i' ), strtotime( $post->post_date ) ), esc_url( get_permalink($post_ID) ) ),
 10 => sprintf( __('FAQ draft updated. <a target="_blank" href="%s">Preview FAQ</a>'), esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 'true', get_permalink($post_ID) ) ) ),
 );

return $messages;
}

//display contextual help for faqs
add_action( 'contextual_help', 'faq_add_help_text', 10, 3 );

function my_rewrite_flush() {
  custom_faqs();
  flush_rewrite_rules();
}
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'my_rewrite_flush');

//hook into the init action and call create_FAQ_taxonomies when it fires
add_action( 'init', 'create_faq_taxonomies', 0 );

//create two taxonomies, genres and writers for the post type "FAQ"
function create_faq_taxonomies() 
{
  // Add new taxonomy, make it hierarchical (like categories)
  $labels = array(
    'name' => _x( 'topics', 'taxonomy general name' ),
    'singular_name' => _x( 'topic', 'taxonomy singular name' ),
    'search_items' =>  __( 'Search Topics' ),
    'all_items' => __( 'All Topics' ),
    'parent_item' => __( 'Parent Topic' ),
    'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Topic:' ),
    'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Topic' ), 
    'update_item' => __( 'Update Topic' ),
    'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Topic' ),
    'new_item_name' => __( 'New Topic Name' ),
    'menu_name' => __( 'Topics' ),
  );

register_taxonomy('topic',array('faqs'), array(
    'hierarchical' => true,
    'labels' => $labels,
    'show_ui' => true,
    'query_var' => true,
    'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'topic' ),
  ));

}
?>

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