custom post type query code example

Example 1: wp_query get custom post type

<?php    
  	   $args = array(  
      'post_type' => 'custom_type',
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'posts_per_page' => 8, 
      'orderby' => 'title', 
      'order' => 'ASC', 
          );

  $loop = new WP_Query( $args ); 

  while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); 
      print the_title(); 
      the_excerpt(); 
  endwhile;

  wp_reset_postdata(); 
  ?>

Example 2: wp loop custom post type

<?php
$loop = new WP_Query(
    array(
        'post_type' => 'yourposttypehere' // This is the name of your post type - change this as required,
        'posts_per_page' => 50 // This is the amount of posts per page you want to show
    )
);
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
// The content you want to loop goes in here:
?>
 
<div class="col-sm-4">
My column content
</div>
 
<?php endwhile;
wp_reset_postdata();
?>

Example 3: query custom post type

<?php
$args = array(
    'post_type'      => 'product',
    'posts_per_page' => 10,
);
$loop = new WP_Query($args);
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) {
    $loop->the_post();
    ?>
    <div class="entry-content">
        <?php the_title(); ?>
        <?php the_content(); ?>
    </div>
    <?php
}

Example 4: custom post type

/*
* Creating a function to create our CPT
*/
 
function custom_post_type() {
 
// Set UI labels for Custom Post Type
    $labels = array(
        'name'                => _x( 'Movies', 'Post Type General Name', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'singular_name'       => _x( 'Movie', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'menu_name'           => __( 'Movies', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'parent_item_colon'   => __( 'Parent Movie', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'all_items'           => __( 'All Movies', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'view_item'           => __( 'View Movie', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'add_new_item'        => __( 'Add New Movie', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'add_new'             => __( 'Add New', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'edit_item'           => __( 'Edit Movie', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'update_item'         => __( 'Update Movie', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'search_items'        => __( 'Search Movie', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'not_found'           => __( 'Not Found', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'not_found_in_trash'  => __( 'Not found in Trash', 'twentytwenty' ),
    );
     
// Set other options for Custom Post Type
     
    $args = array(
        'label'               => __( 'movies', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'description'         => __( 'Movie news and reviews', 'twentytwenty' ),
        'labels'              => $labels,
        // Features this CPT supports in Post Editor
        'supports'            => array( 'title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'comments', 'revisions', 'custom-fields', ),
        // You can associate this CPT with a taxonomy or custom taxonomy. 
        'taxonomies'          => array( 'genres' ),
        /* A hierarchical CPT is like Pages and can have
        * Parent and child items. A non-hierarchical CPT
        * is like Posts.
        */ 
        'hierarchical'        => false,
        'public'              => true,
        'show_ui'             => true,
        'show_in_menu'        => true,
        'show_in_nav_menus'   => true,
        'show_in_admin_bar'   => true,
        'menu_position'       => 5,
        'can_export'          => true,
        'has_archive'         => true,
        'exclude_from_search' => false,
        'publicly_queryable'  => true,
        'capability_type'     => 'post',
        'show_in_rest' => true,
 
    );
     
    // Registering your Custom Post Type
    register_post_type( 'movies', $args );
 
}
 
/* Hook into the 'init' action so that the function
* Containing our post type registration is not 
* unnecessarily executed. 
*/
 
add_action( 'init', 'custom_post_type', 0 );

Example 5: wp_query custom post type

//WordPress: Query a custom post type
//For example, query all Case Study post types

<?php query_posts('post_type=case_studies'); ?>

Example 6: custom post type

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// Register Custom Post Type - Workshop
function kp_workshops() {

	$args = array(
		'label' =>; __( 'Workshop', 'kp_workshops' ),
		'description' =>; __( 'Workshop listing', 'kp_workshops' ),
		'labels' =>; $labels,
		'supports' =>; array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'comments', 'revisions', 'custom-fields' ),
		'taxonomies' =>; array( 'category' ),
		'hierarchical' =>; false,
		'public' =>; true,
		'show_ui' =>; true,
		'show_in_menu' =>; true,
		'menu_position' =>; 20,
		'menu_icon' =>; 'dashicons-welcome-learn-more',
		'show_in_admin_bar' =>; true,
		'show_in_nav_menus' =>; true,
		'can_export' =>; true,
		'has_archive' =>; true,
		'exclude_from_search' =>; false,
		'publicly_queryable' =>; true,
		'capability_type' =>; 'page',
		'show_in_rest' =>; true,
	);

	register_post_type( 'workshops', $args );

}
add_action( 'init', 'kp_workshops', 0 );