wordpress get custom post type posts 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: 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 3: get name custom post type wordpress

$pt = get_post_type_object( 'books' );

// These two usually contain the post type name in plural. 
// They may differ though.
echo $pt->label;
echo $pt->labels->name;

// This one holds the post type name in singular.
echo $pt->labels->singular_name;

Example 4: wordpress get 10 posts of each custom post type

function delete_front_page_query_results() {
    delete_transient('post_data');

    $query_cpt1 = array (
            'posts_per_page'   => 3,
            'post_type' => 'cpt1'
            );
    $query_cpt2 = array (
            'posts_per_page'   => 3,
            'post_type' => 'cpt2'
            );
    $query_cpt3 = array (
            'posts_per_page'   => 3,
            'post_type' => 'cpt3'
            );
    $query_cpt4 = array (
            'posts_per_page'   => 3,
            'post_type' => 'cpt4'
            );
    $query_cpt5 = array (
            'posts_per_page'   => 3,
            'post_type' => 'cpt5'
            );

    $query_results[] = get_posts($query_cpt1);
    $query_results[] = get_posts($query_cpt2);
    $query_results[] = get_posts($query_cpt3);
    $query_results[] = get_posts($query_cpt4);
    $query_results[] = get_posts($query_cpt5);

    //flattening three dimentional array to two dimensonal array
    $flatten_array =array();
    foreach ($query_results as $data) {
            foreach($data as $flatten_data) {
                 $flatten_array[] = $flatten_data;
            }
    }

    function cpt_array_sort($a, $b) {
            return strtotime($b->post_date) - strtotime($a->post_date);
    }
    usort($flatten_array, 'cpt_array_sort');

    //setting transient with the array
    set_transient ( 'post_data', $flatten_array, 365*24*60*60);
}
add_action('publish_post', 'delete_front_page_query_results);