WordPress Post Types and Taxonomies – Using Post Types and Taxonomies

Now that we have the nuts and bolts, I think “Why do I care about these things?” is a really fair question. The possibilities with post types and taxonomies, especially working with clients that are often too busy to manage the intricacies of a site, is endless. This, in my opinion, saves time over creating new admin functions and updating plugins, and opens doors to new possibilities with much less work (and coding) involved.

Below are some ideas that I had about how to integrate these into actual work:

1. Review Sites
   
   First, a review site could benefit from the custom templating options listed above (single and archive).
   
   Here are some more post types and taxonomies that you could implement on a review site:
   
   
   
   • Post Type – Movie Reviews
   
   
   • Taxonomies – Genre, Actor, Director
   
   
   • Post Type – Book Reviews
   
   
   • Taxonomies – Genre, Author, Publisher
   
   
   • Post Type – Product Reviews
   
   
   • Taxonomies – Product Category, Price
   
   
   
   


2. Real Estate Listing Sites
   
   While there are some good templates for real estate listing sites, post types and taxonomies let creative people make custom templates that can easily be maintained by clients and webmasters alike. Here are just a few ideas to use in your next project:
   
   
   
   • Post Type – Listings
   
   
   • Taxonomies – Area, Agent, Price, Rooms
   
   
   • Post Type – Agents
   
   
   
   


3. Event Listings
   
   One thing that WordPress really lacks (in my opinion) is a good event management system. Post types and taxonomies could easily take care of that by offering a system to classify monthly events by location, day, or any other system you can think of.


4. Subscription Sites
   
   With the creation of a new post type and template, you could create a custom, premium category for your blog or website and integrate a payment gateway to create your very own membership site.


5. E-commerce
   
   By creating a product post type and template, you could easily add and display products for sale on your site. In addition, taxonomies would allow for easy product organization.

This is a part of WordPress Post Types and Taxonomies tutorial.

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