Copy and paste the code snippet below into your functions.php file, and edit the Events related text to match your new custom post type. Enjoy!
function add_custom_post_type() { $labels = array( 'name' => _x( 'Events', 'Singular name' ), 'singular_name' => _x( 'Event', 'Plural name' ), 'add_new' => _x( 'Add New', 'event' ), 'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Event' ), 'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Event' ), 'new_item' => __( 'New Event' ), 'all_items' => __( 'All Events' ), 'view_item' => __( 'View Event' ), 'search_items' => __( 'Search Events' ), 'not_found' => __( 'No events found' ), 'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No events found in the Trash' ), 'parent_item_colon' => ’, 'menu_name' => 'Events' ); $args = array( 'labels' => $labels, 'description' => 'The post type for our company events', 'public' => true, 'publicly_queryable' => true, 'exclude_from_search' => false, 'show_ui' => true, 'show_in_menu' => true, 'menu_position' => 5, 'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-calendar-alt', 'show_in_admin_bar' => true, 'show_in_nav_menus' => true, 'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', 'excerpt', 'comments' ), 'has_archive' => true, 'rewrite' => array('slug' => 'events'), 'hierarchical' => true, 'capability_type' => 'post', ); register_post_type( 'event', $args ); } add_action( 'init', 'add_custom_post_type' );
You can find information about the custom post type options via the register_post_type codex.