There are several plugins and “app” themes available for job board / job posting websites, but what if you want to roll your own? A lot of people would go about thinking that building such as system would be extremely complex and expensive, and some of the time they would be right. However, if we [...]
View PostMaking a Simple Rating Field Type in Easy Content Types
Several users have requested that I build a “rating” field type for Easy Content Types that will allow administrators / editors to apply a rating to a post or custom post type entry. This sort of field type would be exceptionally useful for users running review websites, such as book, movie, or game reviews. I [...]
View Post easy content typesAdding a Simple Image Gallery with the Repeatable Upload Field
The new repeatable upload field in Easy Content Types, which was announced yesterday, provides a really easy to use method for creating simple image galleries. We are going to build off of the end result of the Creating a Simple Events System with Easy Content Types and add a minimal, but effective, image gallery to [...]
View Post easy content types, gallery, imagesRepeatable Upload Fields for Easy Content Types
Repeatable fields have been available in Easy Content Types for some time now, and have been quite popular. Since their release, a lot of users have been requesting that I add a “repeatable upload” field type that would permit users to add as many upload fields as they wish, just like the regular repeatable field. [...]
View Post easy content types, uploadCreating a Simple Events System with Easy Content Types
Event calendars are pretty complex and difficult systems to build. There are lots of plugins that provide a range of functionality, everything from really, really simple events management, to full blow event calendar layouts, ticket purchased and more. A lot of people, however, are very unsatisfied with the available options, either because they are too [...]
View Post easy content types, events, get_posts, meta_queryRegistering Custom Meta Field Types for Easy Content Types
Easy Content Types is a very powerful plugin that makes it really easy to setup custom post types, taxonomies, and meta boxes. One of great but lesser known features of the plugin is that it has an API built in to allow users to register their own custom meta field types that can be used [...]
View Post easy content types, meta fieldsEasy Content Types Gets an Upgrade for WordPress 3.3
WordPress 3.3 was just released, and now, just about 24 hours later, Easy Content Types has gotten an upgrade to fix a couple of bugs present in 3.3. Most notably, the rich editor in meta boxes was completely broken in 3.3, if using Easy Content Types 2.3.6 or earlier. Along with the rich editor bug, [...]
View Post easy content typesQuerying Custom Post Types in Your Theme Templates
Easy Content Types make it extremely easy to add new custom post types to your WordPress site. What is not always so easy is getting those post types to show up in your template files. This is mostly because a lot of themes do not support them very well. So I’m going to show you [...]
View Post custom post types, easy content types, query_postsControlling Page Layouts with Custom Meta Fields
Easy Content Types makes it really easy to create custom meta boxes with as many fields as you want. Did you know you can use these fields to control the layout of your posts or pages in WordPress? With just a couple of fields, and some tweaks to your theme’s template files, you can provide [...]
View Post easy content types, meta box, meta fieldsECPT: Filter by Taxonomy Add-on

Easy Content Types add-on to enable taxonomy filters for custom post types in the WordPress admin
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