#YA Content Architecture for WordPress

Helps manage a plugin's content architecture including:

1. Custom Post Types
2. Custom Taxonomies
3. Custom Tables for Custom Content
4. Metadata API support for Custom Content. See: Meta for Custom Objects in WordPress

Usage

Creating schemas

1. See /sample-schema directory for examples.
2. Do not change the directory structure.
3. Do not edit /custom-meta/custom-meta.php.
4. Add one schema file each (using the sample) for every custom post type in /post_type/.
5. Add one schema file each (using the sample) for every custom taxonomy in /taxonomy/.
6. Add one schema file each (using the sample) for every custom table in /custom/.
7. Create a config file called config.php inside the root of the schema directory.

Config File

Use the included sample to return an array of all the content types.

<?php
return $architecture = array(
	'post_type' => array(
		'books',
	),
	'taxonomy' => array(
		'authors' => array('books'), // will be added to books
	),
	'custom' => array(
		// this will add support for Metadata API
		'libraries' => array(
			'has_meta' => true,
		),
		'lending' => array(),
	),
);

Note

• Under the custom index of this array, include each custom table as 'table_name' => array().
• Tables that create custom content objects that need Metadata API support will need a has_meta key in the config.

Initialising Architecture

Include the class class-ya-content-architecture.php in your plugin somewhere.

Parameters

1. $prefix to be used for the custom tables.
2. $schema_path is the path to your schema directory.
3. Optionally, pass a $db_version to save in the options table.

Instantiate

$architecture = new YA_Content_Architecture( '_my_prefix', plugin_dir_path().'/schema/', '0.1.0');

register_activation_hook( __FILE__, array ( $architecture, 'install' ) );

$architecture->init();

Methods

• An install() method that'll install/update the custom tables. Can be used in the activation hook.
• An init() method that registers the post types, taxonomies and support for Metadata API. Just call it, it will automatically hook the appropriate methods to WordPress's init action.