More Types
Adds any number of extra Post types, besides Post and Page, for the WordPess Admin. Also allows for special editing rights for specific User roles for …
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 2
- Active installs
- 700+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 3 Sep 2011
- Added
- Apr 2010
- Requires WP
- 3.1
- Tested up to
- WP 3.1.4
- Downloads
- 38,407
Our analysis
AI-assistedMore Types is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create additional post types within the WordPress admin. This can be useful for various types of websites, such as music or food blogs, where you may want to define specific content types like reviews or recipes.
The plugin also enables different user roles to have distinct permissions for managing these post types. You can list posts in specific admin menus and set editing capabilities based on user levels. More Types can work independently but is designed to integrate well with other plugins in the suite, such as More Fields and More Taxonomies.
Best for: This plugin suits users looking to manage custom content types on their WordPress sites.
What it does well
- ✓Creates additional post types for specific content needs
- ✓Allows custom permissions for different user roles
- ✓Lists posts in specific admin menus
- ✓Sets editing capabilities based on user levels
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on compatibility with newer WordPress versions
- •Last updated in September 2011, which may affect support
Verdict
More Types offers a straightforward solution for creating and managing custom post types, though its age may limit its compatibility with the latest WordPress features.
From the developer
henrikmelin's own description of More Types, lightly tidied.
More Types is a WordPress plugin that adds new post types to the WordPress admin. For instance, if you run a music site you could create a review post type (based on the post). If you run a food blog you could create a post type for recipes.
If you use More Fields in addition to More Types you could for instance add an input field where you put the ingredients and another where you input cooking time.
With More Types you can:
- Create additional post types
- Allow different WordPress User roles to have different rights to review, save, and publish a specific post type (even built in post types)
- List posts in specific menus in the WordPress admin
- Set a range of editing capabilities of the post type based on user level
More Types is part of a suite of plugins created to enhance the functionality of a vanilla WordPress installation. With More Fields you can create additional input fields for easier management of Custom fields, with More Taxonomies you can create additional taxonomies besides Categories and Tags. More Types works without the other plugins but interacts with them nicely.
This plugins was born out of the development work done for Dagensskiva, Dagensbok and user requests.
Upgrading from More Fields 1.x?
If you’re upgrading from More Fields 1.x you need to take a couple of steps to continue working with your already defined Post Types.
- Upgrade to More Fields 1.5.1 (this prepares the More Fields fields and Post types for WP 3.0)
- Update to WordPress 3.0 still using More Fields 1.5.1
- Upgrade to More Fields 2.0
- Install More Types 1.0