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Function Reference/add post type support

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Description

Registers support of certain feature(s) for a given post type. Each feature has a direct impact on the corresponding field displayed in the post edit screen, such as the editor or a meta box. Additionally, the 'revisions' feature dictates whether the post type will store revisions, and the 'comments' feature dictates whether the comments count will show on the post edit screen.

Usage

<?php add_post_type_support( $post_type, $supports ) ?>

Parameters

$post_type
(string) (required) Post type. (max. 20 characters)
Default: None
$supports
(string/array) (required) Feature to add.
  • 'title'
  • 'editor' (content)
  • 'author'
  • 'thumbnail' (featured image) (current theme must also support Post Thumbnails)
  • 'excerpt'
  • 'trackbacks'
  • 'custom-fields'
  • 'comments' (also will see comment count balloon on edit screen)
  • 'revisions' (will store revisions)
  • 'page-attributes' (template and menu order) (hierarchical must be true) (the page template selector is only available for the page post type)
  • 'post-formats' add post formats, see Post Formats
Default: None

Multisite

To show the "Featured Image" meta box in mulsite installation, make sure you update the allowed upload file types, in Network Admin, Network Admin Settings SubPanel#Upload_Settings, Media upload buttons options. Default is off.

Example

This example adds support for excerpts in Pages (assuming it is *not* showing under "Screen Options"): 

<?php
add_action('init', 'my_custom_init');
function my_custom_init() {
	add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
}
?>

Notes

  • The function should be called using the init action hook, like in the above example.

Change Log

Source File

add_post_type_support() is located in wp-includes/post.php.

Related

Post Types: register_post_type(), add_post_type_support(), remove_post_type_support(), post_type_supports(), post_type_exists(), set_post_type(), get_post_type(), get_post_types(), get_post_type_object(), get_post_type_capabilities(), get_post_type_labels(), is_post_type_hierarchical(), is_post_type_archive(), post_type_archive_title()

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