custom slider cpt wordpress theme
Step 1: Open the WordPress theme's directory in your preferred code editor.
Step 2: Create a new folder named "cpt-slider" inside the theme directory.
Step 3: Inside the "cpt-slider" folder, create a new file named "cpt-slider.php".
Step 4: Add the following code to "cpt-slider.php" to register a custom post type named "slider":
// cpt-slider.php
function create_slider_post_type() {
$labels = array(
'name' => _x( 'Sliders', 'post type general name', 'textdomain' ),
'singular_name' => _x( 'Slider', 'post type singular name', 'textdomain' ),
'menu_name' => _x( 'Sliders', 'admin menu', 'textdomain' ),
'name_admin_bar' => _x( 'Slider', 'add new on admin bar', 'textdomain' ),
'add_new' => _x( 'Add New', 'slider', 'textdomain' ),
'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Slider', 'textdomain' ),
'new_item' => __( 'New Slider', 'textdomain' ),
'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Slider', 'textdomain' ),
'view_item' => __( 'View Slider', 'textdomain' ),
'all_items' => __( 'All Sliders', 'textdomain' ),
'search_items' => __( 'Search Sliders', 'textdomain' ),
'parent_item_colon' => __( 'Parent Sliders:', 'textdomain' ),
'not_found' => __( 'No sliders found.', 'textdomain' ),
'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No sliders found in Trash.', 'textdomain' )
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'public' => true,
'publicly_queryable' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'rewrite' => array( 'slug' => 'slider' ),
'capability_type' => 'post',
'has_archive' => true,
'hierarchical' => false,
'menu_position' => null,
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail' )
);
register_post_type( 'slider', $args );
}
add_action( 'init', 'create_slider_post_type' );
Step 5: Save the changes to "cpt-slider.php".
Step 6: Go to your WordPress admin dashboard and navigate to "Sliders" to add new sliders.
Step 7: Add the following code to your theme's functions.php file to enqueue the necessary scripts for the slider:
// functions.php
function enqueue_slider_scripts() {
wp_enqueue_script( 'slider-script', 'path/to/slider-script.js', array( 'jquery' ), '1.0', true );
wp_enqueue_style( 'slider-style', 'path/to/slider-style.css', array(), '1.0' );
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_slider_scripts' );
Step 8: Create a new folder named "js" inside the theme directory.
Step 9: Inside the "js" folder, create a new file named "slider-script.js" and add your slider script code.
Step 10: Create a new folder named "css" inside the theme directory.
Step 11: Inside the "css" folder, create a new file named "slider-style.css" and add your slider styling code.
Step 12: Customize the slider script and styles according to your design preferences.
Step 13: Save all changes and test the custom slider functionality on your WordPress site.