Delete Custom Post Type?

  • Resolved lholz58

    (@lholz58)


    10 years, 7 months ago

    I am a neophyte at this. Someone else created a Custom Post Type for me which I no longer use at all, and I would like to just get rid of it. There are no actual posts of that type, it just shows up on my Dashboard menu. Can I use this plugin to get rid of it? Thank you.

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/cpt-editor/

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  • Plugin Author James Collins

    (@jamescollins)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    Hi lholz58,

    You could use the Admin Menu Editor plugin to remove the CPT from your WordPress admin/dashboard menu.

    James

    Thread Starter lholz58

    (@lholz58)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    Well, that worked to HIDE it from my admin menu. I got a message saying it wasn’t possible to delete it. So the post-type still exists, and there is a custom-post-type page which is found under dearchristiancounselor.com/blog which says there is nothing found. I’d really like that to go away. (It is not listed under my Pages in the Dashboard.)

    Plugin Author James Collins

    (@jamescollins)

    10 years, 7 months ago

    Hi lholz58,

    WordPress doesn’t have a standard way of deleting or removing a custom post type.

    The best way to do so, is to find out where the post type is being created/added from (usually in a plugin or theme), and then deactivating that plugin.

    If that isn’t possible/practical, the next best way is to hide the CPT from the admin menu.

    Having said that, the Custom Post Type Editor plugin is only designed to rename/change the labels of a custom post type, it isn’t designed to otherwise modify or delete a custom post type.

    All the best with it!

    James

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