Title: [Plugin: WP Easy Post Types] Notes to Developer
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP Easy Post Types] Notes to Developer

 *  [binarybit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarybit/)
 * (@binarybit)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/)
 * First of all – let me compliment the developer of this plugin… This is the best
   plugin yet and I have tried every single one of them.
 * I totally realize that you just released this but I figured you should be aware
   of just a few critical improvements you have to integrate to make this the absolute
   best plugin out there for the long term. Many people are coming up with plugins
   but none seems to have the potential I see in this one. The elements I am referring
   to are listed below. I would be willing to collaborate with you on this directly
   if so desired and possibly also contribute some funds towards your development
   efforts to get these things integrated… (let me know if your interested in either).
 * 1) When managing “fields” it is critical that users are able to:
    – a) Add Field
   Groups and being able to assign fields to groups. – b) Change the name of the
   group – c) Force the position where the group is included (including left/right)–
   You might want to look at other plugins such as simple fields or others that 
   have done a better job.
 * 2) When creating a new field I feel its VERY important that there are more field
   type options to select from. I do realize this takes time so here is my suggestion….
   Make is VERY VERY simple for users to create their own field type templates. 
   This has always been one of the biggest missing elements in all other plugins
   and by making it super simple for people to share such field type templates this
   will become an excellent plugin. For example… I am dealing with trying to put
   together an event calendar and want the admin post edit screen to show a dhtml
   calendar to select a date, a time picker and a file upload option. I envision
   each of these types of fields to be templates so I can include what I need or
   even customize them to match my needs.
 * 3) Each Field GROUP AND each Field should have the additional option of defining
   a custom css class or at least have one auto assigned. The key element here is
   further customization by users through simple css without messing up everything
   else.
 * 4) I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE how you took the initiative of creating the “admin
   columns”. This is the BEST implementation I have seen to date!!!! There are however
   3 key elements which needs to be added here to make this really usable. They 
   are:
    – a) The ability to change the name of these default titles and custom 
   fields/taxonomy titles without effecting anything else. – b) The ability for 
   us to optionally define either a minimum column width or % for each column title
   so admins can ensure everything looks clean based on their custom environment.–
   c) The ability to define column to sort the admin post list by and if its ascending
   or descending. – TWO OPTIONAL features for the future would be the much needed
   ability to click a column name to resort the results up/down and the ability 
   to add/change the type of filter options on the post list page.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-post-types/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easy-post-types/)

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 *  Plugin Author [chertz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chertz/)
 * (@chertz)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/#post-1551849)
 * Thank you for the review and for the very useful suggestions. We are actively
   working on updates to the plugin and will be posting them as we get them done.
   We will evaluate your suggestions soon and will look to incorporate them into
   future releases.
 *  [nicomollet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicomollet/)
 * (@nicomollet)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/#post-1552008)
 * Hello
 * The plugin is the best so far because it can do all we need, with only one plugin.
   
   But other plugins are better than Easy post types, for example, for custom fields.
 * I am trying to create a benchmark of available plugins ([http://wordpress.org/support/topic/414967](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/414967)),
   if you, binarybit can help me with that ?
 *  [Maria Korolov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maria-korolov/)
 * (@maria-korolov)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/#post-1552065)
 * Chertz —
 * Thanks for the great plugin!
 * I’m using it on my site, and it works great.
 * I’ve come across a couple of issues, though:
 * When you select “Use Pretty URL” the text entry box disappears when you try to
   add or edit a new post.
 * And when you try to have multiple choice options, none of them show up — the 
   drop-down list is there but all the entries are blank.
 * Finally, an image option type would be fantastic!
 * Thanks,
 * Maria
 *  Plugin Author [chertz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chertz/)
 * (@chertz)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/#post-1552079)
 * Hi Maria – We’ve created an array of images option and it’s currently being tested.
   We should have this done in the next couple of days and will post here once it’s
   ready.
 *  [choibc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/choibc/)
 * (@choibc)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/#post-1552087)
 * Hi, this plugin is very easy to use.
    I prefer “magic fields” since magic fields
   provide many kinds of field type. “more fields” has similar function, but still
   needs improvement. But I hope this plugin can be improved by benchmarking “more
   fields” and “magic fields” concerning different field type.
 *  Plugin Author [chertz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chertz/)
 * (@chertz)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/#post-1552093)
 * We will take a look at both options. Thanks for the suggestions.
 *  Plugin Author [chertz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chertz/)
 * (@chertz)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/#post-1552101)
 * Hi Maria – thanks for your continued input into the plugin and for pushing this
   out in the community! Here are our findings from your notes above:
 * >  When you select “Use Pretty URL” the text entry box disappears when you try
   > to add or edit a new post.
 * Any chance you can send us a screenshot of this error you’re getting? We just
   re-tested and were not able to duplicate this. Also, a step by step breakdown
   of how to duplicate this would be great.
 * > And when you try to have multiple choice options, none of them show up — the
   > drop-down list is there but all the entries are blank.
 * For multiple choice options you need to use a | delimiter in the dialog box to
   assign a key/value pair. Otherwise, the entries will be blank. We’re going to
   add some documentation to this so that it’s more intuitive.
 * Thanks.
 *  [flaviowd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flaviowd/)
 * (@flaviowd)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-easy-post-types-notes-to-developer/#post-1552164)
 * Hello everybody
 * I´m from Brazil, and I have a sugest.
 * A friend is using custom post type coding manually, not using plugins.
 * So she was trying to list categories out of the wordpress loop as we usualy list
   categories like **<?php wp_list_categories( $args ); ?>**
 * But, she just can do it, inside the wordpress loop.
 * So, researching about that, she discovered something very important:
 * She creted a php file like app_functions.php and inside this file she coded all
   php code that is necessary to create a particular custom post type.
 * And on functions.php she coded:
 * **if( is_admin()) require(“app_functions.php”);**
 * She used this IF to avoid extra and unnecessary processing.
 * So, she just can see categories and tags related to her custom post types on 
   admin interface, and when she try to list a custom categories (like this **<?
   php wp_list_categories( $args ); ?>** ) from that custom post on template theme,
   that does not work, because is not is_admin
 * So, I think your plugin have the same issue, because I cant list categories out
   of the loop, because this should be a global variable and not local.
 * I think that this forum post can help you to understand the situation [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-recognize-my-custom-taxonomy](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-doesnt-recognize-my-custom-taxonomy)
 * Oh my localhost test, I´m using the codes below to retrieve the custom tags and
   custom categories, but this work just inside the loop:
 *     ```
       <?php the_meta(); //retrieve custom fields?>
       </ul>
       <p><?php echo get_the_term_list($post->ID, 'my_custom_tags', 'My Custom Tags: ', ', ', '' ); //retrieve the custom tags?></p>
   
       <p><?php the_terms($post->ID, 'my_custom_categories', 'My custom Categories: ', ' | '); //retrieve the Categories?></p>
       ```
   
 * So, I don´t know what modifications (if is necessary) to do on your plugin to
   list categories and tags out of the wordpress loop.
 * Thanks in advance.
 * Flávio Araújo
    São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil [http://flaviowd.wordpress.com](http://flaviowd.wordpress.com)
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