Title: Using different ‘post-type’
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using different ‘post-type’

 *  [tamlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tamlyn/)
 * (@tamlyn)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-different-post-type/)
 * I’m designing a lifestream plugin that imports from RSS feeds and stores the 
   data locally. I don’t want to use simple magpie caching because I eventually 
   want to make the imported lifestream data show up in tag searches (i.e. posts
   tagged ‘london’ will show up along with my flickr photos tagged ‘london’ and 
   my delicious bookmarks etc).
 * I’m thinking rather than creating a new table, I could store this info in the
   wp_posts table using a different value for the post_type column, e.g. ‘lifestream’.
   Presumably such ‘posts’ would be completely ignored by the wordpress core leaving
   the plugin free to do whatever it wants.
 * Can anyone see a problem with this and if so suggest a better solution?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [themaiden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themaiden/)
 * (@themaiden)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-different-post-type/#post-676921)
 * Hi,
 * This is an old thread but I’m bumping it because I’m thinking of doing something
   similar and I am wondering if anyone can think of a reason why setting wp_post.
   post_type to some new value– like ‘article’, for example, which I’d then use 
   for my own ends– could cause trouble. This takes posts of this new type out of
   the normal wp_query making for a very convenient way to filter them. I’ve been
   playing with the setup on an offline server and nothing terrible happens, though
   the wp_query has to be modified to get these additions to show up in a normal‘
   Loop’ which is something I want only in very restricted circumstances.
 *  [flick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mosey/)
 * (@mosey)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-different-post-type/#post-676922)
 * Hoping this might be a little relevant, but I’ve been browsing through the new
   plugins for the WordPress Plugin Competition Blog, and came across [Post Groups](http://weblogtoolscollection.com/pluginblog/2008/07/01/postgroups-v110/)
   which sounds a little like what you might be looking for…
 *  [themaiden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themaiden/)
 * (@themaiden)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-different-post-type/#post-676925)
 * Mosey,
 * Hi. I opened that plugin and nosed around a bit. It looks like it works on a 
   principle very similar to what I’ve already got up and running and which I’ve
   never been happy with. It isn’t really what I was looking for. However, looking
   at it does make me feel better about my own, already in place, solution. Maybe
   it isn’t as bad as I’ve feared.

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