Title: Using in custom theme
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Using in custom theme

 *  Resolved [serranoabq](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serranoabq/)
 * (@serranoabq)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-in-custom-theme/)
 * I’m wondering how I can go about actually using the plugin on another theme? 
   I have my own theme that I developed and was working on a plugin with similar
   features (sermons & events) when I stumbled upon yours. Better documentation 
   and example or two of implementing in a basic theme would be great. This should
   be in Showing Content section of the documentation, but it’s not. The only “complete
   example” is available in the commercial theme. Reading instructions on proper
   usage is faster than surveying the code and trying to figure it out.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/church-theme-content/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/church-theme-content/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Steven Gliebe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevengliebe/)
 * (@stevengliebe)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-in-custom-theme/#post-5062736)
 * Hello,
 * Thank you for having an interest in church website data portability.
 * The only thing the plugin does is register the custom post types, taxonomies 
   and custom fields of your choosing (this is covered in the documentation).
 * There is nothing in the plugin to assist with the actual showing of content so
   there is nothing on that topic in the documentation. Presentation is the responsibility
   of your theme. You would show the post types, taxonomies and custom fields in
   the same way that any other theme would. The WordPress Codex covers this so we
   don’t reiterate it.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development)
 * You will need to be familiar with the post types, taxonomies and custom fields
   that you will use in your theme. The only way to become familiar with them is
   to look at how they are registered (the names in particular). The code that does
   this is linked to on GitHub from the plugin’s starter guide.
 * [http://churchthemes.com/guides/developer/church-theme-content/#post-types-taxonomies-and-fields](http://churchthemes.com/guides/developer/church-theme-content/#post-types-taxonomies-and-fields)
 * Please let me know if you have any questions.
 *  Plugin Author [Steven Gliebe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevengliebe/)
 * (@stevengliebe)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-in-custom-theme/#post-5062741)
 * I updated the documentation to make this more clear in the Showing Content section.
   Thank you for pointing out that that section was not totally clear.
 *  Thread Starter [serranoabq](https://wordpress.org/support/users/serranoabq/)
 * (@serranoabq)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-in-custom-theme/#post-5062755)
 * Thanks for the quick reply. I really like the plugin and I understand all about
   accessing the taxonomies, and using the cpt’s, etc. What I was referring to was
   that there’s no documentation on what data is available and how I can access 
   it in my theme. For instance, what are the custom post type names?, what taxonomies
   and meta fields are available for each and what do they mean?
 * This information is needed to get rudimentary benefit from the plugin, so the
   more accessible it is, the better, IMO. Yes, all this information is in the source
   code, which I can peruse through and figure out, but it’s less than ideal and
   it does not replace documentation. That’s why I though it should’ve been part
   of the documentation, but perhaps I’m wrong.
 *  Plugin Author [Steven Gliebe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevengliebe/)
 * (@stevengliebe)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-in-custom-theme/#post-5062762)
 * Thank you, I will consider adding a table that lists basic details about the 
   data. That would serve as a good introduction. The code could then be referred
   to for full details.

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 * Last reply from: [Steven Gliebe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stevengliebe/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-in-custom-theme/#post-5062762)
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