Today I was working on a new version of a site when I noticed that I had changed how I named a custom post type. It triggered me into figuring out the best practices for naming custom post types.
After some quick research from a couple of sites, I came to a conclusion.
Custom Post Types should have a singular name, with a slug rewrite that is plural.
Here’s what registering a proper custom post type looks like:
add_action( 'register_post_type', 'my_custom_post_type' );
function my_custom_post_type() {
$args = [
'label' => esc_html__( 'Books', 'textdomain'),
'rewrite' => [
// Produces a URL as https://www.tannerrecord.com/books/my-book-title
'slug' => esc_html__( 'books', 'textdomain' ),
],
/* additional args... */
];
register_post_type( 'book', $args );
}
