WordPress · Schema

PostType

A WordPress registered post type

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
capabilities	object	All capabilities used by the post type
description	string	A human-readable description of the post type
hierarchical	boolean	Whether or not the post type should have children
name	string	Human-readable name of the post type, e.g., Posts
rest_base	string	REST base route for the post type
slug	string	An alphanumeric identifier for the post type
taxonomies	array	All taxonomies associated with the post type

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wordpress/refs/heads/main/json-schema/wordpress-post-type-schema.json",
  "title": "PostType",
  "description": "A WordPress registered post type",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "capabilities": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "All capabilities used by the post type",
      "additionalProperties": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A human-readable description of the post type",
      "example": ""
    },
    "hierarchical": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether or not the post type should have children",
      "example": false
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable name of the post type, e.g., Posts",
      "example": "Posts"
    },
    "rest_base": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "REST base route for the post type",
      "example": "posts"
    },
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "An alphanumeric identifier for the post type",
      "example": "post"
    },
    "taxonomies": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "All taxonomies associated with the post type",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "example": [
        "category",
        "post_tag"
      ]
    }
  }
}