Types is a WordPress plugin that lets you easily create custom post types and add your own types of data to your website through the WordPress admin screen. You can also associate the content types with taxonomies and fields.
When you ask for help or report issues, make sure to tell us what you have created so far and what you want to achieve.
The customer reported an issue where, when opening a post for editing in two of their custom post types, they receive a message: "Missing script for creating a new template. Not able to create one." This message only appears when the editor section is disabled for those post types. The other two custom post types are functioning normally without this message.
Solution:
We attempted to recreate the issue on a fresh WordPress installation with Toolset, but we could not replicate the error, even with the editor disabled. We suggested that the issue might be caused by another plugin or a custom function in the theme. We recommended the customer test with all non-Toolset plugins disabled and a default theme. The customer found a workaround by enabling the editor and then hiding it in the Admin interface. The customer decided to monitor the situation and indicated they might open another ticket if further assistance is needed.
The customer is working on a website with two different types of listings—one created using another plugin and the other using Toolset. They wanted to know if it is possible for both custom post types (CPTs) to share the same fields and taxonomies, which are currently attached only to the custom post type created by the other plugin.
Solution:
We clarified that if the customer wants to have identical CPTs in both Toolset and another plugin, it might be best to convert the existing types and fields so that Toolset manages them, ensuring everything is centralized in one place. We provided a link to the relevant documentation for converting existing types and fields to Toolset control. Additionally, we mentioned that in some cases, it is possible to use custom fields in Toolset even if they are not managed by Toolset, but this would need to be checked on a case-by-case basis.
Problem:
The customer wants to set a custom field as the featured image for an entire custom post type. They are looking for a solution to establish this custom field globally for each post, as they did not find an existing feature in the documentation that meets this requirement.
Solution:
We informed the customer that there is no built-in feature within Toolset to directly set a custom field as the featured image. However, we provided a workaround involving the following steps:
Use the save_post action hook to trigger a PHP function when a post is saved.
Use the get_post_meta function to retrieve the custom image field value.
Retrieve the remote image file using cURL.
Save the image into the WordPress media library using wp_insert_attachment.
Set the media ID as the post's featured image using set_post_thumbnail.
Additionally, we shared a link to a forum post where a colleague provided a working example of code that runs through all posts of a specific custom post type, assigning a given custom field as the featured image.
