Impact in using same plural and singular name in Post Type

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Last updated by Shane 7 years, 11 months ago.

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May 25, 2016 at 1:21 pm #401575

kelvinL-2

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Dear Sir/Madam,

When I create a post type, I need to provide the name in plural and singular form, refer to the screenshot, the plural and singular are 'social media', if I enable Ignore this warning, what is the impact to the setting, is there any problem when calling php api ?

Best regards,

Kelvin.

May 25, 2016 at 4:06 pm #401651

Shane

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Hi Kelvin,

Thanks for contacting our support forum.

The reason for this is for pure cosmetics and consistency. Lets use a simple example where I create a custom post type called Cars.

Example 1 using same name for both plural and singular.
Singular = Car
Plural = Car

On the archive page that list the all the Cars the title would be "Archive List: Car"

On the edit list page on the backend you will see "Car" and to view all the cars on the backend you will see "All Car"

Example 2 using singular and plural.
Singular = Car
Plural = Cars

On the archive page that list the all the Cars the title would be "Archive List: Cars"

On the edit list page on the backend you will see "Cars" and to view all the cars on the backend you will see "All Cars"

Notice the difference is that where ever more than 1 Cars will be displayed the plural name will be used. Whenever there is only 1 car to display then the single name will be used.

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

May 26, 2016 at 5:10 am #401784

kelvinL-2

Dear Shane,

From you explanation, can I understand that it is only for wording display issue but won't affect the system data query.

In my case, as Media in spelt as plural and singular, if it doesn't affect the system data query, then I can ignore the message, am I right?

Best regards,

Kelvin.

May 26, 2016 at 1:49 pm #401920

Shane

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Languages: English (English )

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Hi Kelvin,

Right no queries should be affected because the Singular and Plural names are just for cosmetics and for display consistency.

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

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