Configuring the Custom Post Type Labels

The arguments for registering a custom post type are configurable to customize the experience and implementation for your needs. Part of that configuration are the labels. The labels are in the back-end. By default, they will use ‘Post.’ Hum, that will not make sense for the user, content strategist, and anyone who is in the back-end adding, editing, or managing the content.

Our job is not just to write code. Nope, you are building experiences. It’s our job to make sure what we build is self-documenting, user-friendly, and draws people in to want to use it.

Configuring the labels customizes the experience to ensure everything is consistent and clear.

You learned about how to customize the labels in the Configure Labels in the Custom Post Type Basics lab. But let’s expand upon that and make it more reusable.

In this episode, you will learn about:

• Changing your mindset that the $args are just runtime configuration parameters to customize the implementation and experience
• If you are not using a variable, then don’t declare it
• How to make the labels reusable for any and all custom post types
• Why you want to customize the labels

You are continuing to build the module and refactoring it to be more reusable.