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Jofran Lirio dos Santos
4,393 Pointscustom post type
What's the better choice: write my custom post type in my functions.php or use plugins to do that? Do I lose performance use plugins for this?
2 Answers
Sue Dough
35,800 PointsIt really depends on what you are building. I recommend not using extra plugins if your trying to build a high performance applications with lots of users and activity. However if you are building a small site with little traffic it does not matter really. You can use a plugin called p3 to check for plugin performance. You can take a look at the following if you are interested in coding your own custom post type.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/
Gareth Borcherds
9,372 PointsPersonally I feel that good plugins don't cause that much of a performance failure. If you get a good plugin you should be fine and it's easier. My rule of thumb is use a plugin updated regularly that doesn't have a huge amount of extra fluff and you'll be fine.
Jofran Lirio dos Santos
4,393 PointsIn video, Zac use Custom Post Type UI. What plugin to make custom post type do you use?
Gareth Borcherds
9,372 PointsI use the same one.