How to create a new post type in WordPress

To create a new post type in WordPress open function.php file from current active folder
add below code and update

function custom_post_type() {
 
// Set UI labels for Custom Post Type
    $labels = array(
        'name'                => _x( 'Resources', 'Post Type General Name', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'singular_name'       => _x( 'Resources', 'Post Type Singular Name', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'menu_name'           => __( 'Resources', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'parent_item_colon'   => __( 'Parent Resources', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'all_items'           => __( 'All Resources', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'view_item'           => __( 'View Resource', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'add_new_item'        => __( 'Add New Resource', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'add_new'             => __( 'Add New', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'edit_item'           => __( 'Edit Resources', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'update_item'         => __( 'Update Resources', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'search_items'        => __( 'Search Resources', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'not_found'           => __( 'Not Found', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'not_found_in_trash'  => __( 'Not found in Trash', 'twentythirteen' ),
    );
     
// Set other options for Custom Post Type
     
    $args = array(
        'label'               => __( 'Resources', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'description'         => __( 'Resources info', 'twentythirteen' ),
        'labels'              => $labels,
        // Features this CPT supports in Post Editor
        'supports'            => array( 'title', 'editor', 'excerpt', 'author', 'thumbnail', 'comments', 'revisions', 'custom-fields', ),
        // You can associate this CPT with a taxonomy or custom taxonomy. 
   
     
        'rewrite' => array('slug' => '%types%'),
      //  'rewrite' => false,
      //     'taxonomies'          => array('topics', 'types', 'industry' ),

        /* A hierarchical CPT is like Pages and can have
        * Parent and child items. A non-hierarchical CPT
        * is like Posts.
        */ 
        'hierarchical'        => true,
        'public'              => true,
        'show_ui'             => true,
        'show_in_menu'        => true,
        'show_in_nav_menus'   => true,
        'show_in_admin_bar'   => true,
        'menu_position'       => 5,
        'can_export'          => true,
        'has_archive'         => true,
        'exclude_from_search' => false,
        'publicly_queryable'  => true,
        'capability_type'     => 'post',
    );
     
    // Registering your Custom Post Type
    register_post_type( 'resources', $args );
 
}

 
add_action( 'init', 'custom_post_type', 0 );

It will create a Resources menu in your admin side their you can view or update custom post Resources

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