Deciding post type for products

• sixfootjames

• November 14, 2013 at 6:47 am

I’m having some difficulty making a decision I was hoping someone might shed some light on. In normal circumstances I would have used posts for everything and separate content by the category I gave it.

Since then I have moved over to ACF and loving it but still get to grips with the power of it.

I have about 400 products I need to import and have two questions.

1. What type of post should this be. A page or a post? I am assuming a POST?
2. Some of the products have tables of content within them, is the repeater the right tool for the job in this instance?

Many thanks for the help.

• sixfootjames

• November 14, 2013 at 6:51 am

PLEASE UNSOLVE. I didn’t choose a solve option.

I think I may have answered the first question myself as I can see I can choose to add an ADD statement and choose to show ACF’s only if the post category is Product.

• sixfootjames

• November 14, 2013 at 6:59 am

Don’t know how to unsolve the above, but number 2 on my list is still something I am concerned about?

• Elliot

• November 14, 2013 at 4:28 pm

Hi @sixfootjames

All good.

1. You should use a custom post type (CPT) called ‘product’.
2. Yes, the repeater is a great tool for creating table like data.

You can checkout the repeater video on the add-ons page to see it in action.

Thanks
E