Notes
- CPT: Shows — Added “Tagged” taxonomy (to be used in custom related posts)
- Cross-CPT: All shows, actors, and characters have ‘internal notes’ that can only be seen by editors (used when we have to remove someone but don’t want to break the system)
Key
Custom Post Types
There are three custom post types in use:
- Characters –
post_type_characters - Shows –
post_type_shows - Actors –
post_type_actors
Characters
| Data | Type | Name | Notes |
|---|
| Cliche | custom taxonomy | lez_cliches | Select2 (via CMB2) |
| Cliche (2) | post meta | lezchars_cliches | auto populated on post save via cmb2 |
| Gender | custom taxonomy | lez_gender | dropdown – single select |
| Sexuality | custom taxonomy | lez_sexuality | dropdown – single select |
| Romantic Orientation | custom taxonomy | lez_romantic | dropdown – single select |
| Actor | post meta | lezchars_actor | Repeatable dropdown (single select) of Actor CPTs |
| Shows Group | post meta | lezchars_show_group | Array: Repeatable array of show data (see below) |
| Death | post meta | lezchars_death | Array: Repeatable Date (MM-DD-YYYY) |
Shows Group
| Data | Type | Name | Notes |
|---|
| Shows | post meta | lezchars_shows | array of shows generated from shows CPT |
| Roles | post meta | lezchars_roles | options hardcoded in file |
Shows
| Data | Type | Name | Notes |
| Tropes | custom taxonomy | lez_tropes | Select2 (via CMB2) |
| Tropes (2) | post meta | lezshows_tropes | auto populated on post save via cmb2 |
| Stations | custom taxonomy | lez_stations | normal taxonomy |
| Stations (2) | post meta | lezshows_stations | auto populated on post save via cmb2 |
| Nations | custom taxonomy | lez_nations | normal taxonomy |
| Nations (2) | post meta | lezshows_nations | auto populated on post save via cmb2 |
| Formats | custom taxonomy | lez_formats | dropdown – single select |
| Genres | custom taxonomy | lez_genres | Select2 (via CMB2) |
| Genres (2) | post meta | lezshows_genres | auto populated on post save via cmb2 |
| Show Stars | custom taxonomy | lez_stars | dropdown – single select |
| Warnings | custom taxonomy | lez_triggers | dropdown – single select |
| Tagged | custom taxonomy | lez_show_tags | normal taxonomy |
| Worth It? (rating) | post meta | lezshows_worthit_rating | [Yes|Meh|No|TBD] hardcoded in file |
| Worth It? (details) | post meta | lezshows_worthit_details | text area |
| Realness? (rating) | post meta | lezshows_realness_rating | number (0-5) hardcoded in file |
| Realness? (details) | post meta | lezshows_realness_details | text area |
| Quality? (rating) | post meta | lezshows_quality_rating | number (0-5) hardcoded in file |
| Quality? (details) | post meta | lezshows_quality_details | text area |
| Screentime? (rating) | post meta | lezshows_screentime_rating | number (0-5) hardcoded in file |
| Screentime? (details) | post meta | lezshows_screentime_details | text area |
| Plots and Relationship Details | post meta | lezshows_plots | text area |
| Notable Episodes | post meta | lezshows_episodes | text area |
| Seasons | post meta | lezshows_seasons | number (forced by CMB2) |
| Airdates | post meta | lezshows_airdates | array: dropdown years for start/end |
| IMDB ID | post meta | lezshows_imdb | text area |
| Show We Love | post meta | lezshows_loved | checkbox (forced by CMB2) |
| Ships | post meta | lezshows_ships | text area |
| Show Score | post meta | lezshows_the_score | auto populated on post save |
| Character Count | post meta | lezshows_char_count | auto populated on post save |
| Dead Character Count | post meta | lezshows_dead_count | auto populated on post save |
| Character Gender | post meta | lezshows_char_gender | array – auto populated on post save |
| Character Sexuality | post meta | lezshows_char_sexuality | array – auto populated on post save |
| Character Romantic | post meta | lezshows_char_romantic | array – auto populated on post save |
| Affiliate Links | post meta | lezshows_affiliate | array of URLs to where you can watch |
Actors
| Data | Type | Name | Notes |
|---|
| Gender | custom taxonomy | lez_actor_gender | dropdown – single select |
| Sexuality | custom taxonomy | lez_actor_sexuality | dropdown – single select |
| Date of Birth | post meta | lezactors_birth | Date (forced by CMB2) |
| Date of Death | post meta | lezactors_death | Date (forced by CMB2) |
| IMDB ID | post meta | lezactors_imdb | text area |
| Twitter User ID (no @) | post meta | lezactors_twitter | text area |
| Instagram User ID | post meta | lezactors_instagram | text area |
| Wikipedia | post meta | lezactors_wikipedia | URL (forced by CMB2) |
| Character Count | post meta | lezactors_dead_count | auto populated on post save |
| Dead Character Count | post | lezactors_dead_count | auto populated on post save |
Cross CPT Data
There is some data shared between all CPTs.
| Data | Type | Name | Notes |
|---|
| Internal Notes | post meta | | For private data |
Taxonomies
| Data | Name | Custom Icons | Used By… |
|---|
| Cliche | lez_cliches | Yes | post_type_characters |
| Gender | lez_gender | No | post_type_characters |
| Sexuality | lez_sexuality | No | post_type_characters |
| Romantic | lez_romantic | No | post_type_characters |
| Tropes | lez_tropes | Yes | post_type_shows |
| Stations | lez_stations | No | post_type_shows |
| Nations | lez_nations | No | post_type_shows |
| Formats | lez_formats | Yes | post_type_shows |
| Genres | lez_genres | Yes | post_type_shows |
| Show Stars | lez_stars | No | post_type_shows |
| Warnings | lez_triggers | No | post_type_shows |
| Gender | lez_actor_gender | No | post_type_actors |
| Sexuality | lez_actor_sexuality | No | post_type_actors |
| Intersectionality | lez_intersections | Yes | post_type_shows |