How to add custom admin columns for your WordPress custom post type • Hookturn

Adding your own custom admin columns can lead to some very interesting and powerful experiences for you website clients. A fantastic option for doing so can be the very popular Admin Columns Pro plugin but you may find yourself in a situation where you need something specific and need to roll your own solution. Doing so is simple as per the following snippet:

	<?php

	$post_type = 'my_post_type';

	// Register the columns.
	add_filter( "manage_{$post_type}_posts_columns", function ( $defaults ) {

	$defaults['custom-one'] = 'Custom One';
	$defaults['custom-two'] = 'Custom Two';

	return $defaults;
	} );

	// Handle the value for each of the new columns.
	add_action( "manage_{$post_type}_posts_custom_column", function ( $column_name, $post_id ) {

	if ( $column_name == 'custom-one' ) {
	echo 'Some value here';
	}

	if ( $column_name == 'custom-two' ) {
	// Display an ACF field
	echo get_field( 'my_acf_field', $post_id );
	}

	}, 10, 2 );

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