Template plugin for custom post type with sidebar

I often want to create a custom post type with an accompanying sidebar. For example, a Lessons sidebar that only displays on Lessons and Programs (a related taxonomy). Here is a simple plugin that does just that, or provides a basis for customization. You can also copy the code into your functions.php file directly.

View plugin code, or download plugin.

A couple of points to note:

The plugin some Genesis features to the Lessons post type. Comment out the features you don’t need, or simply delete this block:

add_action( 'genesis_init', 'child_lessons_theme_supports' );
/*
 * Add theme supports to Lessons
 */
function child_lessons_theme_supports() {
	add_post_type_support( 'lesson', array(
		'genesis-cpt-archives-settings',  // Archive settings
		'genesis-layouts',    // In-post layout settings
		'genesis-seo',        // In-post SEO settings
		'genesis-scripts',    // In-post script options
	) );
}

The plugin also removes the post meta and post info by default. If you want these, delete this block of code:

add_action( 'genesis_before', 'child_remove_lesson_meta', 11 );
/*
 * Remove post info and meta for Lessons
 */
function child_remove_lesson_meta() {
	// Remove post info
	remove_post_type_support( 'lesson', 'genesis-entry-meta-before-content' );
	// Remove post meta
	remove_post_type_support( 'lesson', 'genesis-entry-meta-after-content' );
}

Hope you find it useful 🙂