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Looking for a WordPress plugin for video Game reviews


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Essentially what I want to do is have reviews as normal posts, but on the sidebar have a section show the video game cover art, developer, publisher, genre, etc. Just a small little section that can be customized for each review I post. I've attached a screenshot from IGN showing roughly what I'd like to achieve. If anyone knows of any plugins/setups that could do this I would be most appreciative.

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You wouldn't be using plugins for this (it would just be extra bloat.)

What you will do is just utilize the custom post type (call them 'reviews') and there you can have custom fields that are labeled "Developer", "Publisher", "Genre" and any other information necessary for it.

Here's info on custom post types:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Post_Types

http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-use-custom-post-types/

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/rock-solid-wordpress-3-0-themes-using-custom-post-types/

Here's info on custom fields:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields

http://www.instantshift.com/2010/10/22/how-to-simplify-wordpress-custom-fields-layout-for-a-layman/

http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/65-advanced-uses-for-custom-fields-in-wordpress/

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Thanks for the links. Reading through the articles I'm not finding any (clear) explanation on how to create these custom post types and fields and have them display on the sidebar or certain posts...

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... Are you sure? Because if you read through the Nettuts tutorial, they clearly go through how to set up custom post types for your site. Same with the Instant Shift article.

They clearly explain what it is you're creating, what file you're editing and exactly what to do. You've got all the information you need to do exactly what you want.

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Perhaps I've misread this then. Is it possible to use the Custom Post Type UI ONLY, or can I use that BUT also have to edit theme files? I was trying to avoid editing theme files in the event that change designs in the future.

PS. I appreciate the help, honestly, I'm just not the best with coding.

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You have to edit theme files no matter what. You'll be editing your functions.php file to create the custom post types and/or custom field (UI) and then you'll edit either your single.php or sidebar.php with the functions to call up the custom fields.

Here's a bit more in depth:

http://kovshenin.com/archives/custom-post-types-in-wordpress-3-0/

http://kovshenin.com/archives/extending-custom-post-types-in-wordpress-3-0/

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