je-custom-content-types

JetEngine Custom Content Types (CCT)

Integrate with registered CCT factories rather than treating CCT rows as posts. Each CCT has a dedicated custom table, its own field schema, service columns, handler lifecycle, query layer, and optional REST/single-post projection.

When to use this skill

• Read, create, update, or delete items in an existing CCT.
• React to CCT lifecycle hooks from a companion plugin.
• Query CCT fields through PHP or Query Builder.
• Map a CCT item to its optional related single post.
• Enable or consume jet-cct REST routes.
• Audit capabilities, ownership, deletion effects, or direct database calls.

Module timing and factory lookup

CCT module construction starts on jet-engine/init; its manager registers saved CCT instances on WordPress init priority 10. Resolve a factory after that point and fail closed when the module/type is absent.

add_action('init', static function(): void {
    if (! class_exists(
        'Jet_Engine\\Modules\\Custom_Content_Types\\Module'
    )) {
        return;
    }

    $module  = \Jet_Engine\Modules\Custom_Content_Types\Module::instance();
    $factory = $module->manager
        ? $module->manager->get_content_types('my_records')
        : false;

    if (! $factory) {
        return;
    }

    // Register integration services that depend on this CCT.
}, 20);

Use get_content_types() with no slug to enumerate factories, but never select a factory from untrusted input without an allowlist.

Data model

CCT records are not WP_Post objects. A table contains _ID, cct_status, cct_author_id, cct_created, cct_modified, optional cct_single_post_id, and configured fields. Use:

$db      = $factory->get_db();
$fields  = $factory->get_formatted_fields();
$item    = $db->get_item($item_id);
$handler = $factory->get_item_handler();

Validate the current item and field schema; CCT administrators can rename or remove fields. Multi-value field types are safely decoded only for known array-backed fields in 3.8.14. Never apply raw unserialize() to CCT values.