[wp-forums] Taxonomy nomenclature and Media functionality issues

[Andrew Nacin]

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 6:27 PM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net>wrote:

> <
> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-selecting-images-from-media-library-while-editing-pages
> >
>
> OP created 2 new CPTs with the taxonomy of "type" and promptly started to
> have problems with some of the Media functionality.
>
> Now I don't have that much experience with CPTs (never come across a decent
> reason to use them, tbh) but I suggested he changed the taxonomy name to
> something a little less generic. Sure enough, the Media problems vanished.
>
> He's now asking if it is possible to add a custom taxonomy called "etype"
> but give it the label "Type" for rewrite purposes.
>
> But was the problem an artefact of his taxonomy nomenclature (in which
> case, is this a bug?) or was it because he's using a CTP UI plugin? Would
> his new suggestion cause any problems?
>
> Anyone else want to jump in here?


Commented. I've heard the problem before and cross-referenced a Trac ticket.
I've never investigated it though. I offered a solution for how to adjust
the rewrite slug while keeping the less generic name.

Nacin