includes/class-content-type.php registers the staff CPT and bylines, areas-of-expertise, and staff-type taxonomies. Term Data Store binds each staff post to a bylines term.
Content objects
| Object | Slug | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Post type | staff | Public, REST-enabled, no archive |
| Taxonomy | bylines | Rewrite /staff/{slug}; applied to prc-bylines post types |
| Taxonomy | areas-of-expertise | Hierarchical; staff only |
| Taxonomy | staff-type | Distinguishes current vs former staff |
Data accessors
Staff resolves a person from a post ID or bylines term ID, with object-cache hydration (staff_data group, 1-hour TTL) for unauthenticated requests. Guest terms without a linked staff post use set_guest().
Bylines loads ordered bylines for a post and formats them as array, string, or html.
REST fields
includes/class-rest-api.php registers a staffInfo field on bylines terms and staff posts via register_rest_field. Ordered bylines meta fields are also exposed for RTC. There is no custom REST namespace.
The staff collection accepts orderby=last_name.
Maelstrom
On prc_platform_on_publish, includes/class-maelstrom.php can strip bylines when a staff member's _maelstrom.restricted region/country list overlaps the post's regions-countries terms. Treat this as an internal safety net; do not document operational details beyond the meta shape in the plugin README.
SEO and archives
- Yoast hooks replace author meta with the bylines string when Yoast is active.
bylineLinkEnabled = falseaddsnoindex/nofollowon that term archive.- Native author archives 404; bylines term archives are canonical.
prc_sitemap_supported_taxonomiesoptsbylinesinto XML sitemaps.
WP-CLI
wp prc bylines guest-authors create --first=<first> --last=<last> [--middle=<middle>] [--dry-run]Dependencies
prc-platform-core(required)prc/term-data-store(PRC\TDS)- Yoast SEO (optional; SEO class is conditional)