We looked at the features and process of both custom post types and custom forms in the previous sections. We started this chapter by discussing the custom post type features that have changed the way we develop with WordPress. Now, we can compare them with custom forms, and identify the advantages and disadvantages. Let's start by looking at the advantages of custom post types.
You may have already noticed the amount of coding we needed to get to display a custom form and use it for capturing data. We didn’t spent even half of the time doing the same thing with custom post types. Let's summarize the additional things we had to do in custom form development, compared to custom post types: ...
