Schema builder

The schema builder lets you add content types beyond Pages and Posts — a Case Study, Team Member, Webinar — each with its own fields.

Collections

A collection is a content type. Each has:

name — the machine name, e.g. case-study
label — what editors see, e.g. Case Studies
fields — the list of custom fields

Create a collection, then add fields to it. The collection appears under Content in the sidebar, and its fields render in the Add New form.

Field types

Type	Rendered as
`text`	Single-line input
`number`	Numeric input
`datetime`	Date and time picker
`color`	Colour picker
`boolean`	Checkbox
`textarea`	Multi-line text
`richtext`	Rich-text area
`json`	Multi-line JSON
`select`	Dropdown with fixed options
`multi-select`	Dropdown allowing several options

For select and multi-select, provide the option list.

Where the values go

Custom field values are stored alongside the record — not in new database columns. Adding a field never requires a migration, and removing one leaves existing values untouched in the stored data.

Relationship to the type

A collection’s name is the value stored in the record’s type. That is how a list knows which records belong to which collection, and how the sidebar builds one entry per type.