Pods

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The Pods Framework is an open-source, GPLv2+ licensed PHP project released on October 8th, 2008 by Matt Gibbs. Within weeks of the release, Scott Kingsley Clark joined the project as a contributor and eventually took over as lead developer mid-2011. The goal of Pods was to create an interface and PHP codebase that let you easily create, extend, and manage content types within WordPress. While the normal WordPress content architecture is limited to the built-in tables, a primary features of Pods allow you to base content types off of their own custom tables designed around each content types’ needs and the extensive object relationship toolset it brings to your web building experience.

The Pods Framework allows an ordinary user or developer to easily create and extend custom post types, content types, taxonomies, users, media, or comments — helping you keep your content organized and speed up the Web Development of your project.

Pods starts as a blank slate, as most frameworks do. The control is put into the hands of the developer to mould it into what is needed, without the fluff. Much of Pods’ functionality is coupled with a UI for easy administration, however, there are large portions of the codebase that can be optionally used for advanced implementations or specific project needs. You control everything while Pods Framework does the behind-the-scenes heavy lifting.