In this tutorial-style case study, I’ll walk you through how we structured a clean, scalable system for a fictional yoga studio, using only native Greyd.Suite features.
No plugins. No custom code. Just smart architecture, native performance, and flexibility.
The challenge
Our fictional yoga center needed:
- Weekly classes, each with a specific teacher, room, style, and level
- A team of instructors with bios and associated yoga methods
- Several rooms, each tied to particular styles
- Filtering by teacher, style, room, level, day, and time
- A proper chronological schedule, not just filterable content
In most WordPress setups, this would result in complex ACF relationship fields, or repeaters within CPTs. Greyd.Suite offers a better way: global taxonomies and smart custom fields.
The Content Model
Custom Post Types
We use three CPTs:
- Classroom – physical yoga rooms
- Class – one post per scheduled session
- Teacher – instructor bios and skills
Global Taxonomies
Greyd.Suite connects CPTs via six global taxonomies:
- Instructor – connects classes to teachers
- Yoga Style – defines the style (Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, etc.)
- Level – difficulty level (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced)
- Time Slot – general label for when the class happens (e.g. Morning, Evening)
- Day – weekday the class takes place
- Room – links to the physical space
These taxonomies allow filtering across any CPT. A term like “Beginner” or “Monday” is shared across posts. No duplication, and full reusability.
Custom Fields
WordPress doesn’t allow sorting by taxonomy. That’s where two custom fields in the Class CPT come in:
- Time for Sorting – entered in 24-hour format (e.g. 09:00), used to display classes chronologically
- Day for Sorting – a numeric value (1 = Monday), allows proper weekday order
Together, they solve the biggest limitation in native WordPress: sorting by time and day.
How the pieces fit
Here’s how each CPT is connected:
- Class is linked to all global taxonomies and has the two sorting fields
- Teacher is connected to Instructor and Yoga Style
- Classroom is connected to Room and Yoga Style
This approach lets you:
- Build instructor pages with automatically loaded classes
- Group classes by room or style without hardcoding anything
- Display class schedules that are filterable and sortable
Building the display templates
Greyd.Suite’s visual editor makes it easy to query, sort, and display content dynamically. Some common templates include:
1. Weekly class overview
Loop over Class posts, filtered by the current week. Add frontend filters for:
- Yoga Style
- Instructor
- Room
- Level
- Day
Then sort the loop using:
- Day for Sorting
- Time for Sorting
This gives you a clean, chronological weekly view—something you can’t achieve with taxonomies alone.
2. Single class view
For each Class post:
- Pull in the Teacher bio by matching the Instructor term
- Display the Room details
- Show all relevant taxonomy terms (style, level, day, time slot)
3. Teacher profile
Show one Teacher post with a dynamic list of classes:
- Use a query to list Class posts that match the same Instructor term
- Sort by time
- Optionally filter by Yoga Style
4. Room detail page
Same idea: filter Class posts by the current Room term. Let users view what’s happening in that space this week.
Why this works for real businesses
This setup isn’t just elegant, it’s simply practical.
If your yoga studio adds new instructors, styles, or rooms, you just add taxonomy terms. Want to show classes on Friday afternoons with advanced difficulty in the Lotus Room? Done in seconds.
You’re not locked into rigid relationships. And because Greyd.Suite uses WordPress’s native query engine, everything loads superfast.
TL;DR
Don’t fight WordPress, work with it. With Greyd.Suite, you can:
- Use post types for content structure
- Use global taxonomies for filtering
- Add custom fields for sorting
- Build dynamic templates that scale
This approach is fast, flexible, and future-proof.
Want to try it yourself? Download the free version of Greyd.Suite, then grab the demo site and import it via the Greyd Hub.
Would you like to explore our fictional yoga center website?