Force a post to draft if specific meta is invalid (or other reason), in this case the start and end date/time.
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| <?php | |
| /** | |
| * For a post to draft if specific meta is invalid, in this case the start and end date/time. | |
| * | |
| * @author Joshua David Nelson, [email protected] | |
| */ | |
| add_action( 'updated_post_meta', 'jdn_force_draft', 10, 2 ); | |
| function jdn_force_draft( $meta_id, $post_id ) { | |
| if( get_post_type( $post_id ) == 'events' ) { | |
| $start = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'event_start', true ); | |
| $end = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'event_end', true ); | |
| if( ( !$end || !$start ) || empty( $start ) || empty( $end ) ) { | |
| // Update post 37 | |
| $my_post = array( | |
| 'ID' => $post_id, | |
| 'post_status' => 'draft' | |
| ); | |
| // Update the post into the database | |
| wp_update_post( $my_post ); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } |
Source: https://gist.github.com/joshuadavidnelson/8f8cdfe38d1aff53d5dd
Tags: post meta, post save, post status
