I'm having a hard time accomplishing two things. I've created a custom post type for Events. I would like for the client to be able to post the event by the date. This means publishing posts that are scheduled for the future to appear published. I would also like the posts to revert back to drafts once the date has passed. Anyone know how to accomplish this? Here's the code I've been toying with:
<?php
// Register Custom Post Type: Events Posts
add_action('init', 'events_register');
function events_register() {
$labels = array(
'name' => _x('Events', 'post type general name'),
'singular_name' => _x('Event', 'post type singular name'),
'add_new' => _x('Add New', 'Event item'),
'add_new_item' => __('Add New Event'),
'edit_item' => __('Edit Event'),
'new_item' => __('New Event'),
'view_item' => __('View Event Item'),
'search_items' => __('Search Events'),
'not_found' => __('Nothing found'),
'not_found_in_trash' => __('Nothing found in Trash'),
'parent_item_colon' => ''
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'public' => true,
'publicly_queryable' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'query_var' => true,
'menu_icon' => 'dashicons-calendar-alt',
'rewrite' => true,
'capability_type' => 'post',
'hierarchical' => false,
'menu_position' => 4,
'supports' => array('title','editor','thumbnail')
);
register_post_type( 'events' , $args );
function setup_future_hook() {
// Replace native future_post function with replacement
remove_action('future_events','_future_post_hook');
add_action('future_events','publish_future_post_now');
}
function publish_future_post_now($id) {
// Set new post's post_status to "publish" rather than "future."
wp_publish_post($id);
}
add_action('init', 'setup_future_hook');
}
?>
This is my loop:
<?php // WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
'post_type' => array( 'events' ),
'order' => 'ASC',
'posts_per_page' => '4',
);
// The Query
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
// The Loop
if ( $query->have_posts() ) {
while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
$query->the_post(); ?>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="event-box">
<h4><?php the_title(); ?></h4>
<h5><?php the_field('venue_name'); ?></h5>
<div class="date"><?php the_date( 'F j, Y' ); ?></div>
<div class="time"><?php the_field('event_time'); ?></div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-6">
<a target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary" href="<?php the_field('buy_tickets_link'); ?>">Buy Tickets</a>
</div>
<div class="col-6">
<a target="_blank" class="btn btn-primary" href="<?php the_field('venue_link'); ?>">Venue Info</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php }
} else {
// no posts found
}
// Restore original Post Data
wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
Thanks!