I want to disallow some titles on wordpress and avoid publishing these posts.
example : "title : last news 8 hours ago"
When this sentence is in the post title, I want disallow publish the post. What's the solution?
I want to disallow some titles on wordpress and avoid publishing these posts.
example : "title : last news 8 hours ago"
When this sentence is in the post title, I want disallow publish the post. What's the solution?
Share Improve this question edited Feb 12, 2019 at 23:12 rudtek 6,4035 gold badges30 silver badges52 bronze badges asked Feb 12, 2019 at 22:54 mgt1234mgt1234 1 1- Can you provide some context? What problem is this solving for you? – Tom J Nowell ♦ Commented Feb 12, 2019 at 23:49
1 Answer
Reset to default 2The "easy" answer is: put a filter on it.
add_action( 'transition_post_status', 'my_function', 10, 3 );
function my_function( $new_status, $old_status, $post )
{
if ( 'publish' !== $new_status or 'publish' === $old_status )
return;
if ( 'post' !== $post->post_type )
return; // restrict the filter to a specific post type
$title = $post->post_title;
$restricted_title = "title : last news 8 hours ago";
if ($title == $restricted_title){ //if title matches unpublish
wp_update_post(array(
'ID' => $post->ID,
'post_status' => 'draft'
));
}
}
But if the title is slightly different from the string you hardcode it will fail. My suggestion is to make a list of "restricted words" or phrases and check all of them. Like this:
add_action( 'transition_post_status', 'my_function', 10, 3 );
function my_function($new_status, $old_status, $post){
if ( 'publish' !== $new_status or 'publish' === $old_status )
return;
if ( 'post' !== $post->post_type )
return; // restrict the filter to a specific post type
$title = $post->post_title;
// Add restricted words or phrases separated by a semicolon
$restricted_words = "word1;word2;word3";
$restricted_words = explode(";", $restricted_words);
foreach($restricted_words as $restricted_word){
if (stristr( $title, $restricted_title)){ //if title matches unpublish
wp_update_post(array(
'ID' => $post->ID,
'post_status' => 'draft'
));
}
}
}
Anyway, my take on this is that you will never be 100% sure that these kind of filter works. You should really do it by hand.