I am using custom post_type and inside the loop I echo get_delete_post_link but there is nothing echoing.
<?php
$wpquery = new WP_Query('post_type=myposts');
if( $wpquery->have_posts() ) {
while ($wpquery->have_posts()) : $wpquery->the_post();
$id = get_the_ID();
//just a test to see can I get post IDs and I get them
echo $id; ?>
<a href="<?php echo get_delete_post_link($id); ?>">Delete</a>
<?php endwhile; }
wp_reset_query();?>
This is the output
<a href="">Delete</a>
I am using custom post_type and inside the loop I echo get_delete_post_link but there is nothing echoing.
<?php
$wpquery = new WP_Query('post_type=myposts');
if( $wpquery->have_posts() ) {
while ($wpquery->have_posts()) : $wpquery->the_post();
$id = get_the_ID();
//just a test to see can I get post IDs and I get them
echo $id; ?>
<a href="<?php echo get_delete_post_link($id); ?>">Delete</a>
<?php endwhile; }
wp_reset_query();?>
This is the output
<a href="">Delete</a>
2 Answers
Reset to default 3Is the user logged in and is allowed to delete posts of this post type? There are three checks inside the get_delete_post_link function before anything starts happening:
if ( !$post = get_post( $id ) )
return;
$post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post->post_type );
if ( !$post_type_object )
return;
if ( !current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->delete_post, $post->ID ) )
return;
I'm wild-guessing it's the third check that's failing in your case. You can paste them into your code and replace return; with debugging code to see what's going on:
if ( !$post = get_post( $id ) ) {
echo 'could not get post. ';
} else {
echo 'got post. ';
}
$post_type_object = get_post_type_object( $post->post_type );
if ( !$post_type_object ){
echo 'could not get post object. ';
} else {
echo 'got post object. ';
}
if ( !current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->delete_post, $post->ID ) ){
echo 'user does not have proper capability. ';
} else {
echo 'user is ok to delete this post. ';
}
All I can see that might cause this is the check for delete permissions.
if ( !current_user_can( $post_type_object->cap->delete_post, $post->ID ) )
return;
If your user doesn't have delete permissions for the post the function returns nothing.
There could also be a filter on get_delete_post_link.