[Resolved] Allow the user to choose the status of their publication

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[jeanL-2]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I want to allow the user to choose the status of their publication from a front end publication form.
In the publication form I have a multiselect field with "publish", "draft" and "pending".

Thanks 😉

[Nigel]

The form settings specify what the status of the submitted post will be.

If you want users to be able to change this you should add a generic select field with the different options, and then use the Forms API to update the status after the form submission has been handled and the post created.

You can use the cred_save_data hook for this: https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_save_data

[jeanL-2]

Hi Nigel thanks for responding,

i added a generic select field with the different options in the form wich id is 31699,

I added the following code to function.php :

add_action('cred_save_data','func_update_post_status',10,2);
function func_update_post_status($post_id,$form_data) {
    if ( $form_data['id']==31699 ) {
        $my_post['ID'] = $post_id;
        $my_post['post_status'] = $_REQUEST['status'];
        // Update the post into the database
        wp_update_post( $my_post );
    }
}

but it doesn't work.....

[Waqar]

Hi,

Thanks for writing back.

To troubleshoot this, I'll need to see how this form is set up in the admin area.

Can you please share temporary admin login details, along with the link to the form page?

Note: Your next reply will be private and it is recommended to make a complete backup copy, before sharing the access details.

regards,
Waqar

[jeanL-2]

Hi,

Were you able to find the solution?

Jean

[jeanL-2]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!