[Resolved] Assign author name and post id to title through cred form

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[garyF-3]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I have a custom post type call nominations. For each nomination, I want the post title (which is not used in the cred form), to be assigned automatically. I would like to assign the post title the name of the author and then the post id.

Is there any documentation that you are following?
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/unique-urls-for-specific-cpts-created-though-cred/
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/trying-to-create-post-title-from-2-custom-fields/
This illustrates some aspect of this but it doesn't help me with the post title assigned to an author.

Here is the code I have generated so far:

function sf_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data){
// Change your CRED Form "ID" accordingly below
if ($form_data['id']==8096){

//Declare the content of your variables, change "your_custom_field_slug" accordingly
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
$first = $current_user->user_firstname;
$last = $current_user->user_lastname;
$custom_title = $last.' '.$first;

//collect data and define new title
$my_post = array(
'ID' => $post_id,
'post_title' => $custom_title,
'post_name' => $custom_title
);

// Update the post into the database
wp_update_post( $my_post );

}
}
add_action('cred_save_data', 'sf_save_data_action',10,2);

The bit that I'm uncertain about is how to also add a post id or number so that each post has a unique id e.g. fred fox 1, fred fox 2, fred fox 3

[Shane]

Hi Gary,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

Firstly does this code currently save the new title ? If it does then we can figure out a way to do the number on the title as well.

Please let me know.
Thanks,
Shane

[garyF-3]

Hi Shane,
this code works ok.

I've moved on now so that I have added a custom user field called max posts.

function sf_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data){
// Change your CRED Form "ID" accordingly below
if ($form_data['id']==316093){

//Increment count and assign to post title
$current_user=wp_get_current_user();
$first = $current_user->user_firstname;
$last = $current_user->user_lastname;
$existing_value = get_user_meta($current_user, 'wpcf-max-posts', true);
$new_value = $existing_value;
$new_value = $new_value + 1;
update_user_meta( $current_user, 'wpcf-max-posts', $new_value);
$custom_title = $last.' '.$first.' '.$new_value;

//collect data and define new title
$my_post = array(
'ID' => $post_id,
'post_title' => $custom_title,
'post_name' => $custom_title
);

// Update the post into the database
wp_update_post( $my_post );

}
}

So the code works but it doesn't seem to increment on the form. In other words I keep getting Fred Fox 1 as the post title and not Fred Fox 1, Fred Fox 2...

[Shane]

Hi Gary,

The problem is that we are not able to store the last value.

So what you can do as a workaround or a valid solution is to have a special custom field to hold the incremented value . This custom field can be stored in a separate post or CPT then you can retrieve that value with the get post meta, Increment it by 1 and update the current post title. Then store that incremented value back into the custom field.

Please let me know if this solution works for you.
Thanks
Shane