Automatically delete the attached file

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Last updated by Luo Yang 3 years ago.

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February 20, 2023 at 3:11 pm #2558123

gianlucaI-2

Tell us whIn the backend I have a "article field group" where I entered a file upload.
Is there a function that allows you to automatically delete the attached file in the front-end after 15 days?

February 20, 2023 at 3:46 pm #2558161

Nigel

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Hi there

There isn't such a feature available, and to implement something like this would require quite a bit of custom coding.

If you are knowledgeable about PHP then we can give you some pointers as to how you might add such a feature, though we cannot code it for you. If you are not then you would need to recruit a developer to do that for you. You can find developers who know Toolset well on our contractors page: https://toolset.com/contractors/

If you are handy with PHP and want to try it yourself, let us know and we can point you in the right direction.

February 21, 2023 at 1:57 pm #2558713

gianlucaI-2

Thank you, I would like to have more information on how to customize the code!

February 22, 2023 at 3:44 am #2559139

Luo Yang

In my opinion, you can try these:
1) Trigger a CRON job every day using a custom PHP function:
https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/cron/

2) In this PHP function:
Get all "article" posts IDs which are older than 15 days:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#date-parameters

3) Use above "article" posts IDs to get the custom file field values:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/

4) Use above file field values to get the attachment IDs:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/attachment_url_to_postid/
And delete them:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_delete_attachment/