Downgrade Ad from 'Featured Ad' to 'Free Ad' after 7 days circulating

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Last updated by Luo Yang 5 years, 8 months ago.

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June 24, 2019 at 6:34 am #1275459

Furlan

Hi,

I have a web site based on Toolset Types Classifieds.

I have 3 types of Ads: Free, Top and Hot. I need 'Top Ads' to circulate 7 days, afterwards and need to downgrade them to Free Ads and let them circulate 23 more days.

Is there an easy way to achieve this?
What variables should be considered?

Please I will appreciate your guide through the process.

June 24, 2019 at 7:51 am #1275505

Luo Yang

Hello,

There is a built-in feature within Toolset Forms plugin:
Automatic post expiration in Toolset forms
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/automatic-post-expiration/

It can change post status when post is expired once, but in your case, it needs to be changed twice.
So you will consider custom codes, here are my suggestions:
1) Use "Automatic post expiration" feature to change the post status to "Trash" after 30 days.

2) Setup a custom field "types of Ads", with three options: Free, Top and Hot

3) Create a Cron job:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_cron
Change 'Top' Ads posts to "Free" Ads posts, after 7 days