[Resolved] Managing a CPT created by a 3rd party plugin

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[neilR]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I have a plugin which has created a CPT and taxonomies, but it doesn't have the flexibility of Toolset. I want to disable it and use Toolset instead to manage the existing and new data.

Is there any documentation that you are following?
A Google Search turned up this post: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/managing-cpt-created-by-3rd-party-plugin/ which links to a another forum post, now deactivated: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/linkining-custom-fields-and-post-types-created-with-3rd-party-plugin/

What is the current recommendation in this area please?

[Christopher Amirian]

Hi,

Welcome to Toolset support.

1. Custom Post Types:

For custom post types registered through the PHP function, you can remove the relevant PHP function and then register the post type through the Toolset Types, ensuring that the post type 'slug' remains the same.

As long as the newly registered post type 'slug' is the same as the previous one, the already entered posts would become available under these newly registered post types.

2. Custom Fields:

For the custom fields, you can visit the "Post Field Control" section, to select them to be managed by Toolset.
( you'll see the button at the bottom of the custom fields groups management screen at WP Admin -> Toolset -> Custom Fields )

Relevant documentation link:
https://toolset.com/course-lesson/convert-existing-custom-types-and-fields-to-types-control/

Please Note: The third-party plugin might have additional functions attached that are outside of Toolset's capabilities to handle. So on each scenario, you will need to test and see if it works ok.

Thanks.

[neilR]

Hi Christopher,
Thanks for the reply - I'll give that a go.
Perhaps you could consider updating that old post to point to the new documentation?
All the best,
Neil