[Resolved] Not Changing Post Status on Form Submission

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[Ian]

I have a post type for Vendor Listing that contains a large number of custom fields. When some of these fields are submitted I want the post status to change to "pending approval. When other fields are submitted I would like the post status to remain unchanged. As in if the post is published it remains published if it is pending approval it remains in that state.

I am more than happy to break this into two separate forms as this allows me to explain to vendors that making changes to the one form will result in their post going into a review process.

Is it possible to submit a form without changing the present status of the post involved

[Christian Cox]

Hi, an Edit Post Form can be set to "Keep original status" to maintain the original post status when the Form is submitted. If you would like to override that behavior programmatically based on custom field values, then you can use the Forms API to modify the post's status using wp_update_post. Depending on the criteria, you might be able to use the cred_save_data hook or the cred_before_save_data hook to manipulate the post status. We have documentation for these APIs available here:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api
Wordpress's function to modify a post:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_post

If you need help, I will need to know more information about which fields trigger specific actions.

[Ian]

Thanks