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[Resolved] Pass post title and post ID to duplicated custom post slug

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Problem: I have a CRED form that allows users to clone a post by clicking the "Submit" button. This works, but I want the post's URL to change. I want the URL to be the same as the original post, but I want to append "-" and the post ID at the end.

Solution: Use the cred_save_data hook to modify the post after it's created. Tweak the slug, update the post, and copy any postmeta over into the duplicated post.

add_action('cred_save_data_22086', 'duplicate_post', 10, 2);
function duplicate_post($post_id, $form_data) {
  // get data of original post
  $post = get_post( $_POST['wpcf-container_id'] );
  $orig_slug = $post->post_name;
  $orig_id = $post->ID;
  $pos = strpos( $orig_slug, '-' . $orig_id);
  if ( $pos > -1 ) {
    // the -ID is part of the slug, so we need to get rid of that
    $orig_slug = substr( $orig_slug, 0, $pos);
  }
  $new_slug = $orig_slug . '-' . $post_id;
  // update the new post ID and slug
  $post->ID = $post_id;
  $post->post_name = $new_slug;
  wp_update_post( $post );
  // get fields of original post
  $fields = get_post_custom( $_POST['wpcf-container_id'] );
  // update the new post with these fields
  foreach ($fields as $key => $values) {
    foreach ($values as $value) {
      add_post_meta($post_id, $key, $value, false);
    }
  }
}

Relevant Documentation:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.strpos.php
http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_save_data
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_custom/
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_update_post/
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/add_post_meta

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Last updated by Rita 6 years, 7 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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Genius Christian
I think I am doing a little bit ok with html and css and then I am reminded of just how MUCH I still have to learn...
This works exactly as I had imagined and I couldn't have done it without your excellent help.
Thank you very much.
Rita

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