[Resolved] Post Type no longer shows up in Post Form

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[Jack Regehr]

After I modified the Contacts Post Type, it no longer shows up in the 'Post type to create/edit:' field in any form.

The same thing happened after I modified the Signups post type. The 'Post type to create/edit:' field is empty in the ‘Form for Signups’ (ID: 3105) form, but the form still seems to be using the Signups post type, because I didn’t save the form after I modified the post type.

show_ui is checked in each case.
All plugins are updated.

[Waqar]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

Can you please confirm if the slug of these custom post types was also changed?

I've previously seen that when the slug of a custom post type is changed, any View or post form that was set to use it earlier will need to be updated to select that post type again.

Please save these forms once if you haven't already and see if these post types start appearing in the drop-down list. If they are available please select them and save the form again.

I hope this helps and please let me know how it goes.

regards,
Waqar

[Jack Regehr]

I did not change either post type slug. I saved the 'Contact Me' post form again. I had to choose a post type, so I choose Posts, for now.

I had also created a 'ContactMes' post type, but I also cannot see that in the 'Post type to create/edit:' field in any post form.

[Jack Regehr]

Hi Waqar:

Do you have any suggestions or next steps?

[Waqar]

Hi,

Thank you for sharing the update and I apologize for the delay in getting back on this.

I've performed some random tests on a few custom post types on my website, but couldn't reproduce this issue.

Can you please share a clone/snapshot of your website, so that I can troubleshoot this on my own server?
( https://toolset.com/faq/provide-supporters-copy-site/ )

I've set your next reply as private.

regards,
Waqar

[Waqar]

Thank you for sharing the duplicator package and I've managed to successfully deploy it on my server.

I'll be performing some tests and troubleshooting on this copy and will share my findings as soon as it completes.

Thank you for your patience.

[Waqar]

Thank you for waiting.

During troubleshooting, I noticed that the "publicly_queryable" option was unchecked for both, "Contacts" & "ContactMes" post types.

It is enabled by default in the post type settings.
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These post types start showing in the form's post type drop-down, once this option is checked.

Once these post types are available, please select them in their respective forms and save the settings.

[Jack Regehr]

That fixed it, thanks!