Reply To: Testing for duplicates before saving post using form

• jmcbade

• July 11, 2015 at 6:52 am

In trying to sort this out, it seems to boil down to the fact that the post is being saved no matter what. I want to circumvent the save if certain criteria are not met. In this case, that no previous post exists with the same title in a published state.

In my code sample, I am leaving the testing for that out because the primary issue is that I can’t seem to find a way to terminate the process before the pose gets saved. I am missing some step I think.

In my plugin file I make a call to:

add_action( ‘acf/pre_save_post’, ‘my_custom_post_type_function’, 1 );

function my_custom_post_type_function() {
// For the test, just terminate and return
return;
}

My Template file to create a new post entry looks like this:

<?php
/**
* Template Name: Post Entry for CPT
*
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Twenty_Twelve
* @since Twenty Twelve 1.0
*/
acf_form_head(); ?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”primary” class=”content-area”>
<div id=”content” class=”site-content” role=”main”>
<?php /* The loop */ ?>
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php acf_form( array(
‘post_id’ => ‘new_post’,
‘new_post’ => array(
‘post_type’ => ‘custom-post’,
‘post_status’ => ‘publish’,
‘category’ => ‘custom-post-category’,
‘submit_value’ => ‘Create a new post entry’
)

)); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
</div>
<!– #content –>
</div><!– #primary –>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>