Reply To: Change Post Status on Edit

• John Huebner

• November 21, 2015 at 12:49 am

This filter can also be used for other purposes, for example changing the post status for a post would look something like this

<?php 

  function my_pre_save_post($post_id) {
  
    // check for numerical post_id and check post_type
    if (!is_numeric($post_id) || get_post_type($post_id) != 'post') {
      return $post_id;
    }

    // update status to draft
    $post = array(
      'post_status'  => 'draft' ,
    );  

    // update the post
    $post_id = wp_insert_post($post); 
    wp_update_post($post);
    
    return $post_id;
  }
  
  add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'my_pre_save_post', 10, 1 );
  
?>