Hiya
So I have a client who’s requiring a front-end form that allows for 3 different ways of adding a new post:
http://d.pr/i/Z3NE <– image here
1) Add another – pretty sure i can do this by just setting the return URL to be back to this form. No problem here.
2) Save for later – this basically requires that the new_post array has a post_status of draft, instead of publish
3) Standard functionality as per new_post array.
Is there a way for me to hook up the ‘save for draft’ button so it does just that?
Using acf_form() what you’ll need to do is create something like a radio button field and then add a custom acf/pre_save_post filter https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-pre_save_post/ and set the status of the post in the filter.
Genius @hube2!
Thanks for the point in the right direction, I’ll give this a go.
Side question: When putting unique data into a filter like this, does all the other information from the form – fields, content, title etc – still get set, in _addition_ to whatever I specify/override in my filter?
If you keep everything in acf_form() the same, the acf built in pre_save_post filter is run. The only thing you should need to add to your filter are those things you want to do differently.
@hube2 I tried the above suggestion but post_status is not being set correctly – it still sets the post as published.
function my_pre_save_post( $post_id ) {
// check if this is to be a new post
if( $post_id != 'new_post' ) {
return $post_id;
}
// Create a new post
$post = array(
'post_status' => $_POST['acf']['field_58aa9af6e90cd'],
);
// insert the post
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $post );
// return the new ID
return $post_id;
}
add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'my_pre_save_post', 10, 1 );
In my case, the field field_58aa9af6e90cd returns either ‘draft’ or ‘publish’
Am I missing something?
Your post id will not be equal to “new_post”. ACF should have already inserted the new post.
What you need to do is check the post type that was inserted with get_post_type() and then update the post that was already inserted using wp_update_post() https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_post
Ah ok, so I’m essentially creating the new post, and then updating it’s status etc.
Got it tx.
Will give that a go.
