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Christian
Christian

Reputation: 63

Hook save_post not working with custom post type

I have problems to use a hook after a custom post type post (created with "Toolset Types" plugin), post is saved in WP backend.

As a simple example I tried this code:

function test123($post_id){
   file_put_contents('test.log',' TEST'."\n",FILE_APPEND);
}
add_action('save_post','test123');

If I save a standard wordpress post, everything works fine and the log is written but if I save a post of my custom post type the log isn't written. Also tried it with the hook "wp_after_insert_post", but it didn't work either...

It does't make sense to me, why this isn't working. Does anybody have an idea what the problem is?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1331

Answers (1)

Chris Heath
Chris Heath

Reputation: 432

The save_post hook only fires for WordPress' default post and page types. You'll need to use a custom hook (save_post_<post_type_slug>) for your custom post type, based on its slug/registered name.

If your custom post type is something like property_listing, then you'll need to call save_post_property_listing, like so:

add_action('save_post_property_listing', 'test123');

More info on the Wordress Developer Code Reference

Upvotes: 1

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