Automatic deletion of published WordPress posts - wordpress

Question

I have created a custom post similar to WordPress posts that I want to delete automatically every time (for example, every day or every week).
Is there a function for this?
I know that you can delete trash posts with the following function
define('EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS', 10 );
But what about custom created posts?
Thanks for your help

Answer 1

I think, this code will full fill your requirements.
// Define the custom post type that you want to delete automatically
$custom_post_type = 'your_custom_post_type';
// Function to delete the custom post type posts
function delete_custom_post_type_posts() {
// Get all published posts of the custom post type
$current_date = current_time('Y-m-d');
$yesterday_date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-1 day', strtotime($current_date)));
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'date_query' => array(
'after' => $yesterday_date,
'before' => $current_date,
'inclusive' => true
)
);
$my_posts = get_posts( $args );
// Loop through the posts and delete them
foreach ( $my_posts as $my_post ) {
wp_delete_post( $my_post->ID, true );
}
}
// Schedule the event to run every week
if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'delete_custom_post_type_posts_event' ) ) {
wp_schedule_event( time(), 'twicedaily', 'delete_custom_post_type_posts_event' );
}
// Hook the function to the scheduled event
add_action( 'delete_custom_post_type_posts_event', 'delete_custom_post_type_posts' );```

Answer 2

You can delete published posts every week by setting up a wp_schedule_event
Hope this code helps
// Define the custom post type that you want to delete automatically
$custom_post_type = 'your_custom_post_type';
// Function to delete the custom post type posts
function delete_custom_post_type_posts() {
// Get all published posts of the custom post type
$current_date = current_time('Y-m-d');
$last_week_date = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-1 week', strtotime($current_date)));
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'date_query' => array(
'after' => $last_week_date,
'before' => $current_date,
'inclusive' => true
)
);
$posts = get_posts( $args );
// Loop through the posts and delete them
foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
wp_delete_post( $post->ID, true );
}
}
// Schedule the event to run every week
if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'delete_custom_post_type_posts_event' ) ) {
wp_schedule_event( time(), 'weekly', 'delete_custom_post_type_posts_event' );
}
// Hook the function to the scheduled event
add_action( 'delete_custom_post_type_posts_event', 'delete_custom_post_type_posts' );