WordPress Update custom post status by clicking custom link in admin - wordpress

Question

i have a site where i get posts from users, those posts save in WP as a custom post with status pending,
Admin have custom link in that custom post type page Approve | Reject
Approve should change post status to Public
Reject Should change post status to trash/del
can anyone tell any hook to anything which i can run to change post status from backend by clicking these custom links
the code of approve | reject button if anyone want to see
add_filter( 'manage_dream_posts_columns', 'smashing_filter_posts_columns' );
function smashing_filter_posts_columns( $columns ) {
$columns['decision'] = __( 'Decision Pending', 'rima' );
return $columns;
}
add_action( 'manage_dream_posts_custom_column', 'smashing_dream_column', 10, 2);
function smashing_dream_column( $column, $post_id ) {
if ( 'decision' === $column ) {
if (get_post_status ( $post_id ) == 'pending') {
echo '<div class="decision">ApproveReject</div>';
}
else {
echo '<div class="decision"><span class="dapprove">Approved</span></div>';
}
}
}

Answer 1

You could do something like this - it's a bit hacky and uses jQuery but is a quick fix for your issue using an Ajax method so it all works realtime with your admin screen. You can approve/reject multiple posts without any page reloads, including some colour feedback to let you know what's happening.
You need to add 2 new actions:
add_action( 'wp_ajax_set_post_status', 'set_post_status_ajax_handler' );
add_action( 'admin_footer', 'set_post_status_js' );
Then add these functions:
function set_post_status_js()
{
$nonce = wp_create_nonce('set_post_status');
$ajax_url = admin_url('admin-ajax.php'); ?>
<script type="text/javascript">
(function($){
$(document).ready(function(){
$('.decision a').click(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
$.post( "<?= $ajax_url; ?>", {
nonce: "<?= $nonce; ?>",
action: 'set_post_status',
post_id: $(this).data('post_id'),
status: $(this).data('status'),
}, function(data){
if (data.ok) {
var postStateLabel = (data.status === 'publish') ? '<span style="color: #009900;">Approved</span>' : '<span style="color: #990000;">Rejected</span>';
$('#post-' + data.id)
.css('background', data.status === 'publish' ? '#EEFFEE' : '#FFEEEE')
.find('.post-state').html( postStateLabel );
}
});
});
});
})(jQuery)
</script>
<?php
}
And
function set_post_status_ajax_handler()
{
$nonce = $_POST['nonce'];
if ( ! wp_verify_nonce( $nonce, 'set_post_status' ) )
die ( 'Not permitted');
// Extract the vars from the Ajax request
$post_id = $_POST['post_id'];
$status = $_POST['status'];
// Now update the relevant post
$post_id = wp_update_post([
'ID' => $post_id,
'post_status' => $status,
], true);
// make sure it all went OK
if (is_wp_error($post_id))
{
$response = [
'ok' => false,
];
} else
{
$response = [
'ok' => true,
'id' => $post_id,
'status' => $status,
];
}
// Return the response
wp_send_json( $response );
}
Finally, you need to change your Approve / Reject links to this HTML:
echo '
<div class="decision">
Approve
Reject
</div>';
Hopefully that will get you sorted. Cheers.