Custom Columns Don't Display Anything - wordpress

I have added a new column to a custom post type to display the post's ID. This works for the WordPress core post type, but not for my custom post type. I have tried using the manage_{post_type}_custom_column hook and just applying it to all posts, but neither works.
It DOES add the custom column headers, but I can't populate them with anything at all when viewing the custom post type.
This is what it looks like when viewing the custom post type
and
this is what it looks like when viewing a regular core post.
// Add post ID column to use an order ID in all posts view.
add_filter('manage_posts_columns', 'oms_order_id_header');
add_action('manage_posts_custom_column', 'oms_order_id_column', 10, 2);
function oms_order_id_header($columns) {
//Remove title column
//unset($columns['title']);
//Add new columns
$columns['order_id_header'] = 'Order ID';
$columns['customer_header'] = 'Customer';
$columns['author'] = 'Owner';
return $columns;
}
function oms_order_id_column( $column, $post_id ) {
if ($column == 'order_id_header') {
echo $post_id;
}
}

This turned out to be an issue with the post type being set to hierarchical. Hierarchical post types need to be targeted by a different action hook than the one used here.
Instead of manage_posts_custom_column, hierarchical post types need to use manage_pages_custom_column.

I just tried you code and it seems to be working perfect on my WordPress installation in both cases: Custom Post and Post.
Maybe your error is happening because your posts are drafts? I don't think so but maybe. (I tried your code also with drafts on my installation and it worked). Here is the screenshot:
Try printing "hello world" instead of the $post_id to check if it prints in all cases.

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How to hide a content on WordPress after receiving a certain number of views

How can I hide content in a post or page after it has received a certain amount of views I have set using a shortcode in WordPress?
Let's say I make a post. I enclose some content in the shortcode. I set the content to be shown for just 500 views. Then once the post reaches 500 views, the content should disappear from the post or page.
I have tried so many other plugins but couldn't find any solutions to this. wp-limit-post-views plugin also didn't solve my problem. I need help on this.
You could try something like that:
function hide_contents_function($atts, $content) {
$attributes = shortcode_atts(
array(
'count' => 500
),
$atts
);
// Get the max counts for the current post from the DB.
// You could use either an options if the counter is global, or the post meta.
// For this example I am using options, but it's up to you the implementation
$total_count = get_option('total_count', 0);
// Alternative way using post meta to get the counter per page/post
$total_count = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'post_view_count', true);
if ( ! $total_count ) {
$total_count = 0;
}
// If the count loaded from the DB is bigger than the count
// property value then return nothing.
if ( $total_count > (int)$attributes['count'] ) {
return '';
}
return do_shortcode($content);
}
add_shortcode('hide_contents', 'hide_contents_function');
The above code, will register a short code that accepts an attribute allowing you to control how many views you want to have before you hide the contents.
In this example I used a single value from options table, but you are free to use any method you like to count the total views of a single post.
To use this short code you can do something like that:
[hide_contents count="345"]I will be hidden after 345 views.[/hide_contents]
Note that if you have installed any cache system, your content will not be hidden if the page is cached! That's not a problem of the short code, but the problem will occur because of the cache.
Finally, remember to update the counter of the views on each post refresh :)

Make Custom Post Type with custom field inherit category's custom field when empty

been struggling finding a solution to my problem for weeks.
Case :
I have a custom post type named : design. This CPT have a custom field (made with ACF plugin) called thematique. I created the same custom field (thematique) for design's categories.
Expected behaviour:
I want that whenever if we make a get_posts() or WP_Query if a design's thematique field is empty, it should inherit its categorie's thematique.
I've investigated into the pre_get_posts hook but I'm not quite sure how to handle it.
Anybody has an idea ?
Thanks in advance, I really appreciate your help !
You can just do this the easy way and inside your WP Query where you have the formatting for each returned item add this:
<?php $thematique = get_field('thematique'); //Gets current posts value of fiels
<?php if (empty($thematique)){ //Checks if the field is empty, if so do the following
$postCat = get_the_category(); //Get current posts category ID
$catID = 'category_' . $postCat; //Merge category ID and needed string for ACF
$thematique = get_field('thematique', $catID); //Updated the value of $thematique with categories value
}?>
Although not tested this should indeed work as it's how ACF says to get the value from categories. Find out more here.
#Ali_k
I'm not so sure about how to go about it though. I would need something like :
// Designs Thematique priority mechanic
function design_thematique_priority($query){
if($query->query['post_type'] == "design"){
foreach($query->posts as $post){
if($post->thematique == ""){
$post->thematique = $post->category->thematique;
}
}
}
}
add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', 'design_thematique_priority' );
But I don't think there is any loop I can use to loop through posts in pre_get_posts right ?

Add specific words to WordPress custom type slug

I have a WordPress installation with a custom type (places) wich produces this permalink structure:
http://example.com/places/the-first-site/
And I would like to show all my sites like this:
http://example.com/places/visit-the-first-site-and-enjoy/
where 'visit' and 'and-enjoy' would be always those specific words (constants).
Even better I would like to put a custom taxonomy I have (year) as a metadata
places/visit-the-first-site-and-enjoy-1985/
I can access the DB and modify the post name of all post, but I would have to do for the new post also, and I'm looking for some automated rule, but can't find how to do.
Maybe some rewrite rule, but I don't know how to do it.
Any ideas??
You do not have to edit anything in your database nor any codes in your WordPress installation; you can achieve that directly from your WordPress administration panel.
From your Dashboard, click on the Permalink sub-menu under Settings; there, you will have to select the Custom Structure option and set it as follow in order to achieve your desired effect:
/places/visit-%postname%-and-enjoy-%year%/
Please note: here, we made use of both %postname% and %year% Structure Tags so as to get names of posts with their corresponding year of publication respectively.
Don't forget to click on the Save Changes button on the page in order to effect your changes.
... Read more on Permaklinks (for general knowledge).
For a custom post type and taxonomies as expressed further in comments, you will need a custom solution which will require a little bit of coding and or tweaking, depending on your abilities; you may use this handy plugin (Custom Post Type Permalinks) from the WordPress.org Plugins repository.
This posts should equally be of great help to you, to getting started and understanding further, should you chose to code.
You have différent hook like save_post or pending_to_publish, where you can set or change the "post_name" (that's corresponds to the permalink slug).
To Add specific words to WordPress custom type slug You have to Register custom rewrite rules.
suppose this is Your URL http://example.com/places/the-first-site !
and you have a post type places.
function add_rewrite_rules()
{
$wp_rewrite->add_rewrite_tag('%places%', '([^/]+)', 'places=');
$wp_rewrite->add_rewrite_tag('%state%', '([^/]+)', 'state=');
$wp_rewrite->add_permastruct('places', 'places/visit-%state%-and-enjoy/', false);
}
function permalinks($permalink, $post, $leavename)
{
$no_data = 'no-data';
$post_id = $post->ID;
if($post->post_type != 'story' || empty($permalink) || in_array($post->post_status, array('draft', 'pending', 'auto-draft')))
return $permalink;
$state = get_post_meta($post_id, 'location', true);
if(!$state)
$state = $no_data;
$permalink = str_replace('%state%', $state, $permalink);
return $permalink;
}
add_action('init', 'add_rewrite_rules');
add_filter('post_type_link', 'permalinks', 10, 3);
put this code in your custom post type plugin. and if get page not found error please change your permalink setting. or make a custom template file to show this post.

execute do_shortcode in functions.php

I'm trying to run a do_shortcode in functions.php with no luck
I'm using Types plugin http://wp-types.com/ for creating custom post types and custom fields.
What I'm trying do is adding a custom column in admin for view all custom posts that displays a thumbnail from a custom field.
This is what I got so far, but it seems that the shortcode doesn't work inside functions.php
// add a column for custom post type (products)
add_filter('manage_product_posts_columns', 'add_thumbnail_column');
add_action('manage_product_posts_custom_column', 'add_thumbnail_content', 10, 2);
function add_thumbnail_column($defaults)
{
$newSlice = array('thumbnail' => 'Image preview');
$counter = 2;
$array_head = array_slice($defaults,0,$counter);
$array_tail = array_slice($defaults,$counter);
$defaults = array_merge($array_head, $newSlice);
$defaults = array_merge($defaults, $array_tail);
return $defaults;
}
function add_thumbnail_content($column_name, $post_ID)
{
// this one works when putting into post content
echo do_shortcode('[types field="square-picture" id="' . $post_ID . '" size="thumbnail"]' . '[/types]');
}
Can anyone help please?
In the Wordpress notes for the function it says
"If there are no shortcode tags defined, then the content will be
returned without any filtering. This might cause issues if a plugin is
disabled as its shortcode will still show up in the post or content."
Types may be conditionally declaring their short code only when you are on the frontend. What may be happening is that, in the admin, the short code is not defined and you are simply getting a false return. While on the frontend, the shortcode is defined and you get the results you intended.

is there a way (plugin) to insert html/css/images ect automatically into every wordpress post?

is there a way (plugin) to insert html/css/images ect.. automatically into every wordpress post? most of my posts are going to be very similar so is there a plugin that will automatically insert the pre written html/css/ ect in every post as opposed to me entering it manually every time.
Thank you in advance ;-)
You can write your own simple function for this, see my example below:
add_filter( 'default_content', 'my_editor_content' );
function my_editor_content( $content ) {
global $post_type;
if( $post_type == 'post') { /* Or your custom post type, pages etc. */
$content = 'Your custom HTML/CSS content here';
}
return $content;
}
Place this in functions.php and it will be the default content of every new post/page/custom post type you create.
For a list of available post types, please refer to the Codex
You could use a plugin such as Ad injection, it will allow you to do what you need without having to alter / amend / ad any code to the templates or files

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