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  • February 25, 2021 at 2:42 AM #24622
    ben06ben06
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    Hi,

    When I publish a post, I would to add to the post title, the version of the document (metabox 'version').
    How can I add the data from the 'versionning' field to the post title ?
    Like this : POST_TITLE 'version'

    $meta_boxes[] = [
    'title' => esc_html__( 'Version', 'text-domain' ),
    'id' => 'versionning',
    'post_types' => ['docs'],
    'context' => 'side',
    'priority' => 'high',
    'fields' => [
    [
    'id' => $prefix . 'version',
    'name' => "Version",
    'type' => 'text',
    'step' => "0.01",
    'required' => 1,
    ],
    ],
    ];

    February 25, 2021 at 12:48 PM #24634
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi Ben,

    You can use the action rwmb_{$meta_box_id}_after_save_post and the function wp_update_post() to update the post title after saving a specific meta box.

    Here is the sample code:

    add_action( 'rwmb_versionning_after_save_post', 'update_post_title' );

function update_post_title( $post_id ) {
    // Get the field value
    $my_meta = rwmb_meta( 'version', '', $post_id );

    // Get the post title
    $my_post_title = get_the_title( $post_id );
    
    // Preprare update post
    $my_post = array(
        'ID' => $post_id,
        'post_title' => $my_post_title . ' ' . $my_meta,
    );

    wp_update_post( $my_post );
}
    February 25, 2021 at 6:41 PM #24640
    ben06ben06
    Participant

    Thank you it works well!

    January 6, 2022 at 2:48 AM #33021
    Alperen OzkanAlperen Ozkan
    Participant

    Where can I find $meta_box_id ?

    January 6, 2022 at 8:11 AM #33030
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi Alperen,

    It's the field group ID if you use the Builder, please follow this documentation to get more details https://docs.metabox.io/creating-meta-boxes/

    February 22, 2022 at 1:13 AM #34045
    YasmineYasmine
    Participant

    Hi Long,

    I am also trying to do this. But I need some help with the above sample code and documentation. Can you possibly indicate which elements I need to customise and with exactly what. It is really helpful when you can add //update this variable with your meta-box-id. I am very new to this and so nothing is obvious to me.

    I will also need to do this for post excerpt and post content...

    Many thanks!
    Yasmine

    February 23, 2022 at 5:28 PM #34073
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi Yasmine,

    If you are using the builder, you can share the code that creates meta box (field group) and custom fields on your site. I will help you to indicate the meta box ID.
    https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/meta-box-builder/#getting-php-code

    February 24, 2022 at 8:04 PM #34107
    YasmineYasmine
    Participant

    Hi Long,

    I just saw your reply. Thank you. Here is my PHP:
    https://pastebin.com/BUunL5vK

    February 24, 2022 at 10:29 PM #34115
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi Yasmine,

    If you want to update the post title by the field Research Title value, here is the code:

    add_action( 'rwmb_research-summary_after_save_post', 'update_post_title' );

function update_post_title( $post_id ) {
    // Get the field value
    $my_meta = rwmb_meta( 'academicpost_title', '', $post_id ); //include the $prefix academic to the field ID
    
    // Preprare update post
    $my_post = array(
        'ID' => $post_id,
        'post_title' => $my_meta,
    );
    wp_update_post( $my_post );
}
    February 24, 2022 at 11:14 PM #34119
    YasmineYasmine
    Participant

    Thank you again Long.

    And would it be the same logic for post_content? And excerpt? Eg:

    add_action( 'rwmb_research-summary_after_save_post', 'update_post_content' );

function update_post_title( $post_id ) {
    // Get the field value
    $my_meta = rwmb_meta( 'academicpost_content', '', $post_id );

// Prepare update post
$my_post = array(
    'ID' => $post_id,
    'post_content' => $my_meta,
);
wp_update_post( $my_post );
}
    February 25, 2022 at 9:28 AM #34126
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    Yes, it will work with post_content or other post elements. Please read more on the documentation https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_insert_post/

    February 25, 2022 at 2:04 PM #34133
    YasmineYasmine
    Participant

    Thanks ... I don't understand how to apply the documentation - hence my question... Is this correct?

    
add_action( 'rwmb_research-summary_after_save_post', 'update_post_content' );

function update_post_content( $post_id ) {
    $my_meta = rwmb_meta( 'academicpost_content', '', $post_id );

$my_post = array(
    'ID' => $post_id,
    'post_content' => $my_meta,
);
wp_update_post( $my_post );
}
    February 26, 2022 at 10:01 AM #34147
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Yes, it is correct. Can you please confirm it works?

    December 9, 2022 at 11:42 AM #39634
    SolaceSolace
    Participant

    If I wanted to combine two field_id's to create a custom title how would I go about merging them? For instance, I have first_name and then last_name. I want both of these to show in post_title together.

    Also can that be applied to rewrite the slug of the post? Right now it displays as auto-draft.

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