WordPress.org

1. jonnyplow
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I created a post type, and then allowed only the editor, page-attributes, revisions, and comments for the page. I intentionally left out title. I then have a metabox with some fields. After entering in the metabox fields and publishing, I notice the title is actually "auto draft" when I look at the single page or the post listings for it.

   I don't want to use the standard title box to enter the title either, I actually want to use one of the custom fields to replace it. But I don't just want to mask it. I actually want to have the custom field saved as the actual title for the post also. This way when I look at the single page as well as the list of posts, it appears correctly there. I just can't seem to find a solution.

2. jonnyplow
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   This stuff was originally posted here.

   But I just tweaked it to work for 1 custom field to replace the title. It works perfect (thus far)!!!
   

   add_filter('title_save_pre', 'save_title');
   function save_title($my_post_title) {
           if ($_POST['post_type'] == 'post_type_name') :
             $new_title = $_POST['custom_field_name'];
             $my_post_title = $new_title;
           endif;
           return $my_post_title;
   }
   
   add_filter('name_save_pre', 'save_name');
   function save_name($my_post_name) {
           if ($_POST['post_type'] == 'post_type_name') :
             $new_name = $_POST['custom_field_name'];
             $my_post_name = $new_name;
           endif;
           return $my_post_name;
   }

3. mcmasterp
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   this doesn't work for me but I can't figure out why. it seems like the right way to do it. but when I hit save it doesn't save the post. it also screws up my permalinks.

4. antonymken
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   try this

   the code below sets the value of the hidden field, to the value of a custom field of your choice.
   this tricks wordpress into saving the hidden field as the title :)

   <div id="titlewrap">
   <input type="hidden" name="post_title" size="30" tabindex="1" value="" id="title" autocomplete="off" />
   </div>

   <script type="text/javascript">
   $( '#customfieldofchoice' ).blur( function () {
   $( '#title' ).val($( '#customfieldofchoice' ).val());
   });
   </script>

5. billybitmap
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   @jonnyplow: Thank you. This works great for me when I'm updating a custom post.

   However, when I save a post for the first time the title doesn't get saved. Is there another hook I need to use for triggering the function on a first save?

Topic Closed

This topic has been closed to new replies.