VisualData

when an image is inserted into a post manually, the title and alt values are read from database and inserted to the post as text rather than variable. and thus texts are not automatically updated when you change the image title later.

I coded a plugin (CIO Custom Fields Importer add-on to WP All Import) which can update title, description, and custom fields of both images, pages and posts by importing from a csv file. images are actually stored in posts table as a custom post type called “attachment”. WP all import upload images automatically, and allows you to drag and drop columns from CSV file to construct title/content dynamically during import, and saves the template for future use. so if the information is kept in a spreadsheet, you may run the import again to update the whole website.

this needs change of workflow though. you will be making changes in a spreadsheet, not in the website directly. it works best when the post content follows a certain pattern, for example, image1, text1, image2, text2.

you may create products as a custom post type with custom fields to sort and filter.

if you have to create products as a page, there is a plugin Exclude Pages that allows you to show or hide pages.

hi,

redeclare the function may cause problems. can you modify your template and use your own function to display the values instead?

Hi nickchia,

You may try pods which is a flexible and powerful framework to develop cms on WordPress platform. user profile and roles can be easily done by extending users with custom fields, some fields for admin only and some fields to store images. you may search for an event plugin that produces a custom post type to be extended with pods. the alerts can be achieved by cron jobs.

I have coded an add-on to WP All Import which you might find useful to import users or custom post types. CIO custom fields importer the customers can be either users with role “customers”, or custom post types with custom fields storing data.

you may modify the template and use php to generate the date and show the date after the title.

if you really need date in the title, you may write a script and use cron job to update this post every day.

Hi there.

Are you sure you want customers to click and choose from thousands of designs? the number of choices are overwhelming and may not be the best user experience, even with images and titles. this is often site owner’s job, not customers 🙂

it is easier to display the custom post types in a gallery for customers to search, browse and choose. this is the approach that many ecommerce solutions take.

Hi,

have you found a solution to the problem?

You may modify your post template to show post title + current date. the current date can be generated by php code. the changes can apply to all posts, or your posts meeting certain criteria.