There is not a way, but it may be on track as being a feature in WordPress in the future. https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/23168 WordPress currently depends on the core statuses, even if you hide them. Woocommerce, for example, has its own statuses for its custom post types, but they still depend on “draft” etc. I needed this … Read more
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There’s a more elegant way of updating your posts using the global $wpdb. function rsc_unpublish_all_ads( $post_id, $post, $update ) { // select all ads other than the current one $args = array( ‘nopaging’ => true, ‘post__not_in’ => array($post_id), ‘post_type’ => ‘rsc-ads’, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘fields’=>’ids’ ); $query = new WP_Query($args); $published_ads = $query->posts;//array of post … Read more
From WP 3.7 you have the option to hook to the save_post hook directly for you post_type. For example: function update_post_parent_status_on_complete( $post_id ) { if(!isset($post)) $post = get_post($post_id); // checking the status you want and also that has a parent if ($post->post_status == ‘completed’ && $post->post_parent !=0 ){ $parent_id = $post->post_parent; update_post_meta($parent_id, ‘screening_status’, ‘screen’); } … Read more