New Listing Status

Hi Shane,

Are these paid or free listings or mixed?
I don’t think there is a way to alter this per CPT, but is that what you are asking or are you asking per user?

Please explain a bit more and i’ll be able to suggest the best action.

Thanks,

Stiofan

Ok i think this is what i would do…
Set the default status to “Pending Review” and then add a hook on post_save that checks the conditions and sets the status publish only if met, example below (NOT TESTED):

function _my_save_post_actions($post_id, $post, $update) {
    // if an update then bail.	
    if($update){ return;}

	// a post type check
	if ( isset($post->post_type) && $post->post_type=='gd_place' && $post->post_status!='publish') {
		// unhook this function so it doesn't loop infinitely
		remove_action( 'save_post', '_my_save_post_actions', 10 );

		// we want to publish all gd_place listings
		wp_update_post(array(
                    'ID'    =>  $post_id,
                    'post_status'   =>  'publish'
                ));

		// re-hook this function
		add_action( 'save_post', '_my_save_post_actions',10, 3 );
	}

        // a user check
        $current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
        $allowed_user_ids = array(1,5,10,20);// list of allowed user ids
	if ( in_array( $current_user_id, $allowed_user_ids) && $post->post_status!='publish') {
		// unhook this function so it doesn't loop infinitely
		remove_action( 'save_post', '_my_save_post_actions', 10 );

		// we want to publish all gd_place listings
		wp_update_post(array(
                    'ID'    =>  $post_id,
                    'post_status'   =>  'publish'
                ));

		// re-hook this function
		add_action( 'save_post', '_my_save_post_actions',10, 3 );
	}

}
add_action( 'save_post', '_my_save_post_actions',10,3 );

hopefully that example is enough to get you going 🙂

Thanks,

Stiofan