Change Post Status From Published To Draft For Standard Posts & Custom Post Types – WordPress

This code changes the posts status of published standard posts and published CPT items.

• The Publish status is changed when the user role changes from editor to a custom role named customer which has the same capabilities as a subscriber.
• The Publish status changes for both standard posts & CPT items published by the editor.
• The code works with any plugin that create custom post types.

Installation

1. Copy & paste the PHP code to the end of your child themes functions file.
2. Swap out the CPT name from gd_place to the name of your CPT.

Remember to use your CPT slug & re-save permalinks.

Demo

View what the code does before you checkout.

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