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I need to trigger some actions in response to certain forum activity. For example, when a use's answer gets accepted, I want to add an entry to the user's meta data. I would prefer not to hack the code such we can't apply future updates.
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Great! I've been examining the plugin and I see a lot of do_action hooks before and after printing out questions/answers/etc. So far, I haven't found any that are connected to actions, such as a question getting accepted. Thanks for your help!
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Hi,
As Q&A uses custom post types, you can mostly use standard WP actions.
In your case, a post meta update is done for the question of the related answer. You can have a look at votes.php file how plugin saves related post meta (_accepted_answer).
A sample code to be included inside functions.php of your theme:
function add_usermeta_for_qa( $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value ) {
// Check if this is the correct post meta
if ( $meta_key != '_accepted_answer' )
return;
$answer_id = (int) $_POST['answer_id'];
// We may need this for other things
$question_id = get_post_field( 'post_parent', $answer_id );
if ( 'on' == $_POST['accept'] ) {
// Find the author of the answer
$answer = get_post( $answer_id );
// Get his existing accepted answers
$old_value = get_user_meta( $answer->post_author, 'accepted_answers', true );
if ( $old_value )
$new_value = $old_value . ",". $answer_id;
else
$new_value = $answer_id;
// Write new value to his user meta
update_user_meta( $answer->post_author, 'accepted_answers', $new_value );
}
}
add_action( 'update_postmeta', 'add_usermeta_for_qa', 10, 4 );
This sample saves accepted answers separated with a comma.
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Greetings StreetofWalls,
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Hey @StreetofWalls
Welcome to the Community!
Let me pass this onto our developer, Hakan. He should be able to help you out here :)
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Great! I've been examining the plugin and I see a lot of do_action hooks before and after printing out questions/answers/etc. So far, I haven't found any that are connected to actions, such as a question getting accepted. Thanks for your help!
Developer (joined February 2012) Likes (0)
Hi,
As Q&A uses custom post types, you can mostly use standard WP actions.
In your case, a post meta update is done for the question of the related answer. You can have a look at votes.php file how plugin saves related post meta (_accepted_answer).
A sample code to be included inside functions.php of your theme:
This sample saves accepted answers separated with a comma.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Hakan
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Greetings StreetofWalls,
We have not heard back from you as to the status of this issue.
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This action will also bring your ticket up front back in plain view again within the ticket system.
Thank you for being a WPMU Dev Community Member!
Cheers, Joe
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