cp/wp plugin: post type switcher - NOTES                rev 22 feb 2023

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cp/wp: classicpress and wordpress 
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➽ Description: 

  Summary of what it does. 

    Adds a simple post-type drop-down to the post editor interface, 
      allowing you to reassign any post to a new post type.
      Page to Post
      Post to Page
      Post to Custom
      Custom to Custom
   Bulk editing - can select all the posts in a certain type and 
     convert them to a new type.
   You will still need to check the posts/pages after,
     for things like tags, custom fields, etc.
     Also if they show in Admin Columns plugin (see below "issues").

  why i use this type of plugin: 
    On some occasion when i started out a website with posts/pages,
      and later realised they should be pages/posts.


  support: not much activity in forums.
           but has majority 5-star ratings, so maybe not much of an issue.

  privacy: TBD

  TBD
  CP compat:  [listed CP v1, author promises support, ...]
  CP support: [details]
  Version recommendation: FREEZE at n.n | UPDATE OK

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➽ Sources: 

  Plugin page: 
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-switcher

  Plugin site: TBD

  WordPress forums: 
    https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/post-type-switcher
    https://wordpress.org/search/classicpress+post-type-switcher/?forums=1
  ClassicPress forums:
    https://forums.classicpress.net/search?q=%22post%20type%20switcher%22

  Docs and code: TBD
    https://pluginwebsite.tld/

  Author: John James Jacoby



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➽ Issues: 

  * Some reports of converted posts being deleted on conversion
      - https://wordpress.org/support/topic/switched-pages-to-posts-and-all-of-them-got-deleted/
        31 oct 2020
      and a couple of others.
      But i think it's just that the posts are not where they expected to find them.
      Need to check.
      [31 oct 2020]

  * Changing WP posts selected by category and switching them
    to the custom post type disappear when Advanced Columns Pro is active.
      (when they deactivate the plugin the posts appear again in the 
      new custom post type). 
      [15 mar 2022]
      Not resolved as of 
      [22 feb 2023]
      Fixes (in replies to this post):
        - Resetting the columns
        - Adding a filter to manage custom post columns 
            https://hookturn.io/custom-admin-columns-for-wordpress-custom-post-type/


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➽ Install/config/uninstall:

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requires: 

   as ov v.3.2.0
   php:   > v.5.6.20
   wp:    > v.3.0
   mysql: > 5.7 - reportedly works fine with 5.6
   memory, anything else


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recommended related plugins: TBD


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install: 

  the usual.


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settings: TBD

    under Settings sidebar menu.
    has its own sidebar menu
    settings link on plugin page
    dashboard | tools menu || plugin screen || in file || none


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check: TBD
  [such as: mail sending? plugin sends/saves data for itself? plugin conflicts? etc]


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deactivate: TBD

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uninstall: TBD

  - deletes from database?

  tables: 
 


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➽ Notes:

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* Bulk edit option doesn't appear

    Several solutions:
    https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bulk-option-doesnt-appear/#post-14018119
    [23 may 2020]



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* problem changing to some post type"
    "the plugin generating the custom post types I want to switch
      from (namely DWQA Questions & Answers) uses a 'dwqa-comment'
      type for this field.
      So the issue has nothing to do with PST, sorry. Simply
      changing 'dwqa-comment' to 'comment' in the wp_comments database
      fully solves the problem."
      the plugin generating the custom post types I want to switch from (namely DWQA Questions & Answers) uses a 'dwqa-comment' type for this field.

      So the issue has nothing to do with PST, sorry. Simply changing 'dwqa-comment' to 'comment' in the wp_comments database fully solves the problem.
      [28 feb 2021]


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➽  links and resources: TBD



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➽  other plugins of same type: TBD


  
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  Why this one: TBD



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