cp/wp plugin: post type switcher - NOTES                        rev 26 aug 2021

Category: content
cp/wp: classicpress and wordpress 
webwalker: useful

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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 - ccan 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.

  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]


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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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