Auto expire posts in Event Calendar Pro WordPress

John Cotton comments:

I don't know the plugin, but this - with a couple of tweaks to edit field names - will do it.


function schedule_auto_expire_events(){
// Check we're scheduled
if( !wp_next_scheduled( 'auto_expire_events' ) ) {
wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', 'auto_expire_events' );
}
}
add_action( 'init', 'schedule_auto_expire_events' );

// Hook to our cron
function auto_expire_events(){
// This needs tweaking to match the extact post type
$query = new WP_Query( array( 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'post_status' => array( 'pending', 'publish', 'future' ), 'post_type' => 'event' ) );

while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
$query->the_post();

$id = get_the_ID();
$expire = get_post_meta( $id, '_the_meta_key', true ); // You need to edit this to add the name of the key you want to test

if( strtotime($expire) < time() ) {
wp_update_post( array( 'ID' => $id, 'post_status' => 'draft' ) );
}
}
}
add_action( 'auto_expire_events', 'auto_expire_events' );


Kyle comments:

This should work, it checks the past week, you could reduce that if you want.

add_action('my_daily_event', 'do_this_daily');
function my_activation() {

if ( !wp_next_scheduled( 'my_daily_event' ) ) {

wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', 'my_daily_event');

}
}

add_action('wp', 'my_activation');
function do_this_daily() {

$current_date = date('j M Y');
$past = date("j M Y",strtotime("-1 week"));

$find_events = new tribe_get_events(array(
'posts_per_page' => -1,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'start_date' => '$past',
'end_date'=> $current_date,
));
if($find_orders->have_posts()) : while( $find_orders->have_posts() ) : $find_orders->the_post();

global $post;

$my_post = array(
'ID' => $post->ID,
'post_status' => 'draft'
);

wp_update_post( $my_post );


endwhile;
endif;
}

Kyle comments:

Sorry let me revise

add_action('my_daily_event', 'do_this_daily');

function my_activation() {



if ( !wp_next_scheduled( 'my_daily_event' ) ) {



wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', 'my_daily_event');



}

}



add_action('wp', 'my_activation');

function do_this_daily() {



$current_date = date('j M Y');

$past = date("j M Y",strtotime("-1 week"));



$find_events = tribe_get_events(array(

'posts_per_page' => -1,

'post_status' => 'publish',

'start_date' => '$past',

'end_date'=> $current_date,

));

foreach( $find_events as $events){



global $post;



$my_post = array(

'ID' => $post->ID,

'post_status' => 'draft'

);



wp_update_post( $my_post );


}

Kyle comments:

Sorry, still early here, this should work http://pastie.org/9148896

Kyle comments:

If you wanted to execute it at a certain time of day, change the time() part to the UTC equivalent