plugin: ping.fm

There was an option in previous versions of the plugin to force all content from Ping.fm to be handled as posts. As of plugin version 2.0.0, all pings are being handled as posts with a custom post type, so I think the switch has become unnecessary.

All you really need to do is modify your blog’s template to show posts with a post_type of pingfm. Check out the “querying by post type” section on this page for more information on how to do that:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Custom_Post_Types#Querying_by_post_type

Hope that helps!

Matt

Thank you. Where do i find the post_type to change it?

There’s a post_type column in your wp_posts table. I suppose you could execute a simple query to update the post types…

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_type = 'post' WHERE post_type = 'pingfm'

Please excuse my ignorance, but where do i find the wp_posts table? Do i go into the server and look in the admin or content folder?

No problem.

Do you have access to phpMyAdmin? If you’re with a shared hosting provider, you’ll probably have it installed already. Go into your hosting control panel and find the area about databases. There might be a link to phyMyAdmin or a different tool that will let you do what you need.

As always, back up your database before trying anything.

Matt

Yes thank you, got it and I see the post_type column. How and where do i post or execute the query?

There should be an SQL tab that will let you execute arbitrary queries. Just copy and paste and hit the GO button.

I got this mesage

#1064 – You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘'post' WHERE post_type = 'pingfm&#039’ at line 1
UPDATE wp_posts SET post_type = & #039;post' WHERE post_type = 'pingfm'

Sorry. it’s Ok i got it. all that extra number stuff (&#039) was in the email, but i just copied straight from the post and it worked. Now I just have to see if my posts from ping go through as a blog post!

PS do i have to save before i get out of SQL?

It all seemed to work but posts from ping still being seen as status updates

https://successmartialarts.com.au/smablog/

Right. We updated existing posts, but that change won’t have any affect on future posts. In order for that to happen, you’ll need to modify your template like I first suggested. Check out the main loop in your template.

Existing posts are still showing as “stau updates” on the right hand side and not as full posts.

“All you really need to do is modify your blog’s template to show posts with a post_type of pingfm.” Do I do this in the data baee or somewhere else? I read the link you gave about custom post types but…

Hi…I have been trying to do this same thing since some time now and this is the only thread I found which talked about this but it seems to have been abandoned 6 months ago without a satisfactory conclusion, I wonder why ?

Anyone out here who can help ?