Make Post Type Public

HI Jonah, I would be happy to provide a filter for making the content_block post type public in specific cases. Could you provide a code suggestion for implementing this?

Hi Johan,

Here you go:
In /wp-content/plugins/custom-post-widget/post-widget.php:

// Create the Content Block custom post type
add_action( 'init', 'my_content_block_post_type_init' );

function my_content_block_post_type_init() {
	$labels = array(
		'name' => _x( 'Content Blocks', 'post type general name', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'singular_name' => _x( 'Content Block', 'post type singular name', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'plural_name' => _x( 'Content Blocks', 'post type plural name', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'add_new' => _x( 'Add Content Block', 'block', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'add_new_item' => __( 'Add New Content Block', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'edit_item' => __( 'Edit Content Block', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'new_item' => __( 'New Content Block', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'view_item' => __( 'View Content Block', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'search_items' => __( 'Search Content Blocks', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'not_found' =>  __( 'No Content Blocks Found', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Content Blocks found in Trash', 'custom-post-widget' ),
		'parent_item_colon' => ''
	);
	$content_block_public = false;
	$options = array(
		'labels' => $labels,
		'public' => apply_filters( 'content_block_post_type', $content_block_public ),
		'publicly_queryable' => false,
		'exclude_from_search' => true,
		'show_ui' => true,
		'query_var' => true,
		'rewrite' => true,
		'capability_type' => 'post',
		'hierarchical' => false,
		'menu_position' => null,
		'supports' => array( 'title','editor','revisions','thumbnail','author' )
	);
	register_post_type( 'content_block',$options );
}

…and then the working filter:

function filter_content_block_init() {
	$content_block_public = true;
	return $content_block_public;
}
add_filter('content_block_post_type','filter_content_block_init');

Might not be the most elegant (I’m no PHP pro) but it works!

Hi Jonah,

I have updated the plugin with the suggested code. Could you please install and test this new version of the plugin: https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/custom-post-widget.2.5.3.zip

Please let me know if this works!

Hey Johan,

Looks good to me, thanks for adding it!

– Jonah

Great, I have just released the new version.

Hi Jonah, Johan,

thanks but it doesn’t work for me. I have VC and Custom Post Widget installed – added the function_ .. to my functions.php but I still do not see the custom posts available to select from in the visual composer. What am I doing wrong?

Also – other plugins that have WP widgets do not appear in the visual composer by default – any idea?

Thanks in advance,
Seb

Thanks guys, this was helpful.

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You can download it for free at

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Lovely enhancement! I was wondering if this was possible, and was very happy to read this post ??