No video description?

This should do the trick.

Drop in child theme functions file or simple plugin…

add_action('added_post_meta', 'mytube_add_video_url_to_content', 10, 4);

function mytube_add_video_url_to_content( $meta_id, $post_id, $meta_key='', $meta_value='' ){
       
  // do nothing unless correct key
  if ( $meta_key != 'tube_video_oembed_url' ) return;

  // set up the update values
  $the_update = array(
      'ID'           => $post_id,
      'post_content' => $meta_value,
  );

  // Update the post into the database
  wp_update_post( $the_update );

}

Thanks for the help, worked like a charm!

Any ideas about setting the default post type? Even though I have it as video under the general WordPress setting, it still does not get posted as a video.

Regards,
Daniel

Go into the plugin’s import settings page.

/wp-admin/admin.php?page=tube-video-curator-settings&tab=import

There’s a post type selector there.

Sorry for skipping over that question on the previous reply.

Sorry for the late reply, got overwhelmed with work.

Not sure if I am missing something since I do not have any options, there is only one default post type set in stone (Post). The posting works fine because whenever there is new content on the channel it creates a post, but not with the video format.

Many thanks!
Daniel

If you had more than one “valid” post type for use with the plug-in, that setting would show as a drop down instead of set in stone (great choice of words BTW).

If memory serves, the only reason a post type would not be valid is if it does not have “thumbnail support.”

Can you please confirm that your “Video” post type does have thumbnail support?

I just checked and I do have video thumbnails in the posts that get generated (if this is what you mean?). The only downside is that right now I have to manually set each post to video for it to work properly with the theme that I am using.

The general wordpress post creation works fine, its set to video by default and if I add a new post its set straight to video.

To confirm…

1) Do you have a ‘public’ custom post type that’s called “Video” or similar?

2) If so, on that post type, is ‘supports’ set for ‘thumbnail’?

If yes to both, you should see a dropdown in the import settings page for post type, where you could select this custom post type.

Here’s the code that determines importable post types…

  // Returns an array of post types that can accept video imports
  
  function get_importable_post_types(){
        
    // get all public post types
    $post_types = get_post_types( array('public'   => true), 'objects' );
    
    // container for importable types
    $importable_post_types = array();
    
    // loop through the types
    foreach ($post_types as $type):
       
      // ensure thumbnail support
      if( ! post_type_supports( $type->name, 'thumbnail' ) ):
        continue;
      endif;
      
      // ignore pages, attachments, and skipped videos         
      if( $type->name === 'page' || $type->name === 'attachment' ):
        continue;
      endif;              
      
      // add the type and name to importable post types     
      $importable_post_types[$type->name] = $type->labels->singular_name;
     
    endforeach;
    
    // make sure there were importable types
    if ( count($importable_post_types) == 0 ):
     return NULL;
    endif;
     
    // return the importable types
    return $importable_post_types;
 
  }

Just looked around the codes (theme’s function.php, posts.php and tube-video-curator.php) and I did not come across that code snippet you copied and neither do I see anything relating to custom post types being defined.

Technically speaking, if I define a custom category then I should have a listbox appear?

Added a custom post type and it appeared under the import tab.

Quick update: Even with the custom post category, the default post format isn’t video.
Now I am slightly confused as to why I can’t get it to create posts with a video format.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by lefian. Reason: update

Okay, you are mixing up / failing to clarify terms and I think that’s at the heart of the confusion.

Post Type
– Defaults are post and page
– I thought you added a custom one called video

Category
– This has to do with taxonomies, not post types, and don’t think is what you’re referring to

Post Format
– This is a sub-function of some but not all post types and is NOT really used by the plugin out of the box

What I think you are really asking…

– How do I import to the default “post” post type, but set the post_format to “video” format?

Is that correct?

Yes, that is exactly right. Sorry for the confusion, still have to get my head wrapped around the general wordpress layout.

Ideally, I would like the plugin to do this automatically without having to manually edit each post or use some kind of additional plugin to bulk edit each post’s format.

Drop this in a child theme functions.php or a plugin…

add_filter( 'tube_vc_filter_post_pre_insert', 'my_tube_vc_filter_post_pre_insert', 10, 1 );

function my_tube_vc_filter_post_pre_insert( $my_post ){

  $my_post['tax_input'] = array('post_format' => 'video');

  return $my_post;

}

Please mark as resolved if that works for you.

Just tested the code and it works great. Thanks a million for taking the time to help me out!

Regards,
Daniel