Migrate CPT from different theme

Your custom post type data is still in your database, specifically the posts table, so you don’t need to transfer anything. You just need to recreate the custom post type registry to match it. The key will be the name/slug that you give it. You’ll want that to match up with the previous one, which looks to be gamepress.

Wrote the exact custom post type name that the old theme created and it caught the correct one, then I was able to change it and edit it without a problem.

Works great! Thank you! Topic Resolved.

One final question that relates to this subject.

I got the post type by using the name ‘gamepress_video’ which is the default name from the gamepress theme. I saw all my videos were there and so I decided to change the name to something more appropriate by editing the CPT. I changed the name to ‘videos’ and now I don’t see my old content anymore. Obviously if I revert back it works, which means that by editing a CPT name I’m just changing the reference and not in the DB.

The follow-up question is then this – can I change the CPT name in any way or am I stuck with ‘gamepress_video’. I know that the labels are what readers see so it shouldn’t be an issue, but I’d still like to understand if there is a way to change it within the plugin. I’m assuming no since you don’t deal with the DB itself, but if I was to go in and change it all in the DB it should work right?

Correct, changing the CPT name doesn’t change anything in the database, you’re more or less creating a new one. You’ll need to find a way to change them in the database as well, whether manually or via some plugin that will change the values for you. I don’t know any by name, but I’ve seen people mention some so it’s worth searching for.

That pretty much answered both parts of the question, after reading part two.

Ok thank you, resolved the topic :).