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3:07 pm
August 12, 2011
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galz
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Hi,
First off, this plugin is amazing. It really transforms WP into a true CMS.
My question is, I'm wondering if I can do a bulk roles assignment. I have a situation where I have 1 post that has 5000 "sub" posts that relate to it. The only way they are tied together in the db is through a custom field on the "sub" posts. They are not tied via the post_parent column in the wp_posts table so WP and RS don't know these posts are related.
What I'm trying to do, is assign a contributor to the 1 main post and have that role assignment propogate to the 5000 "sub" posts. I'm currently accomplishing this like so:
1. Call ScoperRoleAssignments::get_assigned_roles on the main post
2. Create an "entity" array for use in assign_roles() that matches the assigned roles I get in step 1.
For example: array( "custom_post_type_contributor" => array( $group_id => "entity") );
3. Then calling assign_roles() for each of the 5000 "sub" posts assigning them the "entity" array created in step 2.
This works great, except it's slow for a large number of "sub" posts. Is there any way to do a bulk role assignment so I would only have to call assign_roles once for all 5000 "sub" posts?
Or is there a way to tie the posts together somehow so that roles and permissions applied to the main post get inherited by the "sub" posts?
Thanks and please let me know.
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3:44 pm
August 12, 2011
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Kevin
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I would look into hacking function awp_query_descendant_ids().
Maybe something like:
if ( defined( 'MY_BULK_ROLES_HACK' ) ) {
// set $descendant_ids based on post_meta query you write
} else {
// set $descendant_ids based on existing post_parent query
}
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6:58 pm
August 14, 2011
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galz
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Thanks Kevin. I was able to make that work.
In addition to modifying awp_query_descendant_ids, I also had to modify _compare_role_settings to force group role propogation to descendants for a particular post type. I had to force $assign_for = "both". Otherwise, the following code, would never go into the if condition and awp_query_descendant_ids would never get called down the line:
// if assign_for was changed from 'entity' to 'children' or 'both', need to insert roles for children
if ( ($assign_for == ASSIGN_FOR_CHILDREN_RS) || ($assign_for == ASSIGN_FOR_BOTH_RS) ) {
if ( empty($role_assignment) || ( ASSIGN_FOR_ENTITY_RS == $role_assignment['assign_for'] ) ) {
$retval['new_propagation'] = ( $assignment_id ) ? $assignment_id : true;
$retval['role_change'] = true;
}
}
Does that make sense to do? Is there a simpler place in the code to indicate that group roles should be propogated to descendants even though the post being modified doesn't have descendants from WP's perspective (i.e. no post_parent values that match the post being modified)?
Thanks,
Gal
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7:16 am
August 15, 2011
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Kevin
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Good point about setting assign_for to 'both'.
I was also thinking that if you're planning to leave your hack enabled long-term, you should merge it with the normal awp_query_descendant_ids() output, instead of replacing it.
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1:09 pm
August 15, 2011
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galz
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yeah, that makes sense. I can add an apply_filters with the list of descendant ids your plugin generates to array_merge them with one that my hack generates.
Thanks!
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4:34 pm
August 15, 2011
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Kevin
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Sounds good. How about
apply_filters( 'awp_query_descendant_ids', $descendant_ids, $table_name, $col_id, $parent_id );
I'll add that to the development code soon if it looks sufficient to you.
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4:37 pm
August 15, 2011
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Kevin
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Actually, I'd rather swap those last two arguments:
apply_filters( 'awp_query_descendant_ids', $descendant_ids, $table_name, $parent_id, $col_id );
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7:00 pm
August 15, 2011
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galz
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Looks good to me. Hopefully that will help other developers.
I still won't be able to upgrade though (without reapplying the hack). I had to make another change to force propogation of roles on a save of a post that doesn't technically have any descendants (i.e. no other posts have the main post as a parent_post). Is there any hook or easy way to accomplish this? Otherwise, awp_query_descendant_ids never gets called.
Thanks Again,
Gal
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