Get the id and title of custom post type for send notifications with FCM

Question

I have the following function that when I have a new post, I get the ID to get the title of the post and then use it to send it as a notification (Using Firebase Cloud Messaging). But these only work for POST.

function send_message_on_publish($ID, $post) {
    include('inc/functions.php');

    $title = 'New post!';
    $msgtext = $post->post_title;

    send_push($msgtext, $title);
}
add_action( 'publish_post', 'send_message_on_publish', 10, 2 );

But I need to use this same function for a CUSTOM POST TYPE (post_type=tribe_events), how could I get the ID and title of a post_type.

Answer 1

You're using the publish_post hook which is quite literally only when a post's post status is changed to publish.

To answer your question specifically, WordPress has a dynamic hook for {$new_status}_{$post->post_type}. Simply add the action hook:

add_action( 'publish_tribe_events', 'send_message_on_publish', 10, 2 );

And it should fire for your tribe_events post type as well. Custom Post Types still have an ID and post_title record that's accessible identically to standard posts.

function send_message_on_publish($ID, $post) {
    include('inc/functions.php');

    $title = 'New post!';
    $msgtext = $post->post_title;

    send_push($msgtext, $title);
}
add_action( 'publish_post', 'send_message_on_publish', 10, 2 );
add_action( 'publish_tribe_events', 'send_message_on_publish', 10, 2 );

With all that said, you may want to consider using Post Status Transitions instead, because publish_{$post_type} hooks will run when the post_type is first published and when it's updated.