Change name of custom post type but dont want to disappear all posts

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December 21, 2021 at 6:09 PM #32796

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Hi,
I would like to change the name of a post type, but when I do that all posts disappear, so I changed it back, posts were back too.
Please advise on how to change the name of a post type the save way.
Regards,
Paul

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December 21, 2021 at 9:14 PM #32802

Long Nguyen
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Hi Paul,

You can change the Plural name, Singular name to another but you have to keep the current CPT slug to make the current posts available. Refer to this article https://metabox.io/move-custom-post-type-custom-field-data-from-pods-to-meta-box/

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December 22, 2021 at 2:43 PM #32821

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Thanks Long! As a workaround I renamed my blog page slug to 'weblog' so I was able to keep the post type slug to 'blog'. It's not ideal at all but next time I won't make the mistake of using a custom post type slug name that I need for urls slugs too.
Should you know of a better workaround please let me know.
Regards,
Paul

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December 22, 2021 at 9:10 PM #32831

Long Nguyen
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Hi Paul,

Another way, you can use the plugin Post Type Switcher to switch the post type https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-type-switcher/

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December 30, 2021 at 7:07 PM #32932

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Thanks for your advise! Appreciate it. Will look into it later. Regards, Paul

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