Post type switcher plugins

On my oik-plugins sites I’ve created many pages and post which refer to plugins or shortcodes. I need to improve the site structure to allow visitors to more easily view the documentation for plugins and shortcodes. In some cases I will use “noderef” type fields as a pseudo taxonomy added to posts and pages. In other situations I’ll create new CPTs. e.g. “shortcode_examples” which are examples of specific shortcodes. For those posts or pages which need to become shortcode_examples I want an easy way to change the post type.  

Current method

• Open post/page to be converted
• Copy the content
• Add a new entry of the required type
• Paste the content
• Update the “fields”
• Save
• Delete the original content

There could be quite a few disadvantages in doing this… especially in the final step, the deletion of the original content. One alternative is to omit the step and set up redirection.

Using post type switcher

• Open the post/page to be converted
• Change the post type
• Save
• Update the “fields”

Which plugin?

Plugin name and description	Plugin links	Version, total downloads, last update, tested
Post Type Switcher A simple way to change a post's type in WordPress	post-type-switcher	3.2.1 939,514 May 30, 2021 5.8
Convert Post Types A bulk conversion utility for post types.	convert-post-types home	1.4 95,827 April 20, 2015 4.1.33

I’ve found two plugins to choose from. Stephanie Leary, the author of convert-post_types, suggests using post-type-switcher for converting posts one at a time. The post-type-switcher supports bulk editing, but I don’t think it’s working as expected. For the time being I’m using post-type-switcher, but not using bulk editing.

Post Scriptum

This was first drafted on 2nd February 2014. This post script was added on 17th April 2014.

• The post-type-switcher plugin is broken in WordPress 3.9.
• Saving Draft… never completes and the Publish button remains disabled.
• I’ve tweeted @jjj and performed a few tests just to confirm it.
• Not looked at the code yet.
• I’ve decided to deactivate the plugin.
• It’s a shame… it was really useful for 2 months