Move Old Events to 'Past Event' Taxonomy #wordpress #cron

Move Old Event to Past Event Taxonomy.php

<?php  //for formatting - ignore this line

// Move Old Events to 'Past Event' Taxonomy

add_action( 'hide_old_events', 'run_hide_old_events' );
add_action('admin_init', function() { // check on admin load, could be on init, but seems overkill

    if (! wp_next_scheduled ( 'hide_old_events' )) { //see if the event is set
        wp_schedule_event( strtotime('tomorrow 12:01am'), 'daily', 'hide_old_events' ); //Schedule it to run at 12:01 am - adjust to your liking
    }

});


function run_hide_old_events() {

	apply_filters("simple_history_log", "Hide old events started"); //log it in Simple History plugin

	$today = current_time('Ymd');
	$tag = 'Past Events'; //Taxonomy term
	$tax = 'event_category'; //Taxonomy slug
	$type = 'events'; //CPT slug

	$args = array (
		'post_type' => $type,
		'meta_key' => 'event_end_date', //ACF date field field
		'meta_compare' =>'<',
		'meta_value' => $today,
		'posts_per_page'	=> -1,
	);

	$posts = get_posts( $args );

	if(!empty($posts))
	{
		foreach($posts as $post)
		{
			wp_set_post_terms( $post->ID, $tag,$tax, true );
			apply_filters("simple_history_log", "Hide old event :". $post->post_title . " on: " . $today); //log it in Simple History plugin
		}
	}

}