Publish Content Types Using Powershell - SharePoint 2013

PublishContentTypes.ps1

#Check to ensure Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell is loaded
$snapin = Get-PSSnapin | Where-Object{$_.Name -eq ‘Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell’}
if ($snapin -eq $null) {
Write-Output “Loading SharePoint Powershell Snapin”
Add-PSSnapin “Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell”
}
$webAppURL = “http://intranet.mycompany.com”
#Get the site collection of your content type hub
$site = Get-SPSite “$webAppUrl/metadata/contenttypehub”
#Get the root web of the about site collection
$web = $site.RootWeb
#Create a new publisher object
$publisher = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Taxonomy.ContentTypeSync.ContentTypePublisher($site)
# Function to publish the content types
function PublishContentType($contentTypeName)
{
Write-Host “Publishing Content Type $contentTypeName” -foregroundcolor Green
$cType = $web.ContentTypes[$contentTypeName]
$publisher.Publish($cType)
}
Write-Host ” “
Write-Host “PUBLISHING CONTENT TYPES” -foregroundcolor Green
PublishContentType(“Content Type One”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Two”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Three”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Four”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Five”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Six”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Seven”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Eight”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Nine”)
PublishContentType(“Content Type Ten”)
Write-Host ” “
Write-Host “RUNNING TIMER JOBS” -foregroundcolor Cyan
Write-Host “Running the Content Type Hub time job” -foregroundcolor Cyan
Get-SPTimerJob MetadataHubTimerJob | Start-SPTimerJob
# For the Content Type Subscriber timer job you have to get acquire it for specific web application
$job = Get-SPTimerJob -Identity MetadataSubscriberTimerJob -WebApplication $webAppURL
if ($job -ne $null)
{
Write-Host “Running the Content Type Subscriber timer job for web application $webAppURL” -foregroundcolor Cyan
$job | Start-SPTimerJob
Write-Host “Run the admin action”
Start-SPAdminJob -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
Write-Host “Done!!!”
#keep the window opent for 5 minutes
Sleep -Seconds 300