Do New_to_publish hooks work for custom post types

Question

Do these hooks listed on the following site work for custom post types?

http://www.wphub.com/custom-post-type-publish-action-hook/

    // function to be executed when a custom post type is published
    function run_when_post_published()
    {
        // your function code here
    }

    // replace {custom_post_type_name} with the name of your post type
    add_action('new_to_publish_{custom_post_type_name}', 'run_when_post_published');        
    add_action('draft_to_publish_{custom_post_type_name}', 'run_when_post_published');      
    add_action('pending_to_publish_{custom_post_type_name}', 'run_when_post_published');

I cannot get them to work...

Answer 1

I think you're using wrong hooks. Please take a look at wp_transition_post_status function, you'll see the correct hooks:

function wp_transition_post_status($new_status, $old_status, $post) {
    do_action('transition_post_status', $new_status, $old_status, $post);
    do_action("{$old_status}_to_{$new_status}", $post);
    do_action("{$new_status}_{$post->post_type}", $post->ID, $post);
}

So, in your code, you should use hooks:

'new_to_publish'   
'draft_to_publish'
'pending_to_publish'

and in your function, you have to check your post type.