Questions tagged [wp-update-post]
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wp_update_post does not update post_name
I have a post with id=1, post_title = 'Some post title' and slug(post_name)='some-post-title.
I want to update its title and slug.
$update_args = array(
'ID' => '1',
'post_title' => '...
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How trigger to save post when updating post meta
I have very confused situation. I have added posts and all posts metas from one website db to another one, everything is fine, images, title, description of posts are there.
But post metas are not ...
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How do I batch create revisions of all posts?
I cleaned up an old-site from pasted tags, manually created lists, etc, and I'd like to keep the old posts as "revisions", so we can easily "compare" with the old posts and retrieve/revert the ...
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Changing Post Status from Pending to Publish twice daily
I have setup a function to change post status from Pending to Publish for posts in a specific category. The function works perfect if I run in under init, but doesn't work correctly if I run under a ...
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How do I get my Gutenberg element to prevent last modified from updating?
I've added a checkbox on my Gutenberg post, that when checked, is supposed to prevent Gutenberg from updating the post's post_modified and post_modified_gmt columns. The checkbox manages its own state,...
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Update post / page using API + python
I'm trying to update posts using python and API, the issue that I keep getting code 200 but the post doesn't actually get updated!
here is my code:
import requests
import json
import base64
url ='...
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Allow Post Author to be 0 on Update
I have a custom post type that allows registered users to submit videos to my site. I have modified the script so that non-logged in (guest) users can also submit videos. I've added first-name, last-...
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How to bulk edit image url in featured image and product description?
I have tried a few plugins (free) but none update the url in featured product image and product descriptions.
How can I update in bulk instead of doing one by one? If there any any plugin (...
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How to get the Tags on Publish post hook?
Requirement: On the each publish/update post, we need all tags from
the post and do some functionality on that.
Case 1:
Create post, add tags and Publish immediately
=== WORKS PERFECT ===
Case 2:
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When User Meta amended update Title and Slug of Post programatically
I have this code below which works perfectly, i.e. when adding a new User a post is programatically created in my CPT.
add_action( 'user_register', 'add_member_employees' );
function ...
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how to transition to custom post status on post save
I'm trying to add a custom post status "Needs Review" for posts/pages that have been updated by an editor, so that admins can easily see what has been updated and review the changes.
The planned ...
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why wp_update_post cant update when value is empty?
this runs successfully:
wp_update_post( array('ID' => $postid, 'post_content_filtered' => 'something' ) );
but this doesnt update:
wp_update_post( array('ID' => $postid, '...
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update a post with wp_update_post
I am using a wp_update_post to change the status of a post from published to pending using
wp_update_post(
array(
'ID' => $post_id,
'post_status' => 'Pending',
)
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wp_update_post() blank screen
i am developing in functions.php a function which, when a post in a certain category is created/edited, will create also a related page or update it if already exists.
The creation of a new page with ...
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Set Attachment Image File URL as GUID
I have a form that uploads images and i want to update the GUID to be the attachment file url after WP generates the metadata.
I tried to use wp_update_post, but seems that is not updating the guid.
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Set post_parent value for the images uploaded by Add Media button into post
I'm working on a front-end form plug-in and create shortcode to display front-end form on a page or post.
While I was testing, I found all image files uploaded by Add Media button which will be ...
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How can I bulk update all posts without making changes?
I'm setting up a site which uses a custom vehicle auction theme. Using the WP All Import plugin, an XML file loads vehicle details into the theme, these are a type of post.
In order for vehicles to ...
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Updating posts not working
Lets say I want to change a posts comment count to 50 everytime the post is viewed.
I have this simple code in functions.php:
function update_shares() {
$my_post = array();
$my_post['ID'] = ...
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Update a post's info when clicking on a javascript button
I have a series of posts about various locations. I need people to verify if the location informaton is correct. The question is asked with two buttons for options. If "no" is clicked, they are taken ...
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Post author for revision not being set on update/insert
I'm trying to programmatically update a custom-type post with revisions enabled via form, and everything seems to be working fine except the post_author field for the revision is being set to 0 ...
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wp_update_post not working
I have the following code in a single script to be run one time to fix post names which are empty.
// WP_Query arguments
$args = array (
'post_type' => 'books',
'name'...
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Changing random post publish time for repost
I have a lot of image posts. So, on weekends I don't work for that I want to re-post a random post. I made my own code. It schedules random post with its permalink too.
$time= strtotime("+10 min") ...
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wp_insert_post() function doesn't create posts after I deleted the first created Post by this function
I have wroted a function and hooked it to set_user_role action hook. here is my snippet:
add_action( 'set_user_role', 'createTeacherPage', 10, 3);
function createTeacherPage($user_id, $...
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Insert attributes names according to language with polylang programmatically
This is my problem. I try to insert in _product_attributes meta_value field the names of each language. When I print out my query, I am getting only the products in the right language, so ...
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Trying to add a wp block and update the post content using PHP (wp_post_update)
I'm looking to write some PHP code that will be capable of looping through all of a certain custom post type and adding a specific block to the post_content, and then updating the post.
For testing, I'...
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Updating post_parent caused the website to become unresponsive for 40 seconds or more
I am building a WordPress plugin the sets the post_parent of a post to the id of a custom post type called series. However, once I click update on the post it successfully updates the post and the ...
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Set post status to draft after validating post meta values in save_post hook
I have some custom meta values to a custom post type ('event'). The custom post type is displayed in the admin and the custom meta fields are appearing fine. I am using save_post_{$post->post_type} ...
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Suitable hook when creating, updating and deleting posts programmatically
I am trying to create, update & delete posts programmatically from an API endpoint inside my plugin. My idea was to display these posts later on a dedicated page.
Here's what I've written so far:
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Trash Bin for Categories?
I have a cat_notice taxonomy, where there are several categories and one of them the slug is 'trash'. In this case I created a link and I needed that when I clicked on this link I would take the ...
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Prevent other hooks from firing after wp_update_post() outside of editor
I'm working on a plugin that batch updates post content using a call to wp_update_post(). This all happens outside the editor window, in a batch processing script.
My problem is that ACF is firing ...
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Set post publish date by custom field
I created custom fields with ACF to define a new date for my post on wordpress.
I then created this function that updates the date with my custom field and works when I update a post.
// Save ACF ...
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Is it possible to "Update" pages via SQL?
How can I "update" a page in WordPress using MySQL? I.e., effectively click the "update" button in the page editor using MySQL? But not make any changes to the page?
What I'm doing:...
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Updating a custom post status after an expiry date rather than trashing it
I have set up a custom post type of featured products. Within that post type I have a custom date field for an expiry date. Currently when the date expires, the post gets moved to the Trash. I'm ...
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Update post meta is slow while saving post
Post saving took much time.
I have action to save custom metas using update_post_meta
add_action( 'save_post_property', 'propertys_save' );
function propertys_save($id) {
foreach($_POST['meta'] as ...
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Run a function when a custom post is update?
There is a custom post type. Each post has a repeater field. When a post is updated, I need to get a value from the repeater field and insert it into a custom table in the WordPress database. To do ...
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Taxonomy Child Not Updating Unless I Click Update Twice
I am using code from this answer to create a new child taxonomy term, however for some reason the change only takes effect if I click update post twice. Clicking Update Post once doesn't save the ...
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Cannot update newly added User field using wp_update_user
I want to add a new attribute to the wp_user table, "twitter_id" for example.
I added the new column to the wp_user table, and it is added correctly. I get the current user (as I want to ...
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Update post "A" on comment submition on post "B"
Hello and thanks in advance for any help. Im trying to update the post status from a post when submiting a comment on other post, I have a variable in the url pointing to the ID of the post I want to ...
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wp_update_post gives 500 internal error
i'm editing a wordpress plugin and im trying to call a function within the thank you page, and in that function it has wp_update_post function to change the status in the database, the function works ...
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update_post_meta not working in template_redirect action
I have a problem
I'm trying to listen to a webhook, and I can do it, I check with the help wp_mail function and I get all the data
But I want to make a add data in the database, and for some reason ...
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wp_insert_post($post), add an array of values with update_post_meta
i try to store an array in multiple custom fields via post creation (wp_insert_post).
The array is $event_test and the key is event_test on the meta_input.
On form submit, the custom field is shown, ...
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Change the term based on the value of a $variable using wp_update_post in submitting a form
Background
I am using a fronted form to submit data to a meta box by use the
wp_update_post to a custom post type (call) with a custom taxonomy (call-type).
It then also updated the terms and ...
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Update post (published) date when changing category
Is there a way to update a post (published) date when you change the category/taxonomy to a specific one?
Example:
- Post type "Projects"
- 2 categories: Progress/ Done
When you change the category ...
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How can I trigger a javascript function after a post update on edit post screen in wordpress admin panel?
I use Wordpress 5.2.2 and I develop a custom theme.
EDIT : On my theme I added a metabox who show an input type="text".
Code in functions.php of my theme
if ( ! function_exists( 'vn_add_metabox' ) )...
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Set a post expiration and delete a post when expirate
I'm trying to create a function that allows me to delete an article when the date of the day is equal or superior than a date filled in a custom ACF field.
I wrote the function below that I placed in ...
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Update all WordPress posts's title and content then display them in a table
I am trying to update all the WP post title and content then show the just updated post to a table. I am using the following code but it does not work:
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'post',
'...
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Update around 200,000 posts
So I have recently migrated from a regular site to a wordpress CMS all via MySQL. I successfully was able to adapt the old database with that of WordPress.
Now, the site has content in 3 languages. ...
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recursively update content
the problem
I'm trying to translate a wordpress 4.7. But the site was consived in spanish and just now I installed the WPML plugin, now after 5000 post uploaded.
I am using the visual composer and ...
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Bulk Post update_post_meta
how can use this code for update just post_meta ?
here my code :
function update_all_posts(){
$args = array('post_type'=> 'post',
'post_status' => 'publish',
'...
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Cannot update page - with too many characters?
I have problem with page update. I am tring to save more than 14230 characters. After "update" worpress is moving me to "Posts" page. I show this issue on this video: https://youtu.be/3Y8qgFEizBU
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