unable to stop loop when using wp_insert_post with publish_post hook

Question

I am trying to create a plugin to copy a post to another site when a post is published in Worpdress Multisite environment using publish_post and wp_insert_post hook. The code is below

function copy_post_to_blog($post_id) {

   $post = get_post($post_id, ARRAY_A); // get the original post

   $post['ID'] = ''; // empty id field, to tell wordpress that this will be a new post

   switch_to_blog(main_blog_id()); // switch to target blog

   wp_insert_post($post); // insert the post

   restore_current_blog(); // return to original blog
}

add_action('publish_post', 'copy_post_to_blog');

The code is working and inserting post data to the blog but the problem is that loop does't stop inserting new post until I stop the browser loading execution myself. As it should stop after inserting post into database first time but it does't and starts inserting post infinitely. Please Help me how to get ride of this problem.

I am thankful to you in advance.

Answer 1

The wp_insert_post() function triggers the publish_post hook again leading to an infinite loop. Try this change:

remove_action('publish_post', 'copy_post_to_blog');
wp_insert_post($post);
add_action('publish_post', 'copy_post_to_blog');