I am trying to use a simple publish_post / publish_page hook to get the URL of the post/page when it is either published or updated so I can later turn it into a static page.
Is it possible to add this hook outside of the theme functions.php file, because this is far more preferable to me? I also am unsure how to grab the file location / URL from the result? Any help is very much appreciated.
A simple solution for you - this hook will send you a full URL to the post that is being published. Don't forget to update your@email.com
function post_published_notification( $ID, $post ) {
$permalink = get_permalink( $ID ); // GETTING THE PERMALINK
$to[] = 'your@email.com'; // UPDATE THIS
$title = $post->post_title;
$subject = sprintf( 'Published: %s', $title );
$message = sprintf( 'View: %s', $permalink );
wp_mail( $to, $subject, $message, [] );
}
add_action( 'publish_post', 'post_published_notification', 10, 2 );
If you want it to work on post update as well, just add this action to the bottom of it:
add_action( 'save_post', 'post_published_notification', 10, 2 );
You can add this hooks to the bottom of your functions.php or in your plugin.
Yeah, you totally can add your code to some plugin/drop-in, instead functions.php in the theme. And you can use get_permalink() function to do that.
