Creating New Page with WP_INSERT_POST Issue

Question

I am trying to create a new page using the wp_insert_post() function as follows:

$page = array('post_type'   => 'page'
             ,'post_title'  => 'The Resolution AR'
             ,'post_status' => 'publish'
             ,'post_author' => 1
             ,'post_slug'   => 'the-resolution-ar-2019'
);

$page_id = wp_insert_post($page);

A page does get created. Except, it gets created with the wrong post_slug.

When I look in WP_POSTS I see the post_slug as: the-resolution-ar

For some reason the function does not like the -2019 portion of the slug I am providing and automatically removes it. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Use post_name instead of post_slug (post_slug isn't valid in wp_insert_post). Just make sure you don't accidentally create pages with duplicate slugs.