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Compare custom taxonomies of updated post (or new post) [Updated with progress]

Use the set_object_terms hook, http://adambrown.info/p/wp_hooks/hook/set_object_terms?version=3.4&file=wp-includes/taxonomy.php It should be fired when a post or page is modified. Here is the code that fires it: do_action(‘set_object_terms’, $object_id, $terms, $tt_ids, $taxonomy, $append, $old_tt_ids); You can thus check against the $object_id and taxonomy, and flush your transient cache and regenerate as needed. Specifically, clear the term caches of the … Read more

Checked() function on a multidimensional array

The question is from a long time ago but, just for reference, in this particular case and if somebody simply wants to use the checked function with what seems to be an array (instead of doing the test and output ‘checked` on the spot) here is a drop-in solution: checked( in_array( $shopCategory->term_id, $term_meta[‘ss_aff_categories’] ) ) … Read more

What’s the proper way to sanitize checkbox value sent to the database

I would use the filter_var() function. It has some predefined filters that you can use depending on what kind of data you are expecting such as string, number, etc. So to sanitize for a number: $sanitizedNum = filter_var($yourVar, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT); For a string you would just change “_NUM_INT” to “_STRING”. Wrap those in a custom function … Read more

Why not fire the save_post event?

The save_post action hook fires after a post is saved: every time, even for autosaves. If you look at the reference for save_post, you’ll see that the callback receives three parameters: the first is an integer $post_ID, the second is a WP_Post object $post, and the third is a boolean $update. None of the parameters … Read more

Save values from a pre_post_update

The second attempt is closer to the result, as it is filer, not action, and you can return proper data. But code has several mistakes, I have fixed them. The proper number of parameters for the filter is 3. The first parameter is $data which should be modified and returned. It is the standard behaviour … Read more

Run function after a post has finished saving – callback function perhaps?

If you don’t have control over the API, you’re doing it almost right. That is what cron jobs are for. What needs to be avoided is possible overlapping API calls that do the same thing. Why not instead have a meta field automation_operation_status that stores the … status? Like pending, running, complete, error. Then, in … Read more

Custom Post Meta from custom metaboxes is randomly being deleted

The code uses the save_post hook to save the results of the form, however, at no point did it check which post it was saving. This means your save function runs for that post, but it also runs for drafts, autosaves, etc Then, on top of that there are checks like this: if( isset( $_POST[‘cpt_cpts’] … Read more

Conditional for autosave or auto draft?

If you are using the save_post action hook; then you can prevent the code from executing during an autosave with the following conditional: function do_not_autosave( $post ) { // Check to see if we are autosaving if (defined(‘DOING_AUTOSAVE’) && DOING_AUTOSAVE) return; // Rest of the code here } add_action( ‘save_post’, ‘do_not_autosave’);

Removing Uncategorized on post save if other category present?

Yes. You can use the save_post action and do it here is some function that remove the default wordpress category if there is some other category selected. I added some comments so you will understand the process. function remove_uncategorized($post_id) { // get default category $default_category = (int)get_option(‘default_category’); // check if the post is in the … Read more

WordPress function saves a post twice and updates all posts

It duplicate because when you run the wp_update_post(), it will use the wp_insert_post() function and the action save_post will run again. please use the filter wp_insert_post_data to filter the value before save. https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/wp_insert_post_data Example: function wpse309780_filter_post_data($data , $postarr) { $data[‘post_name’] = wp_count_posts( ‘post’ )->publish; return $data; } add_filter( ‘wp_insert_post_data’, ‘wpse309780_filter_post_data’ );

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