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Check if the value of a field has changed on save_post

Usually there is no way to check if the meta data is updated or not, but you can use updated_postmeta and added_post_meta to get kinda similar functionality. Please have a look at the below code- add_action( ‘updated_postmeta’, ‘the_dramatist_updated_postmeta’, 10, 4 ); add_action( ‘added_post_meta’, ‘the_dramatist_updated_postmeta’, 10, 4 ); function the_dramatist_updated_postmeta( $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value ) { … Read more

WordPress Gutenberg get page template value when post updated?

So I found a solution. There are 4 hooks that can be used to accomplish this depending on the exact needs. The hooks are from wp-includes/meta.php in functions update_metadata() and add_metadata(). Hooks: update_postmeta updated_postmeta add_post_meta added_post_meta These are called at different states and from the names it is pretty self self explanatory. add_post_meta and update_postmeta … Read more

Get updated post meta on save_post action?

WordPress fires the updated_{$meta_type}_meta hook which fires after the metadata is updated. In your case, the hook would be updated_post_meta and you could have your function run on that hook instead of the save_post hook.

How can you receive the most recent permalink or terms of the newly saved post?

When using the Gutenberg Block editor you need to use different hooks to get the expected behavior. rest_insert_{$this->post_type} The pre-update hook. rest_after_insert_{$this->post_type} The post-update hook. credits: @SallyCJ

How to run a function once on every post in database?

Yes, this is possible. Something like this should affect all posts that are currently published. Literally run this once and then disable it by commenting out the add_action or you will have a bunch of unwanted queries to the database. Running once: With this code placed in your functions.php, the function will run when the … Read more

Exclude trash from save_post

save_post gets fired, once the post is saved. We get the current post object as the second parameter. So we can check, if the current post status is trash: <?php add_action( ‘save_post’, function( $post_ID, $post, $update ) { if ( ‘trash’ === $post->post_status ) { return; } /** do your stuff **/ }, 10, 3 … Read more

Returning ACF custom field from publish_post

Your action is triggered in wp_transition_post_status() which gets called by wp_insert_post() before the action save_post is triggered. save_post is the typical action to handle custom fields. ACF also works on this. Basically you have to wait until ACF is done with its stuff, means you’ll have to hook to save_post with a priority > 10 … Read more

Unable to save or update postmeta for custom post type via action using save_post hook

Try changing update_post_meta(get_the_ID(), $address, ‘test’); to update_post_meta(get_the_ID(), ‘address’, ‘test’);

Why does publish_{custom-post-type} fire on update?

First of all you have to understand that when we update a post, wp_update_post function is called. But due to a bit not optimal design of WP core, the actual saving is processed by wp_insert_post function. See it in trac on line 3006. Ok, next lets see what is inside of wp_insert_post function. As you … Read more

Get the post_id of a new post

Try this… add_action(‘post_updated’, ‘myfunction’); function myfunction( $post_id ) { global $post; if (!file_exists(“/www/foo/blog/wp-content/uploads/” . $post_id)) { mkdir(“/www/foo/blog/wp-content/uploads/” . $post_id, 0777); } } NOTE: Change from save_posts to post_updated which will stop the duplicate issue as it fires on “publish” only and not every time you hit add new or update etc. NOTE: I verified this … Read more

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