save-post

get categories the post was in and just been removed from

save_post runs too late to do what you are trying to do. That hook fires after the post and related meta data are stored. The category has already been removed at that point, and WordPress keeps no record. You will need to hook into the save process earlier, perhaps pre_post_update: add_action( ‘pre_post_update’, function($post_ID,$data) { var_dump($post_ID,$data); … Read more

Save data of select list after clicking save

You have the add_action that’s supposed to hook your prfx_meta_save function inside the function itself, so it never gets hooked or called. You need to move the add_action outside the function. This will never work: function prfx_meta_save( $post_id ) { add_action( ‘save_post’, ‘prfx_meta_save’ ); } Move it outside the function: function prfx_meta_save( $post_id ) { … Read more

post_title in save_post action

Without knowing the surrounding code, it is hard to tell what the problem might be, but you said you checked the $post variable. Maybe the $post variable is not set properly, the save_post action only gives you the post id: function get_post_title($post_id) { $post = get_post($post_id); if (empty($post->post_title)) { // No title set, put in … Read more

Generate slug and meta data if meta field is empty

Ok, after a little playtime, here is the answer: add_action(‘save_post’, ‘ocp_jobs_save_details’); function ocp_jobs_save_details(){ global $post; $genref = sanitize_title( dechex( time() ) ); if ( $post->post_type == ‘job’ ) { if ( $_POST[‘ocp_jobs_ref’] ) { $jobs_args = array( ‘ID’ => $post->ID, ‘post_name’ => strtolower( sanitize_title( $_POST[‘ocp_jobs_ref’] ) ) ); $myref = strtoupper( $_POST[‘ocp_jobs_ref’] ); } else{ … Read more

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