wp-insert-post

Using wp_insert_post to create custom posts with ACF image field

ACF has documentation for creating a form on the frontend. I would stick to their suggestions. https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/create-a-front-end-form/ I was able to create this by assigning my field group for the form to the custom post type and using a unique template page for the form. <?php /** * Template Name: Form Page Template */ ?> …

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Can’t send form data to wpdb when URL has query string

I see a few issues with the code: First, the form action is not set correctly. It should be something like: <form action=”<?php echo esc_url( get_the_permalink() ); ?>” method=”post”> In the PHP code, you are using the wrong table name. You are using the table name ‘invites’ instead of ‘rsvp’. You should change this line: …

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PHP – Multiple variables in insert post array

$post_id = wp_insert_post( array( ‘comment_status’ => ‘open’, ‘ping_status’ => ‘closed’, ‘post_author’ => $current_user->ID, ‘post_name’ => $slug, ‘post_title’ => $pollq_question, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘post_content’ => $_POST[‘poll-description’] . ‘[poll id=’ . $latest_pollid . ‘]’ ) );

Suitable hook when creating, updating and deleting posts programmatically

Hooks are not for deleting or creating posts, they are kind of event listeners. For example ‘delete_post’: “Fires immediately before a post is deleted from the database.” [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/delete_post/] You need to use the WordPress REST API: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/ This article by Misha Rudrastyh gives a good intro: https://rudrastyh.com/wordpress/rest-api-create-delete-posts.html

Multipe array in meta_input

In your 2nd code snippet, you’re redefining $post_args for each $movie. Try this instead: $post_args = array(); foreach($movies as $movie) { $i++; $post_args[] = array( array( ‘key’ => ‘title’ . $i, ‘value’ => $movie[‘title’] ), array( ‘key’ => ‘qty’ . $i, ‘value’ => $movie[‘qty’] ), array( ‘key’ => ‘desc’ . $i, ‘value’ => $movie[‘desc’] ) …

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Create Page with Template File from Plugin Folder

It is probably wp_insert_post can’t recognize your template. You need to include it in the list of the templates. function wpse410645_add_plugin_template( $page_templates ) { $page_templates[plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . ‘/templates/mytemplate.php] = ‘My Template Name’; return $page_templates; } add_filter( ‘theme_page_templates’, ‘wpse410645_add_plugin_template’ );

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