wp_update_post() calls some hooks that $wpdb doesn’t on it’s own. You’ll have to do it on your own to make it compatible with other plugins. wp_update_post() calls some functions related to database entry sanitation, thumbnails, attachments, time (format, zone etc.), comment, taxonomy, meta, cache etc. So if you use $wpdb, make sure you handle all … Read more
This script will get all posts and replace it content according to your needs: function wpse_287574_replace_content() { // Get all posts $query = new WP_Query(array( ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, )); $posts = $query->get_posts(); foreach ($posts as $post) { // Get content $content = $post->post_content; // Regex and replacement $regex = ‘/^(\<a\s+data-name=\”.+\”)(\>(.+)\<\/a\>)$/’; $replacement=”$1 href=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/items/?item=”$2″; … Read more
You can stop executing the function if the post is not of a specific post type. You can use get_post_type() for this. if( ‘masters’ != get_post_type( $post_id ) ) return;
This is what I mean: <?php $tochange = get_posts(‘numberposts=-1&post_type=any&category_name=category-name-you-want-to-change’); foreach($tochange as $post){ setup_postdata($post); $contentchange=””; /*here you do the magic, string replace or whathever you want to do*/ $tochange = array(); $tochange[‘ID’] = $post->ID; $tochange[‘post_content’] = $contentchange; $out = wp_update_post($tochange); unset($tochange); } wp_reset_query(); ?>
wp_update_post isn’t used for updating custom fields (ie postmeta content) – you should use update_post_meta
The key to using WordPress outside of WordPress is include the wp-load.php file: So your code will like: <?php // Include the wp-load’ include(‘YOUR_WP_PATH/wp-load.php’); // Update post 1 hello word $my_post = array( ‘ID’ => 1, ‘post_title’ => ‘This is the updated post title.’, ‘post_content’ => ‘This is the updated content.’, ); // Update the … Read more
Have you tried to use “wp_insert_post_data” instead of “pre_post_update”?
wp_update_post does not update post_name
This is what I used, if I’m understanding you correctly. UPDATE wp_posts SET post_date=NOW(),post_date_gmt=NOW(),post_modified=NOW(),post_modified_gmt=NOW(); Worked for me.
As @toscho already answered here, yes this is possible. You just need to copy this code into the functions.php of your theme, and there you go. // get all posts $posts = get_posts( array ( ‘numberposts’ => -1 ) ); foreach ( $posts as $post ) { // check the slug and run an update … Read more