wp-update-post

Change the term based on the value of a $variable using wp_update_post in submitting a form

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Your problem is this line: if (isset($_POST[‘call_16’]) == ‘No’ ) { isset() returns true or false based on whether the ‘call_16′ item exists in the $_POST array. It doesn’t return the value. So isset($_POST[‘call_16’]) is true, not ‘No’. If you want to check if it’s set and that it has a specific value (which you … Read more

wp_insert_post($post), add an array of values with update_post_meta

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I would suggest turning on error debugging. It will likely show you some PHP errors in the above code. It appears that in the meta_input array you’re calling things like update_post_meta() before the post even exists. In those functions you’re calling the $post_id variable and that also doesn’t appear to exist. On top of that, … Read more

wp_trash_post() duplicates post to trash

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As the function name suggests, wp_trash_post() only trashes a post. If you want to have a post completely deleted then you can use wp_delete_post( int $postid, bool $force_delete = false ) instead. https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_delete_post/ When the post and page is permanently deleted, everything that is tied to it is deleted also. This includes comments, post meta … Read more

update_post_meta not working with transition_comment_status

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You have typo error in $post->ID as you don’t have $post variable, and it really could cause you feel that it doesn’t work, at least it will not calculate new value. So here’s modified approach. I’ve also used different hooks to trigger action when it’s really necessary and not for every comment_status transition. /** * … Read more