post-status

Why doesn’t wp_update_post() update the post_status field?

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I’m using this bit to insert/update a custom post type from the front-end. The date is set from a custom jquery datepicker. if (strtotime($date) < strtotime(‘tomorrow’)) { $newpostdata[‘post_status’] = ‘publish’; } elseif (strtotime($date) > strtotime(‘today’)) { $newpostdata[‘post_status’] = ‘future’; $newpostdata[‘post_date’] = date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, strtotime($date)); } if (‘insert’ == $operation) { $err = wp_insert_post($newpostdata, true); } … Read more

Using get_post_meta with new_to_publish

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I’m trying to read the custom fields set by the user when publishing a new post: function doSomething($post) { $meta = get_post_meta($post->ID); error_log(“post meta: “.print_r($meta, true)); } add_action(“new_to_publish”, “doSomething”, 999); add_action(“draft_to_publish”, “doSomething”, 999); add_action(“pending_to_publish”, “doSomething”, 999); The custom fields are there for draft_to_publish but not for new_to_publish. If I use save_post it seems to work … Read more

What is a “protected” post status?

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I noticed in the register_post_status function in core that there is an arg for ‘protected’. The following post statuses: ‘future’, ‘draft’, and ‘pending’ all have this set to true. I’m not talking about a protected ‘post’ but the ‘protected’ argument used when registering a custom post_status. What does this ‘protected’ status do? And why would … Read more