wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_newPost( array $args )

Create a new post for any registered post type.

Parameters

$args

(array) (Required) Method arguments. Note: top-level arguments must be ordered as documented.

'blog_id'
(int) Blog ID (unused).
'username'
(string) Username.
'password'
(string) Password.
'content_struct'
(array) Content struct for adding a new post. See wp_insert_post() for information on additional post fields
- 'post_type'
  (string) Post type. Default 'post'.
- 'post_status'
  (string) Post status. Default 'draft'
- 'post_title'
  (string) Post title.
- 'post_author'
  (int) Post author ID.
- 'post_excerpt'
  (string) Post excerpt.
- 'post_content'
  (string) Post content.
- 'post_date_gmt'
  (string) Post date in GMT.
- 'post_date'
  (string) Post date.
- 'post_password'
  (string) Post password (20-character limit).
- 'comment_status'
  (string) Post comment enabled status. Accepts 'open' or 'closed'.
- 'ping_status'
  (string) Post ping status. Accepts 'open' or 'closed'.
- 'sticky'
  (bool) Whether the post should be sticky. Automatically false if $post_status is 'private'.
- 'post_thumbnail'
  (int) ID of an image to use as the post thumbnail/featured image.
- 'custom_fields'
  (array) Array of meta key/value pairs to add to the post.
- 'terms'
  (array) Associative array with taxonomy names as keys and arrays of term IDs as values.
- 'terms_names'
  (array) Associative array with taxonomy names as keys and arrays of term names as values.
- 'enclosure'
  (array) Array of feed enclosure data to add to post meta.
  - 'url'
    (string) URL for the feed enclosure.
  - 'length'
    (int) Size in bytes of the enclosure.
  - 'type'
    (string) Mime-type for the enclosure. }

Return

(int|IXR_Error) Post ID on success, IXR_Error instance otherwise.

Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php

public function wp_newPost( $args ) {
		if ( ! $this->minimum_args( $args, 4 ) ) {
			return $this->error;
		}

		$this->escape( $args );

		$username       = $args[1];
		$password       = $args[2];
		$content_struct = $args[3];

		$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
		if ( ! $user ) {
			return $this->error;
		}

		// Convert the date field back to IXR form.
		if ( isset( $content_struct['post_date'] ) && ! ( $content_struct['post_date'] instanceof IXR_Date ) ) {
			$content_struct['post_date'] = $this->_convert_date( $content_struct['post_date'] );
		}

		/*
		 * Ignore the existing GMT date if it is empty or a non-GMT date was supplied in $content_struct,
		 * since _insert_post() will ignore the non-GMT date if the GMT date is set.
		 */
		if ( isset( $content_struct['post_date_gmt'] ) && ! ( $content_struct['post_date_gmt'] instanceof IXR_Date ) ) {
			if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' === $content_struct['post_date_gmt'] || isset( $content_struct['post_date'] ) ) {
				unset( $content_struct['post_date_gmt'] );
			} else {
				$content_struct['post_date_gmt'] = $this->_convert_date( $content_struct['post_date_gmt'] );
			}
		}

		/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
		do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'wp.newPost', $args, $this );

		unset( $content_struct['ID'] );

		return $this->_insert_post( $user, $content_struct );
	}

Uses

Uses	Description
wp-includes/plugin.php: do_action()	Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::_insert_post()	Helper method for wp_newPost() and wp_editPost(), containing shared logic.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::minimum_args()	Checks if the method received at least the minimum number of arguments.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::_convert_date()	Convert a WordPress date string to an IXR_Date object.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: xmlrpc_call	Fires after the XML-RPC user has been authenticated but before the rest of the method logic begins.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::escape()	Escape string or array of strings for database.
wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php: wp_xmlrpc_server::login()	Log user in.

Changelog

Version	Description
3.4.0	Introduced.

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