wp_remote_post( string $url, array $args = array() )

Performs an HTTP request using the POST method and returns its response.

Description

See also

Parameters

$url

(string) (Required) URL to retrieve.

$args

(array) (Optional) Request arguments.

Default value: array()

Return

(array|WP_Error) The response or WP_Error on failure.

Source

File: wp-includes/http.php 

function wp_remote_post( $url, $args = array() ) {
	$http = _wp_http_get_object();
	return $http->post( $url, $args );
}

Used By

Used By Description
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php: WP_Site_Health::wp_cron_scheduled_check()

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wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health.php: WP_Site_Health::can_perform_loopback()

Run a loopback test on our site.
wp-admin/includes/translation-install.php: translations_api()

Retrieve translations from WordPress Translation API.
wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php: wp_check_browser_version()

Checks if the user needs a browser update.
wp-admin/includes/update-core.php: update_core()

Upgrades the core of WordPress.
wp-includes/cron.php: spawn_cron()

Sends a request to run cron through HTTP request that doesn’t halt page loading.
wp-includes/update.php: wp_version_check()

Check WordPress version against the newest version.
wp-includes/update.php: wp_update_plugins()

Checks for available updates to plugins based on the latest versions hosted on WordPress.org.
wp-includes/update.php: wp_update_themes()

Checks for available updates to themes based on the latest versions hosted on WordPress.org.
wp-includes/class-wp-http-ixr-client.php: WP_HTTP_IXR_Client::query()

Changelog

Version Description
2.7.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_remote_post