Are you looking for a way to add a custom field to a post or page when it is published? This snippet will add a custom field, with a name and value of your choice, to a post or page when it is published.
Instructions:
- Add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin.
- Replace the
FIELD_NAMEtext and theCUSTOM VALUEtext to the name and value of your choice.
add_action('publish_page', 'add_custom_field_automatically');
add_action('publish_post'. 'add_custom_field_automatically');
function add_custom_field_automatically($post_ID) {
global $wpdb;
if(!wp_is_post_revision($post_ID)) {
add_post_meta($post_ID, 'FIELD_NAME', 'CUSTOM VALUE', true);
}
}
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Nice! And I guess we can use published_to_post hook to change that value. Or even better:
function post_unpublished( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
if ( $old_status == 'publish' && $new_status != 'publish' ) {
// Post is unpublished
}
}
add_action( 'transition_post_status', 'post_unpublished', 10, 3 );
Any better way to do it?