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Export Wordpress Post by ID - by setting a temporary author, assigning it to the post, then reverting temp author
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<?php | |
/* | |
NOT TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL - NOT TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL - NOT TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL - YOU MAY HAVE TO WORK IT INTO YOUR PROJECT DIFFERENTLY | |
*/ | |
add_action('admin_init', function(){ | |
if( isset( $_GET['di_export'] ) ) : | |
// post id = 177 // Collision Center | |
$post_id = 877; | |
// insert a new temp user | |
$userdata = array( | |
'user_login' => '_di_export', | |
'user_url' => '', | |
'user_pass' => 'awesome1234', // When creating an user, `user_pass` is expected. | |
'role' => 'administrator' | |
); | |
$_temp_author_id = wp_insert_user( $userdata ); | |
// get the original post by ID | |
$post = get_post($post_id); | |
// set the start date to make sure we are only exporting a single post, and the correct post | |
$start_date = date( 'Y-m', strtotime($post->post_date) ); | |
// set end date the same as start date to export only one post | |
$end_date = $start_date; | |
// grab the original author ID to revert original post author back | |
$original_author_id = $post->post_author; | |
// set the posts' author to the temporary one | |
$post->post_author = $_temp_author_id; | |
// update the post with temporary author | |
$post_updated = wp_update_post($post); | |
// if post was updated and a temp author ID exists, then export the post by corresponding ID | |
if( $post_updated && $_temp_author_id ) : | |
$args = array( | |
'content' => 'page', | |
'author' => $_temp_author_id, | |
'start_date' => $start_date, | |
'end_date' => $end_date | |
); | |
include_once(ABSPATH.'/wp-admin/includes/export.php'); | |
export_wp($args); | |
// set the post author back to the original author | |
$post->post_author = $original_author_id; | |
// update/revert the post to how it was before exporting | |
$post_updated = wp_update_post($post); | |
wp_delete_user( $_temp_author_id, $original_author_id ); | |
die(); | |
endif; | |
endif; | |
}); | |
// NOT TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL |
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