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WordPress - Update post programmatically when a post is saved
<?php
function update_on_post_saved( $post_id ) {
if ( wp_is_post_revision( $post_id ) ) return;
if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE) return;
// if ('NNN' !== $_POST['post_type']) return; return if post type is not NNN
// unhook this function so it doesn't loop infinitely
remove_action('save_post', 'update_on_post_saved');
// Update post
$my_post = [
'ID' => $post_id,
'post_content' => 'Put content here',
];
// Update the post into the database
wp_update_post( $my_post );
// re-hook this function
add_action('save_post', 'update_on_post_saved');
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'update_on_post_saved' );
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Thanks for sharing, saved alot of my time.

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fgilio commented Jun 6, 2023

Glad it helped!

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