wp_insert_post() or similar for custom post type

5 comments

1. From the Codex:

   wp_insert_post() will fill out a default list of these but the
   user is required to provide the title and content otherwise the
   database write will fail.

   $id = wp_insert_post(array(
     'post_title'=>'random', 
     'post_type'=>'custom_post', 
     'post_content'=>'demo text'
   ));
   

2. It can be done using the following code :-

   To enter a new post for a custom type

   $post_id = wp_insert_post(array (
      'post_type' => 'your_post_type',
      'post_title' => $your_title,
      'post_content' => $your_content,
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'comment_status' => 'closed',   // if you prefer
      'ping_status' => 'closed',      // if you prefer
   ));
   

   After inserting the post, a post id will be returned by the above function. Now if you want to enter any post meta information w.r.t this post then following code snippet can be used.

   if ($post_id) {
      // insert post meta
      add_post_meta($post_id, '_your_custom_1', $custom1);
      add_post_meta($post_id, '_your_custom_2', $custom2);
      add_post_meta($post_id, '_your_custom_3', $custom3);
   }
   

3. This example worked for me using meta_input

   $post_id = wp_insert_post(array (
      'post_type' => 'your_post_type',
      'post_title' => $your_title,
      'post_content' => $your_content,
      'post_status' => 'publish',
      'comment_status' => 'closed',
      'ping_status' => 'closed',
      'meta_input' => array(
         '_your_custom_1' => $custom_1,
         '_your_custom_2' => $custom_2,
         '_your_custom_3' => $custom_3,
       ),
   ));
   

4. I found using isset() allowed me to use wp_insert_post() on custom post types:

   if ( !isset( $id ) ) { 
       $id = wp_insert_post( $new, true ); 
   }
   

5. I had the same problem. I tried every solution provided in most of the forums. But the actual solution that worked for me was the post type was the length of post_type.
   The post_type length is limited to 20 characters. So anyone who has a similar issue try this if anything else didn’t work.

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