Initiate action when post was updated - WordPress

In one of my recent project, I have to create and update few files during post update.

The WordPress have a fantastic action hook called save_post for such tasks.

The save_post action triggered whenever a post or page is created or updated, which could be from an import, post/page edit form, xmlrpc, or post by email.

The data for the post is stored in $_POST, $_GET or the global $post_data, depending on the edit mode. Also this action is triggered right after the post has been saved, so we can easily access this post object by using get_post($post_id).

function my_custom_function_update( $post_id ) {

	// If this is just a revision, reject it.
	if ( wp_is_post_revision( $post_id ) )
		return;
	
	//Do your task
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'my_custom_function_update' );

Example

function my_project_updated_send_email( $post_id ) {

	if ( wp_is_post_revision( $post_id ) )
		return;

	$post_title = get_the_title( $post_id );
	$post_url = get_permalink( $post_id );
	$subject = 'A post has been updated';

	$message = "A post has been updated on your website:\n\n";
	$message .= $post_title . ": " . $post_url;

	wp_mail( 'admin@example.com', $subject, $message );
}
add_action( 'save_post', 'my_project_updated_send_email' );

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This article was published on October 27, 2016

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